Congressman Ted Kennedy’s has illicited profuse amounts of praise from colleagues and media alike. But I’d just like to put things in perspective. Senator Kennedy was no angel and associating him with honor may be a extreme stretch.
Kennedy, the long-running Democratic senator from Massachusetts, succumbed at the age of 77 after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. Kennedy was in the thick of politics like his siblings. He was in the United States Senate for 47 years and known as as one of the most effective and hardworking congressmen in Washington. He was a fiery senator that wasn’t afraid to reach across the aisle in order to get things done.
During his years in office, he wrote 2,500 bills, however only a fraction of them were passed. As a senator, he served as a chief force for social legislation. He was a supporter for health care, immigration, civil rights, education, and more. He has been judged as one of the most capable members in the history of the Senate and a subject of passionate interest for students of political science.
Having said that, we can really discuss Ted Kennedy. He was successful due mostly to the sway and authority his family held. As the Kennedys arose as a policital power, the myth of America as Camelot and the Kennedys as Arthur also came to prominence which in due course makes Ted, as the patriarch of the Kennedys, the rightful ruler and dynastic heir to the presidency. What a crock!
Here are the facts, which paint a clear picture of his contentious past. He managed to get in trouble, but always seemed to come out on top because of the power his family had. In his early days, Ted was thrown out of Harvard for dishonesty. He only got back into the school years later because his daddy pulled some strings and gave some incentives to the “top dogs” at Harvard.
However, Kennedy was just beginning his long-running affair with unethical behavior. In 1969, he was involved in an accident famously known as Chappaquiddick. Kennedy got drunk and had driven off a bridge. The young lady with him, a former aide to his brother and his alleged mistress, died in the wreck. Kennedy managed to pull himself out of the wreck, leaving the young woman in the car, and save himself, but he did not seek help from the authorities for nine hours. Are you freaking kidding me?
It sounds like he was worried about his job, his marriage, and only came forward because he knew that eventually people would find out and he would really be in trouble. Plus if he came forward, he would be able to give some excuses why he didn’t report the incident, and buffering himself from the criminal charges that should have come his way and hampered his political aspirations. Ted was a real gentleman that never believed or acted like he was above the law- or quit planning for his future.
Americans knew that Teddy had deep pockets along with being a womanizer and a heavy drinker. He didn’t win the Democratic primary in the 1980 presidential election because the American people remembered the skeletons in his closet and didn’t want the Kennedy family money and clout again in the presidency. Despite how tragic the circumstances were, one Kennedy as president was enough.
After Chappaquiddick, his life started to deteriorate. In 1982, Kennedy and his wife divorced, and, by the time 1984 rolled around, Teddy knew that he would never succeed in a bid for the White House. Plus, he was probably concerned about whether he would be killed just like his brothers. So he decided to devote himself to the only thing he had left, his career as a senator.
Because of the efforts of his two older brothers, Ted was able to get on the fast track in politics. Although his turbulent background did hamper his attempt for the White House, it didn’t seem to be an issue for the voters he was representing in Massachusetts.
Years after his passing away, Sen. Kennedy will remain a subject of fascination for political pundits and political science students alike in both his successes and his undeniable mistakes.  Read more... (718 words, 1 image, estimated 2:52 mins reading time)

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