# Phyllis Schlafly dead at 92 - Does anybody care? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 5, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phyllis-schlafly-dead-at-92-does-anybody-care/765155 "2016-09-05T23:58:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 263
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phyllis-schlafly-dead-at-92-does-anybody-care/765155/263 "2016-09-12T14:20:38Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Has there ever been a thread here about the death of a prominent left-leaning commentator, pundit, or activist, in which the right-leaning board members expressed glee at the passing? Let’s roll the tape… > [@Ted Kennedy is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-kennedy-is-dead/507746/7): > > Gone at last to stammer his excuses to the shade of Mary Jo Kopechne just before God sends his ass to roast in eternal hellfire for leaving a young woman to drown. > > Disgusting apology for a human being, the world is well rid of this sanctimonious, hypocritical weasel. > [@Ted Kennedy is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-kennedy-is-dead/507746/19): > > Those who gives Kennedy a pass over the events at Chappaquiddick have not read the accounts of what happened. > > He spent more time trying to cover up what happened than rescuing Mary Jo Kopechne. He tried to get his friends to lie for him and went so far as to swim back to the mainland so he would be seen at the hotel where he was registered. He then tried to smear the officer who investigated it. > > All his political accomplishments lay at the foot of this legacy. He deserves a burial at sea (at night) in the trunk of 1967 Olds 88 pushed off the deck while nobody is watching. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phyllis-schlafly-dead-at-92-does-anybody-care/765155)._