Richard Viguerie: Ted Kennedy Canonized By Media
[Viguerie's op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsday, USA Today, the Scripps-Howard newspapers, and literally hundreds of other publications.
The Washington Post called him “the Conservatives’ Voice of America.”]
Who was that saintly senator who dominated the weekend news?
I hardly recognized him. Did you?
When Senator Ted Kennedy died, I decided I was going to follow the counsel we’ve received all of our lives: Don’t speak ill of the dead, or if you can’t say something good about someone, don’t speak at all.
But after listening to four-to-five days of non-stop revisionist history, I felt a need to weigh in with a few words.
First, a few thoughts that will ring true with every conservative, but almost no liberal.
And that is the continuing (in fact, accelerating) double standard of how the mainstream media treat people of the right compared to those of the left.
It’s not my purpose or intent to list his sins and weaknesses or those of his brothers, John and Robert. But while these are mostly covered up or overlooked by the national media, all conservatives know the mistakes of a conservative become the focal point of much of their obituary.
This is the double standard that the national media apply to liberals and conservatives.
I wonder how many well-read readers or the general public know that Joseph Kennedy, the father of John, Robert, and Ted, in the 1930’s was a well-known anti-Semite and was an admirer of Adolph Hitler and the Nazis (which, of course, is shorthand for National Socialism). It’s alleged he made millions in prohibition days as a rum runner. If that were the profile of the father of John McCain or any other Republican, wouldn’t that be a major part of the narrative of their lives?
But my frustration with the dishonest and hypocritical national media causes me to digress.
The side of Ted Kennedy presented by the national media is just that – one side of him.
I’m sure the side of Ted Kennedy that the national media told us about 82,321 times in the past week -- which is that he is brilliant, lovable, warm, feeling, caring, compassionate, reaches across the aisle, a happy Irishman -- is true.
But here’s where the media’s dishonesty and hypocrisy come into play. They did not present the other side.
And the other side is the only side most conservatives experienced for 47 years...
... And if you connect the dots of his 47 years in the Senate, as he continually led the effort to expand the reach and power of government, you could reasonably reach the conclusion that in his heart he was a socialist – perhaps America’s most effective socialist ever.
His use of government power was not merely socialist, but often disregarded and contravened the Constitution.
One of America’s longest and most passionate love affairs is the adulterous and deceitful relationship between the Kennedy family and the national media.
And if the truth must be aborted to keep the dream of Camelot alive, that’s the choice the media has been making for over 50 years.
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The Washington Post called him “the Conservatives’ Voice of America.”]
Who was that saintly senator who dominated the weekend news?
I hardly recognized him. Did you?
When Senator Ted Kennedy died, I decided I was going to follow the counsel we’ve received all of our lives: Don’t speak ill of the dead, or if you can’t say something good about someone, don’t speak at all.
But after listening to four-to-five days of non-stop revisionist history, I felt a need to weigh in with a few words.
First, a few thoughts that will ring true with every conservative, but almost no liberal.
And that is the continuing (in fact, accelerating) double standard of how the mainstream media treat people of the right compared to those of the left.
It’s not my purpose or intent to list his sins and weaknesses or those of his brothers, John and Robert. But while these are mostly covered up or overlooked by the national media, all conservatives know the mistakes of a conservative become the focal point of much of their obituary.
This is the double standard that the national media apply to liberals and conservatives.
I wonder how many well-read readers or the general public know that Joseph Kennedy, the father of John, Robert, and Ted, in the 1930’s was a well-known anti-Semite and was an admirer of Adolph Hitler and the Nazis (which, of course, is shorthand for National Socialism). It’s alleged he made millions in prohibition days as a rum runner. If that were the profile of the father of John McCain or any other Republican, wouldn’t that be a major part of the narrative of their lives?
But my frustration with the dishonest and hypocritical national media causes me to digress.
The side of Ted Kennedy presented by the national media is just that – one side of him.
I’m sure the side of Ted Kennedy that the national media told us about 82,321 times in the past week -- which is that he is brilliant, lovable, warm, feeling, caring, compassionate, reaches across the aisle, a happy Irishman -- is true.
But here’s where the media’s dishonesty and hypocrisy come into play. They did not present the other side.
And the other side is the only side most conservatives experienced for 47 years...
... And if you connect the dots of his 47 years in the Senate, as he continually led the effort to expand the reach and power of government, you could reasonably reach the conclusion that in his heart he was a socialist – perhaps America’s most effective socialist ever.
His use of government power was not merely socialist, but often disregarded and contravened the Constitution.
One of America’s longest and most passionate love affairs is the adulterous and deceitful relationship between the Kennedy family and the national media.
And if the truth must be aborted to keep the dream of Camelot alive, that’s the choice the media has been making for over 50 years.