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Frogwatch wrote:
Obama has decided to give Presidential medals of honor to various
people including Billie Jean King (figure that one out), Desmond Tutu
(ok), Sidney Poitier (huh?) and various others. He even gave one to
the dead Harvey Milk. However, the most surprising medal of honor
recipient went to famous boater and yachtsman Ted Kennedy who famously
tried to mimic a ferryboat in drunkenly driving off a bridge killing
his companion Mary J. Kopechne. In reality, Kopechne
lived.........just long enough to struggle to stay in the ever smaller
bubble of air in the sinking car while Ted Kennedy in true liberal
fashion simply crawled out of the water and went home. Kopechne died
a terrifying death struggling for air.
Liberals embraced Kennedy as a hero for swimming away from the sinking
car and have consistently rewarded his heroism in election after
election. Now Ted is dying from cancer after putting up a brave
battle. His battle is far braver than that Kopechne and we should all
wish that his death is more heroicly drawn out, only a tad more
painful and as lonely as hers was.
Ted Kennedy, a true liberal hero.


Here's the actual honors list, without the moron's derogatory comments:


Nancy Goodman Brinker is the founder of Susan G, Komen for the Cure, a
grassroots organization that invests in research to fight breast cancer.

Pedro Jose Greer Jr. is the founder of Camillus Health Concern, an agency
that provides medical care to more than 10,000 homeless patients a year in
Miami, Florida.

Stephen Hawking is a theoretical physicist and author who has worked
through a severe physical disability to pioneer academic research in math
and physics.

Jack Kemp, who receives the award posthumously, served as a congressman
and as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. He
also encouraged development in urban communities.

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, has served as a senator for 46 years
and has pushed for quality and affordable health care for children,
seniors and people with disabilities.

Billie Jean King, a professional tennis player of the 1960s and 1970s, was
the first openly lesbian major sports figure in the United States.

Rev. Joseph Lowery has been a leader of the struggle for civil rights
since the 1950s. His work included helping to organize the Montgomery bus
boycott that followed Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat to a white
passenger in 1955.

Joe Medicine Crow – High Bird is the last living Plains Indian war chief
and author on Native American history and culture.

Harvey Milk, who receives the award posthumously, became the first openly
gay elected official of a major U.S. city when he joined the San Francisco
Board of Supervisors in 1977. He pushed the civil rights movement for the
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Sandra Day O'Connor was the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Sidney Poitier was the first African American to be nominated for and win
an Academy Award for best actor.

Chita Rivera was the first Latina recipient of the performing arts award
from the Kennedy Center. She made her breakthrough performance in 1957 as
Anita in the Broadway premiere of West Side Story and has won two Tony
Awards.

Mary Robinson was the first female president of Ireland. She is also the
founder of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, an
organization that focuses on the link between human rights and
globalization.

Janet Davison Rowley is a human geneticist and the first scientist to
identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other
cancers. She received the National Medal of Science in 1999, the United
States' highest scientific award.

Desmond Tutu is a retired Anglican archbishop who played a lead role in
South Africa's anti-apartheid movement. He received the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1984.

Muhammad Yunus pioneered micro-loans in his effort to reverse poverty
trends. The Bangladeshi economist provided small, low-interest loans to
low-income people in Bangladesh. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in
2006.

Most are well deserving awardees. Now, name one who is an unrepentant
womanizer, egocentric spoiled millionaire due to his daddy's keen business
sense, and killer of a young woman who harmed no one.

By the way, he's also the one who wants to spend all your money, and none of
his own on his choices for worthy causes, just like Harry.

Jesse Helms was a long-time Senator. Strom Thurmond was a long time Senator,
as was Sam Rayburn and Robert Byrd, et al. Since when has longevity merited
one of the nation's highest civilian awards?

And since when is being the first gay or lesbian anything deserving of such
high praise?