tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post4335740290279796239..comments2024-03-25T06:39:42.081-04:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: Kennedy 'legacy'Fr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-583690925964443112009-09-13T17:33:14.666-04:002009-09-13T17:33:14.666-04:00Father Fox:
We need more bishops & priests li...Father Fox:<br /><br />We need more bishops & priests like you!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752802534167929404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-19094350623630914882009-09-01T12:56:18.942-04:002009-09-01T12:56:18.942-04:00Jason,
What planet do you inhabit?
If a conserva...Jason,<br /><br />What planet do you inhabit?<br /><br />If a conservative spits on the sidewalk, he is railroaded out of public life. <br /><br />Your current president's college transcripts, his passport records, his thesis, and his birth certificate are "confidential." Why?????????? <br /><br />A MA/JD thesis of a conservative VA gubernatorial contender is splashed all over the place to stop him from possibly slowing the liberals' devolution to a world dominated by nightmares/unnecessary hells wrapped in allegories. <br /><br />If a lib murders a woman, it's "eggs get broken to make an omelet" - acceptable loss . . . <br /><br />Wise up. <br /><br />I. M. ScandalizedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-39877363914362704022009-09-01T00:36:33.300-04:002009-09-01T00:36:33.300-04:00Jason:
Your comparisons are inapt.
I haven't...Jason:<br /><br />Your comparisons are inapt.<br /><br />I haven't been all that tough on President Clinton; I think the man must have had an addiction, because his actions with Lewinsky were so reckless, and he did misuse his power over her. But I would not be as critical of him as of Kennedy.<br /><br />As for Ensign--thus far, it appears he is guilty of adultery and his family of some sort of payoff. From what I gather, Hudson was guilty of adultery.<br /><br />Are you saying that adultery is the same as the death of Kopechne, and the assault of the waitress in the DC restaurant? Really? <br /><br />People go to jail for what Kennedy did to Kopechne and to the waitress; do you advocate sending people to jail for adultery?<br /><br />Finally, it's obvious you don't read my blog, if you think I'm easy on Republicans. Actually, I bet if you use the search feature on the main page, you'll see that I have posted many more comments critical of the GOP than of Democrats. Go check it out and come back here and tell us the count, please?Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-74055910318177454392009-08-31T22:29:56.500-04:002009-08-31T22:29:56.500-04:00Forgiveness and mercy conservative style:
If a f...Forgiveness and mercy conservative style:<br /> If a fellow conservative, say Deal Hudson or John Ensign, strays morally, well it was a long time ago and everybody's human and you need to forgive him and move on.<br /> If a liberal, say Ted Kennedy or Bill Clinton, strays morally, he should never be forgiven and his wayward behavior must be picked up and used as a cudgel to assail all others on the other side of any argument no matter how unrelated.Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-90100100716226634842009-08-30T14:10:33.163-04:002009-08-30T14:10:33.163-04:00Oh without question, the Kennedy lovers are going ...Oh without question, the Kennedy lovers are going to come out and thump you on the head for this Father...lol <br /><br />I do remember the tumult of the 60's..I was young but I well remember it. And I remember the mystique that grew up about the Kennedy's, due in no small part to their portrayal in the media. A young, handsome president with a beautiful wife and two very cute children, the images of this clean cut extended family playing on the lawns of Hyannis Port, the beautiful ocean in the background.<br /><br />It was a dream we all wanted to be part of. A dream we wanted to be real because society seemed to be coming unhinged. A myth that survived because tragically he died so young and in an era when the media could control the damage of the family's darker side ...including with out question Ted's behavior in Chappaquiddick, unquestioned years of alcohol abuse, rumors of womanizing by 'the boys'...one can go on. <br /><br />And let, with all this, their sense of entitlement seems to survive.<br /><br />The behavior of the Church in Boston, with all the issues you raise surrounding the funeral, is nothing short of a scandal. Ted's support of abortion, going so far as to vote against a partial birth abortion ban, can not possibly be ignored....but then it was. <br />Is it all about money, power? I don't know, but it is wrong.caitehttp://caitesdayatthebeach.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-91747287636273024252009-08-30T13:46:42.989-04:002009-08-30T13:46:42.989-04:00Thank you Fr. for putting into words many of my th...Thank you Fr. for putting into words many of my thoughts! <br />I am a young Catholic, confused and saddened by the Kennedy legacy. I'll admit I don't know a lot about politics, Sen. Kennedy in particular. I do know he was not pro-life in his political career, yet considered himself Catholic. I have such a hard time with that.<br />While watching the funeral, I, too, was annoyed by the endless tributes to his life. And when they mentioned the poor and weakest that he so diligently served, I, too, was shouting "but what about the most vulnerable, weakest: the unborn!!!" I just couldn't forget that. <br />I was saddened the clergy at the Mass, going along with all this. It is something that must've gone on for some time throughout his life, to be given such esteem at his funeral. Very sad and disturbing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com