The Kennedys are a class act.

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I am not clueless..Joe Kennedy did it without his wife's permission..The family is awful..I am thinking OP has to be a troll.

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When I think of class I think of only one Kennedy (by marriage) - Jackie O. The Kennedy men...no way. If Taylor's smart she'll just have a fling and not marry him. Women who married into that family seemed like they were miserable.

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Wow OP, your bar to define class must be set pretty low. I guess you could say that they maintain proper manners and dress while the kill, rape and drink.

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The Kennedy's are Honey BooBoo's family with table manners and a better diet.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh yes, William Kennedy Smith was a real class act. Ditto Michael Skakel.

Skakel is not a Kenndy. Bobby Kennedy married Ethel Skael. The tv movie about Martha Moxley's murder only call him a "Kennedy" so people would watch.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought her family wanted it out of there and sued to have it moved?
But agree PP. They are anything but classy.

Classy?
They behave worse than the irish peasants that they are descended from

What makes you think Irish peasants can't be classy? You're not British by any chance or maybe just a snob?

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Anonymous wrote:The Kennedy's are Honey BooBoo's family with table manners and a better diet.

+1
i respect honey bo boo family more

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Anonymous wrote:I am not clueless..Joe Kennedy did it without his wife's permission..The family is awful..I am thinking OP has to be a troll.

Yeah, thousands of people were needlessly subjected to lobotomization in the US and abroad during the 30s, 40s, 50s, and early 60s. It was considered revolutionary. Of course with hindsight we have come to realize that it was wrong minded. I am not an academic, but here is a site http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-10-26/long-island-voice/the-scary-days-when-thousands-were-lobotomized-on-long-island/ do your own research, if you like--there are thousands of state hospitals that were filled with people who had this procedure. Mistakes were made. Joe was monstrous for MANY things. Not this. You are clueless or uninformed or both on this issue.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not clueless..Joe Kennedy did it without his wife's permission..The family is awful..I am thinking OP has to be a troll.

Yeah, thousands of people were needlessly subjected to lobotomization in the US and abroad during the 30s, 40s, 50s, and early 60s. It was considered revolutionary. Of course with hindsight we have come to realize that it was wrong minded. I am not an academic, but here is a site http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-10-26/long-island-voice/the-scary-days-when-thousands-were-lobotomized-on-long-island/ do your own research, if you like--there are thousands of state hospitals that were filled with people who had this procedure. Mistakes were made. Joe was monstrous for MANY things. Not this. You are clueless or uninformed or both on this issue.

Yes, thousands of people were needlessly subjected to the procedure, agreed....but your earlier claim was that it was the "absolute standard of care" for developmentally disabled children. That's two quite different claims. I can agreed that many people needlessly had the procedure, but I know of no evidence that it was accepted as the standard of care for developmentally disabled children.

I have a special needs child and I am very well read in the sad history of institutionalization of SN kids in this country.

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Anonymous wrote:Or my personal favorite, having one of their kids lobotomized. For having a lower-than-average IQ. And sneaking out of the convent they sent her to.

Real class act, those Kennedys.

Their behavior is reprehensible.

Here's my favorite story about RFK, Jr:

Patricia Lawford Stewart first met the young RFK Jr. in 1976, when he showed up on the Lawfords’ doorstep in LA unannounced, having been kicked out by his widowed mother, Ethel. He was wearing his late father’s suit, rumpled. Robert sat on the sofa, and they made small talk for a few minutes while Peter was in the shower.

“Then he said, ‘I wish you weren’t married to my uncle — I’d like to f--- you right here on the couch,’ ” Stewart says. “That was a shocker. I knew him for four minutes.”

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or my personal favorite, having one of their kids lobotomized. For having a lower-than-average IQ. And sneaking out of the convent they sent her to.

Real class act, those Kennedys.

Their behavior is reprehensible.

Here's my favorite story about RFK, Jr:

Patricia Lawford Stewart first met the young RFK Jr. in 1976, when he showed up on the Lawfords’ doorstep in LA unannounced, having been kicked out by his widowed mother, Ethel. He was wearing his late father’s suit, rumpled. Robert sat on the sofa, and they made small talk for a few minutes while Peter was in the shower.

“Then he said, ‘I wish you weren’t married to my uncle — I’d like to f--- you right here on the couch,’ ” Stewart says. “That was a shocker. I knew him for four minutes.”

You mean Patricia didn't go for it?

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Anonymous wrote:Or my personal favorite, having one of their kids lobotomized. For having a lower-than-average IQ. And sneaking out of the convent they sent her to.

Real class act, those Kennedys.

There are many legitimate reasons to criticize the Kennedys. Lobotomization and institutionalization of developmentally challenged children was the absolute standard of care at the time when Rose Kennedy did it. You should familiarize yourself with the RFKs' family foundation "Best Buddies" to really appreciate what an ignorant swipe you are taking at them on that issue. You are clueless.

I'm not, actually.

She was developmentally able enough to keep a diary in which she detailed going to parties, picking out dresses, having teas and meeting President Roosevelt. She was institutionalized and lobotomized for displeasing her parents by escaping the convent they sent her to. At the time it was done to her, it was considered a new procedure. It was NOT the standard of care. Her classy father never visited her again after he had her lobotomized.

The foundation was formed years later, perhaps due to familial guilt? Klassy.

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Socially most gracious? Never picking up the tab a day in their life, constantly sticking others with the bill and laughing about it...yes, so very, very gracious.

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I bought this shirt for my DS years ago before Ted died.

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Anonymous wrote:

I bought this shirt for my DS years ago before Ted died.

Clearly you have as much class as the Kennedys.