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Entry: Teddy Kennedy's Still Swimming in the Stuff Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/teddy_kennedys_still_swimming_in_the_stuff#10664 Post contents: Not so fast, Mr. Earley. We don't have the parties here to question, do we? Accusing others of ignoble motives is how to enjoy an easy self-righteous cheap thrill. The Civil War is still a subject of serious disagreement; to accuse those who seriously didn't believe in it of poltroonery is rather hard. "Thou shalt not kill" could just possibly have something to do with it. Then again the elder Roosevelts could have had, as did Mr. Cheney, other career path plans. At least these Roosevelts haven't been accused of subsequently becoming sofa samurais. TR's conduct in Cuba during the Spanish-American war was histronic heroism, and FDR acquitted himself admirably as Asst. Secretary of the Navy during Woodrow's Folly. Walking a mile in the other party's moccasins before passing judgment is always a good idea. Sent at: 2008 07 25