Public officials who do terrible things and then say they’re sorry (often in a press conference or book) are a dime a dozen. But the ones who do something terrible and then repent indirectly in the form of a lifetime of dedicated public service are rare.Well, in regard to Ted Kennedy, how hard is it to dedicate your life to public service when you inherit that much money? What a sacrifice. Public service from the family compound. It would be funny if it were not so real.
Rosin goes on to point out that Kennedy did something terrible. And, He made up for it partly by declining the ultimate glory of running for president, and choosing the more humble path....
Really? Not running for president? Let's get real: Kennedy never paid for his mistakes. The only thing worse than Ted Kennedy's unaccountable early life, and elevation to family-entitled position, were the dead brains who kept voting for him.
Michelle Malkin says it is crass to point this out today. She is wrong. The starry-eyed mainstream media will make Kennedy out to be an unblemished hero. Somebody needs to point out their omissions.
Look, he was the brother of an assassinated president and senator. He was a long-serving senator from the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts. And to give him his due, he was an effective legislator. I'm sorry he's dead.
But he was not a great man.