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Originally Posted by theking
Only two other people in the history of the United States have served in the Senate longer than Senator Kennedy. He was responsible for the passage of thousands of bills...300 of which he wrote himself. Many...if not most or even all...were designed for the betterment of the oppressed and/or the little man.
Please list your contributions to the United States and your accomplishments for your fellow man...or your contributions or accomplishments at all.
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I'm not sure the old... name your accomplishments that are better than this is the best of defenses in this case.
You make the assumption that Kennedy did everything he did for the betterment of the oppressed, I however believe he did everything based on political gain which completely lessens many or all of his supposed "accomplishments" for me. Most if not of politics occurs due to horse-trades and calling in favors. Longevity in the Senate is purely a product of his name recognition in Massachusetts and the lack of term-limits on representation, rather than him or anyone else being as important as they are made out to be.
BTW, our contributions to the United States Senate and to our fellow man far outweigh his or anyone else's. 1- We the People elect those that represent us. It is by our choice and our benevolence that they serve at our will. We do not elect them to speak to us, we elect them to speak for us. His or anyone's representation in the Senate or House is not all that impressive due to who they are, but rather because we chose them to represent who we are (which they usually are very poor at). 2- We the People fund all of this wonderful legislation that they pass. I would be much more impressed if the Kennedy's and the other "wonderful" families decided to fund this type of idealism with their own monies, rather than playing Saviors to the US and to the world with ours. That would be impressive. I would cannonize them for that, absolutely. It's much easier to spend someone else's money and then claim credit for it, isn't it?
2nd BTW. regarding Mary Jo Kopechne, depending on where you get the information, Kennedy either was slightly negligent or just downright guilty of involuntary manslaughter at the least. It supposedly wasn't reported by him until the morning after the accident (after it had already been discovered) and he had plenty of locations/opportunities to do so. It looks as if he knew his family connections were more important than being fully responsible for his actions.