Question of the Day

Question: Michael, I noticed that you haven't blogged about Senator Kennedy's death and funeral. What are your thoughts on this subject?

Answer: Ahhh, Senator Kennedy, the so-called "Lion of the Senate." I could go on and on about the murder he perpetrated on poor innocent Mary Jo Kopechne by stumbling away from his submerged car and out of Boston Harbor with a bottle of scotch in one hand and her pantyhose in the other, while she suffered for a full 1 and 1/2 hours before drowning. Or I could rhapsodize about the special treatment he received, which led to his getting off scot-free for said murder, simply because every judge and DA in Massachusetts were afraid to punish a Kennedy. I could wax poetic about his naked romp down the Kennedy's private beach in front of a gaggle of Kennedy children. Or, I could talk about how he drove his first wife and the mother of his children, Joan Kennedy, to alcohol and a life of despair. But instead I will follow a simple motto from a simpler time which says, "you should only speak good of the dead." Very well, "Senator Kennedy is dead. GOOD!" Thanks for your question.