02-09-2009, 02:45 AM
I always thought globalresearch.ca was a good site with good articles from independent contributors and usually it is. There's a short article on the site from September 1 by Danny Schechter with the intriguing and long-winded title of "Mourning with the Kennedys: A teachable moment. Another fallen leader, A new challenge: who will pick up his sword?"
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?c...&aid=14960
Schechter, who describes himself as a 'news dissector'--nice work if you can get it--says:
I remember Jack's equivocations on the War of that time and eventual decision to escalate what was to become a national tragedy.......
Reading this leaves me wondering if the author's intention was to insert into the narrative this falsehood that JFK bore the major responsibility for Vietnam. Then there's this about Teddy:
He appealed to the best in the voters, talked about real issues, embraced labor and causes that sometimes made his constituents nervous. He cared about immigrants, the disabled, the sick. He wanted them to care too, even when they gave him a pass. They were still proud to walk in his footprints and believe in his promises. The country didn’t know him as well as they did. Perhaps, thanks to television, they do now, although, truth be told, not everyone felt that Kennedy did as much as he could given his identification with the Club that is the Senate and the Party that has moved to the center and right.
Nice eulogy although towards the end he casts a shadow by implying that he didn't do enough because of his identification with the Senate and the Party that has 'moved to the centre and right'. Teddy's fault?
I'm not sure what the purpose of Mr. Schechter's article was but I'm highly suspicious.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?c...&aid=14960
Schechter, who describes himself as a 'news dissector'--nice work if you can get it--says:
I remember Jack's equivocations on the War of that time and eventual decision to escalate what was to become a national tragedy.......
Reading this leaves me wondering if the author's intention was to insert into the narrative this falsehood that JFK bore the major responsibility for Vietnam. Then there's this about Teddy:
He appealed to the best in the voters, talked about real issues, embraced labor and causes that sometimes made his constituents nervous. He cared about immigrants, the disabled, the sick. He wanted them to care too, even when they gave him a pass. They were still proud to walk in his footprints and believe in his promises. The country didn’t know him as well as they did. Perhaps, thanks to television, they do now, although, truth be told, not everyone felt that Kennedy did as much as he could given his identification with the Club that is the Senate and the Party that has moved to the center and right.
Nice eulogy although towards the end he casts a shadow by implying that he didn't do enough because of his identification with the Senate and the Party that has 'moved to the centre and right'. Teddy's fault?
I'm not sure what the purpose of Mr. Schechter's article was but I'm highly suspicious.