Originally Posted By Darkbeer From the Boston Herald... <a href="http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/moreTrack/view.bg?articleid=121772" target="_blank">http://thetrack.bostonherald.c om/moreTrack/view.bg?articleid=121772</a> >>The National Enquirer splashes this week with a shocking story about Sen. Ted Kennedy’s secret love child with a Cape Cod woman whom the mag says he dated during his days as a swinging single. According to the tabloid’s source, the boy, named Christopher, just celebrated his 21st birthday and is “mature enough to make his own choices about his background and biological father.†A Kennedy family confidante told the Enquirer, “This is one of the biggest secrets in the Kennedy family and known to only a few people including Ted’s ex-wife, Joan." As for the senator, his spokesgal Melissa Wagoner last night called the tabloid tale “irresponsible fiction.†Here’s the story according to the Enquirer: Back in 1983, Kennedy, then 51, took up with Caroline Bilodeau, an attractive brunette, several months before divorcing Joan, the mother of his three kids — Kara, Ted Jr. and Patrick. Bilodeau’s friends told the Enquirer the local lass became so smitten with the senator, she “had dreams about being the next Mrs. Ted Kennedy.†But the love affair came crashing down when Bilodeau told Ted a baby was on the way, the mag reports. “Caroline announced to the family that she was two months pregnant around May 1984,†blabbed a Bilodeau confidante. “Ted was not happy about the news. He already had three kids with Joan and knew a baby out of wedlock could hurt him politically.†According to the Enquirer, the scandal-scarred senator begged Bilodeau to have an abortion, but she refused. “He told her he couldn’t undergo another scandal — not after Chappaquiddick, not so close to his divorce from Joan†said the source. “He was very angry when she defied him and had the child.†During her pregnancy, Caroline’s friends noticed the unemployed young woman who lived with her parents bought a black Mustang convertible, an expensive Shar-pei puppy and moved into her own apartment. “Later we learned she received about $15,000 from someone in the Kennedy camp,†said the friend. When Christopher was born in a Cape Cod hospital in December 1984, Kennedy was nowhere near the delivery room. But he did, according to the Enquirer, take a paternity test shortly thereafter to determine if the child was his. After Bilodeau got the results, she moved back in with her parents but “always seemed to have money,†said the source.<<
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA eh. Don't we all have secret love children? Heck, I'm a secret love child myself!
Originally Posted By woody Yes, its pointless. So why was Teddy allowed to judge Alito's qualifications for Supreme Court? He is the senior gasbag. Just what I suspected.
Originally Posted By Shooba The National Enquirer? Is this a joke? Well, in any case, here's some damaging news for George W Bush: <a href="http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/aliens/12068" target="_blank">http://www.weeklyworldnews.com /features/aliens/12068</a> SPACE ALIEN RATES GEORGE W. BUSH: 'HE STINKS!' WASHINGTON -- The mysterious space alien whose endorsement of George W. Bush helped him win the election has issued a candid assessment of Bush's first 150 days in office -- and he gives our new commander in chief a humiliating D-minus! The E.T. says that President Bush has already made a series of catastrophic blunders that "threaten the long-term survival of the human species" and warns that if he keeps going the way he has been, his presidency will spell disaster for "not only the United States and the planet Earth, but possibly the entire galaxy as well." The extraterrestrial made the blistering comments in a six-page communique sent to the White House, according to Dr. Phil Braton, a D.C.-based UFO researcher who claims he obtained a copy from an unnamed National Security Agency source. "The alien and his people are disappointed with the job President Bush has done so far," said Dr. Braton. "Their chief complaint is his handling of environmental issues -- they feel he's made decisions that will turn Earth into an uninhabitable wasteland. "In fact, in the communique the alien pointedly says of Mr. Bush: 'He stinks!' " The strange visitor from space first made headlines in 1992 when a startling photograph surfaced of him holding a top-secret meeting with Bush's father, who was then President. But later, in a surprising reversal, he ended up endorsing Democrat rival Bill Clinton in the '92 presidential election. Last year, the E.T. stunned political pundits again when he backed George W. Bush over Al Gore. While the endorsement probably changed only a few thousand votes, experts say that was all Bush needed to win Florida and the White House. The E.T. says these are the seven humanity-endangering goofs Bush has made: Flip-flopping on his campaign pledge to cut pollution -- One of the main reasons the alien backed Bush was his vow to require mandatory reductions in carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants. By reversing his position once in office, Bush has put the world at risk, according to the E.T., who says, "Your planet is choking on these fumes." Rejecting the international Kyoto treaty to limit greenhouse gasses -- "Global warming is a very serious threat to your planet," warns the alien. "If you don't stop it now, you soon face a worldwide environmental catastrophe of biblical proportions." Boosting the level of arsenic allowed in the drinking water -- "We have seen this happen on other planets, where millions of people, including small, helpless children, have died excruciating deaths from polluted water," the alien writes. Reviving "Star Wars" -- Bush's decision to toss out the decades-old ABM treaty and to deploy a space-based missile-defense system is "dangerously misguided," says the E.T. "Spreading your arms race into space will not only lead to the destruction of the human race, it also threatens other planets where such weapons are unknown." Promising to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other protected lands to oil drilling -- "We cannot tell you how many planets there are which have become barren pits with no natural beauty because of this kind of folly," the E.T. says. Cutting the budget for research into renewable energy and conservation by $200 million -- "You simply cannot keep plundering the Earth's natural resources," the E.T. says. "Renewable sources of energy are your only hope for survival." Proposing we build more nuclear power plants -- "Radioactive waste remains deadly for 10,000 years," the alien warns. "The disaster at Chernobyl is nothing compared to what awaits future generations of mankind if you build more of these monstrosities." The White House has not issued any public comment on the alien's thumbs-down rating, but privately, aides concede, President Bush feels betrayed by the fickle E.T. According to an administration insider, the President said, "First this guy stabs my dad in the back, now he's doing the same thing to me."
