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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zonkie who wrote (73284)	2/14/2006 11:57:03 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Bushies are very guilty of criminal behavior and so their supporters bring up Chappaquiddick as the last really terrible democratic scandal to try and point fingers. No matter it was 35 years ago. And no matter the rightwing murdered both of Teddy's brothers and got away with it. But even that scandal was basically just a personal accident, and it already damaged Kennedy badly. If not the Chappy, he would probably have become president instead of Carter. Bushies also say Teddy should have been charged with a crime. Maybe if he had been in south Texas. But if Cheney is fouhnd to be guilty of negligent homocide, the south Texas court will let him off anyway. Kennedy in Mass or Cheney in Texas can get away with accidentally killing someone. In fact any rich person can almost anywhere. The rich rarely get convicted of things like manslaughter or homocide. ALm ost never.

To: zonkie who wrote (73284)	2/15/2006 12:22:19 AM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Number one, I'm not a republican. Number two, just remembering Chappaquiddick in the context of Cheney's shooting accident is genuinely illustrative of the hypocrisy involved when folks vote for that man, yet would tar and feather Cheney for a relative nothing like this, for which we hear chants of incompetence and impeachment. I don't see that you offered any news for me. The Scarborough case, so far as I know, is not illustrative of the hypocrisy I plainly see. I do know the flap over this SHOULD go away, unlike the far more egregious Kennedy case. But here's what must be news for you: being a Senator vs a Vice President, doesn't affect the laws of common sense (not to mention that the timeframes involved don't either). Dan B.