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.