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <So why was Teddy allowed to judge Alito's qualifications for Supreme Court?> If the Republicans are so smart, why'd it take them 21 years to bring this little tid-bit to light? Can another rehash of Chappaquiddick be far behind? I had a Political Science teacher in high school [1979] who spent a good portion of the school year talking about Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick. He was obsesseed with it.
Originally Posted By cape cod joe Read my posts under the factor and Vermont and you'll know exactly how a lot of us Cape Codders are embarrassed by our neighbor Ted. I live in one of the most exclusive gated communities on the Cape and many of us would never allow him to move in here as you have to be approved. He is pathetic and it's a shame that some of the decent Kennedys like John Jr. are not alive to continue what was once a great family name.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Don't forget, it was the National Enquirer that first reported the President Clinton/Monica story...
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder Apparently not enough people from Massachusetts are embarrassed by kennedy or he wouldn't hold office, and especially not for this long. Why is Darkbeer on a Kennedy kick and who really give's a rat's a$$ about any of it?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip << I live in one of the most exclusive gated communities on the Cape and many of us would never allow him to move in here as you have to be approved.>> Well la-di-da... I'm so happy for you.
Originally Posted By cmpaley >>Yes, its pointless. So why was Teddy allowed to judge Alito's qualifications for Supreme Court? He is the senior gasbag. Just what I suspected.<< It's irrelevant because Kennedy has never claimed to be a paragon or moral virtue, so if he has a "secret love child," who cares? Also, it is irrelevant because when Alito is being questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee, the subject is Alito and his legal bona fides, not those of the Committee members.
Originally Posted By cape cod joe Jealous Roadtrip???? I guess I have to edit all remarks so NOTHING positive could be construed about myself Two years ago and the previous 30 years of my life, we were poor. I bet you wouldn't say la di da about that! To Pass--------Why because people like my parents have pics of the Kennedys all over the walls.
Originally Posted By woody "It's irrelevant because Kennedy has never claimed to be a paragon or moral virtue, so if he has a "secret love child," who cares?" So his morality isn't in question when he questions Alito about his beliefs and moral character. Alito was questioned beyond his legal bona fides.
Originally Posted By cmpaley The topic is Alito *AND* his legal bona fides. This means that Alito is part of the examination. This is typical right-wing misdirection to take the attention and heat off their guy and put it on another guy...ANY OTHER guy.
Originally Posted By cmpaley And I'm opposed to Alito because of his dedication to the Imperial Presidency and nothing more. The scope of the power of the Executive must remain limited and the rights of the individual in our country MUST remain paramount in all cases.
Originally Posted By woody "This is typical right-wing misdirection to take the attention and heat off their guy and put it on another guy...ANY OTHER guy." Kennedy is no other guy. He is a big immoral other guy with a secret love child. He just resigned his membership from a formerly men's only club although he still pays the $100 a year dues. Kennedy is one nice guy. I wonder why he isn't a Republican. Maybe he is a closet immoral Republican while being an openly immoral Democrat.
Originally Posted By cmpaley >>"This is typical right-wing misdirection to take the attention and heat off their guy and put it on another guy...ANY OTHER guy." Kennedy is no other guy. He is a big immoral other guy with a secret love child. He just resigned his membership from a formerly men's only club although he still pays the $100 a year dues. Kennedy is one nice guy. I wonder why he isn't a Republican. Maybe he is a closet immoral Republican while being an openly immoral Democrat.<< And this is relevant to Alito...how?
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I'm not a big Kennedy fan, but this all seems like classic finger pointing. "Oooh, your guy did this so he can't possibly judge someone on their moral qualities!" Newsflash: a lot of politicians are corrupt. Does that excuse any of them? No, but this is just a red herring thrown out there to confuse the proceedings even more.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder This thread just kills me. Ooooh Ooooh, Ted Kennedy's got a love child. B-F-D. Doing what I do for a living, lemme tell ya folks, you'd be surprised at who and how many people have "love children" out there. And moreover, love had nothin' to do with it.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom With Ted Kennedy involved I'm sure love had absolutely nothing to do with it.
