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	Name:	Yankee06
	Subject:	Ted Kennedy
	Date:	8/30/2009 1:40:31 PM

-How should we remember this important political figure?
- By all accounts he was a flawed man, --but then so were many of our past political leaders. I would guess, based on the posts above, somewhere there is a tipping point for those outside the democratic party where his "badness" overcomes his "goodness," so he should not be remembered aas an honorable man --for many that occued in 1969.
-As bacckground, I was a big Jack Kennedy fan, an interested Bobby Kennedy supporter, ..but never liked Teddy. At one time I was a strong Democrat, even working for Democratic Senator Pell from Rhode Island. In that capacity I heard a lot about teh Kennedys, met some of them, but never met any of the three brothers. I only say all this to show that I don't come after Kennedy from an anti-democrat position.
-I dislked Kennedy on three pooints: 1) his actions in the Chapaquidick trajedy, 2) his long history as a drunk and a lech, and 3) his "traitorous' actions in 1983. ---huh? what "traitorous' activities you may ask? ..you haven't heard about that on TV? ..are you surprised?
-In 83, I worked as a Soviet analyst on the Joint Chiefs of Staff in DC. At that time President Reagan was in tough negotiations with the Kremlin , and its new leader, former KGB Chief, Andropove. Reagan was in tough negotiiations to get missles in europe among other things. Soooooooo, how did Teddy play in this drama? Teddy, and I'm not making this up, sent a secret letter, by personal envoy, to Andropov offering to help Andropov develop a strategy to defeat Reagan. He offered to meet Andropov in Moscow to discuss the particulars. Further, he offered to arrange a tour for Andropov in the United States and Europe during which he could effectively pitch those groups and peoples necessary to defeat Reagan's plans. For me what Kennedy did will always remain an act of treason.