From Mary Jo Kopechne, . . . I would have been 65 years of age this year. Although I probably wouldn't have been a VRWC fan, had it existed, on the date of my death, I would certainly be there, today, supporting the causes and ideals of every post preceeding this one. What on earth would make me do such a thing, you ask?? . . . . I died a very slow, agonizing death, and suffered needlessly, while my companion, a man I thought was a friend, ran off, to save his political career. Read about me and my killer below. As you absorb the story of my killer, please remember that the circumstances of my demise were thoroughly investigated by any number of competent people, organizations and agencies, and the facts were well known to the inner circle, at that time, but have been quietly swept under the rug for years, by people of similar political agendas, while may family still mourns my untimely death. Food for thought in light of today's national political arena:

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When Sen. Ted Kennedy was merely just another Democrat bloating on Capitol Hill on behalf of liberal causes, it was perhaps excusable to ignore his deplorable past. But now that he's become a leading Republican attack dog, positioning himself as Washington's leading arbiter of truth and integrity, the days for such indulgence are now over. There are some things to ponder, when we consider that fact.

It's time for the GOP to stand up and remind America why this chief spokesman had to abandon his own presidential bid in 1980 -- it's time to say the words Mary Jo Kopechne out loud.

As is often the case, Republicans have deluded themselves into thinking that most Americans already know the story of how this "Conscience of the Democratic Party" left Miss Kopechne behind to die in the waters underneath the Edgartown Bridge in July 1969, after a night of drinking and partying with the young blonde campaign worker.

But most Americans under 40 have never heard that story, or details of how Kennedy swam to safety, then tried to get his cousin Joe Garghan to say he was behind the wheel.

Those young voters don't know how Miss Kopechne, trapped inside Kennedy's Oldsmobile, gasped for air until she finally died, while the Democrats' leading Iraq war critic rushed back to his compound to formulate the best alibi he could think of. Neither does Generation X know how Kennedy was thrown out of Harvard on his ear 15 years earlier -- for paying a fellow student to take his Spanish final.

Or why the US Army denied him a commission because he cheated on tests. As they listen to the Democrats' "Liberal Lion" accuse President Bush of "telling lie after lie after lie" to get America to go to war in Iraq, young voters don't know about that notorious 1991 Easter weekend in Palm Beach, when Uncle Teddy rounded up his nephews for a night on the town, an evening that ended with one of them credibly accused of rape.

It's time for Republicans to state unabashedly that they will no longer "go along with the gag" when it comes to Uncle Ted's rants about deception and moral turpitude inside the Bush White House. And if the Republicans don't, let's do it ourselves by passing this forgotten disgrace around the Internet to wake up memories of what a fraud and fake Teddy really is. Please feel free to cut and paste this post into an e-mail message to all your friends, to keep the idea of controlling Uncle Ted's agenda alive. Tell everyone you know!

The Democratic Party should be ashamed to have the national disgrace from Massachusetts as their spokesman.

And the GOP needs to say so out loud !!!!!!!!

God Bless,
Dan'L