"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Sunday, July 19, 2009
A Sad Anniversary
I don't know about you, but I'm a little sick of hearing Ted Kennedy referred to as the "Lion of the Senate."
I've always assumed that his knighthood was some sort of joke, the humour of which would eventually make itself clear but in that case why not make him a Kinight of the Bath or some other suitably watery reference?
Male lions don't really do much, do they? Lying in the shade while the females hunt, then moseying over to chow down, then more resting until it's time for sex. Occasionally they'll kill something.
cac: Bill Buckley once suggested that we should have made the Kennedys America's royal family - with the understanding that none of them could hold elective office. In retrospect, looks like it would have been a bargain.
He was supposed to accede to the presidency after John and Robert. As it turns out, he was left to languish in the Senate as a "respected" elder statesman, for whom no one, secretly, had any respect, and who will be remembered as a drunken, rosacea-afflicted old lecher by those who knew him personally. Not exactly justice for Mary Jo, but as close as we can expect in this world.
'At one point, Mr. Kennedy approached British soldiers in Northern Ireland and told them to go back to their own country. "We are in our own country," one of them replied. "Why don't you go back to yours?" '
More like "Lying Of The Senate".
ReplyDeleteThe Washington Examiner refers to Theodore as "Lyin' of the Senate" and that Mary Jo Kopeckne was unavailable for comment. Meh.
ReplyDeletePaco, you misheard. It is "the lying of the senate".
ReplyDeleteOh, wait a minute, I see JeffS beat me to it.
This is perhaps an old joke, but good, in a sick kind of way.
ReplyDelete"Teddy, I have something to tell you"
"what's that Mary-Jo?"
"I think I'm pregnant"
"Don't worry, honey, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it".
Surely you mean "Sir Ted"?
ReplyDeleteI've always assumed that his knighthood was some sort of joke, the humour of which would eventually make itself clear but in that case why not make him a Kinight of the Bath or some other suitably watery reference?
Male lions don't really do much, do they? Lying in the shade while the females hunt, then moseying over to chow down, then more resting until it's time for sex. Occasionally they'll kill something.
ReplyDeleteI dunno, sounds mighty close to me.
cac: Bill Buckley once suggested that we should have made the Kennedys America's royal family - with the understanding that none of them could hold elective office. In retrospect, looks like it would have been a bargain.
ReplyDeleteHe was supposed to accede to the presidency after John and Robert. As it turns out, he was left to languish in the Senate as a "respected" elder statesman, for whom no one, secretly, had any respect, and who will be remembered as a drunken, rosacea-afflicted old lecher by those who knew him personally. Not exactly justice for Mary Jo, but as close as we can expect in this world.
ReplyDelete:If Ted Kennedy had driven a Volkswagen, he'd be President today."
ReplyDeleteRemember when National Lampoon used to be funny?
Remember National Lampoon?
TW: gault: as the libertarian said, all is not gault that's bitter...
'At one point, Mr. Kennedy approached British soldiers in Northern Ireland and told them to go back to their own country. "We are in our own country," one of them replied. "Why don't you go back to yours?" '
ReplyDeletehttp://www.heritage.org/press/commentary/ed030609a.cfm