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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 26, 2009 - 01:31am PT
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BREAKING: c/o DeFuca News Network
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matty
climber
po-dunk
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Aug 26, 2009 - 01:35am PT
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Brain Cancer.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Aug 26, 2009 - 01:39am PT
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RIP, Mary Jo...
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Aug 26, 2009 - 01:54am PT
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We have lost a smart senator and a fine American. RIP Teddy.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Aug 26, 2009 - 01:55am PT
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A great American, who spent 40 years atoning for whatever he did or didn't do at Chappaquiddick.
Are you serious? "What he did or didn't do"?????????1111
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!1111
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marv
Mountain climber
Bay Area
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Aug 26, 2009 - 01:57am PT
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check out the wiki footnote to his death
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Aug 26, 2009 - 01:58am PT
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What do you think happened HK?
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WandaFuca
Gym climber
A survey where 68% preferred this Fuca over others
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:00am PT
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A great American. A great senator. Willing to reach across the aisle to do what was right for the people.
As he said at the time, his irresponsible actions were indefensible. But that incident did not in any way define the man, instead it was a long history of responsibility and trying to make the world a better place.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:02am PT
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Mtnmun - Drunk assed, silver-spooned fratboy crashed and left his date for dead?
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WandaFuca
Gym climber
A survey where 68% preferred this Fuca over others
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:06am PT
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HK,
I'm sorry for your loss. Your sincere grief over the loss of Mary Jo is truly touching.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:08am PT
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WandaFuca - your cynicism is appalling.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:11am PT
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Anyway, since when does Russ start political threads?
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apogee
climber
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:12am PT
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Truly a momentous event in politics, and the end of an era. It's a shame that Chappaquiddick overshadowed a man's 40 year effort to help improve the lives of Americans through a basic need like healthcare.
RIP, Teddy.
Edit:
"But while the White House eluded his grasp, the longtime Massachusetts senator was considered one of the most effective legislators of the past few decades. Kennedy, who became known as the "Lion of the Senate," played major roles in passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act, and was an outspoken liberal standard-bearer during a conservative-dominated era from the 1980s to the early 2000s."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/obit.ted.kennedy/
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:23am PT
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Oh, - he was punished for Chappaquidick,
Maybe knott overtly or formally...but I do not think
He ever forgave himself.
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:27am PT
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Most certainly the end of an era. When all is said and done, Ted will be remembered as the Kennedy who had the greatest lasting influence on American politics.
Curt
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jstan
climber
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:28am PT
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Hardman. Tell us what you would have done.
You have, on occasion had too much alcohol, I presume.
We need to know what we should do after a DUI when we hit a car and someone is badly hurt?
You have of your own volition stepped up on the stage.
Now let's hear it.
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Just tell us what you would do.
And that will be the end of it.
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:34am PT
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I had really hoped that he would make some miracle comeback in time to get the public option out of committee and passed on the floor but I guess I was dreaming. Thanks Ted for all your hard work, your comedic shenanigans and for being part of what makes America America.
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:42am PT
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jstan - have you been drinking tonight?
Nobody "hit a car". The drunken bastard drove off the road - into the water, and LEFT HIS DATE FOR DEAD.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 26, 2009 - 02:50am PT
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We'll never know exactly what happened that night, but HK has pretty much summarized it. Adding to which, Kennedy may not have been held fully legally accountable for his actions and inactions, although he paid a high price in public and news media criticism. All like so many other sons of rich and famous families, of all stripes.
It may have been the event that made him the senator he became.
In an interesting parallel, last week William Calley publicly apologized for his actions at My Lai, for which he was court martialled. It was the first time since 1969 that he's spoken about what he did.
Atonement is a very difficult thing.
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