# Re Edward Kennedy's death - Man... that's one rough editorial cartoon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105 "2009-08-29T01:01:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/1 "2009-08-29T01:01:44Z")
[Apparently he was not a Kennedy fan](http://cartoonbox.slate.com/glennmccoy/2009/08/28/) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/2 "2009-08-29T01:53:46Z")
I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/3 "2009-08-29T03:01:32Z")
I’m guessing Mr. McCoy thought for at least 30 seconds before coming up with the Mary Jo Kopechne angle. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Timchik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Timchik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timchik)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/4 "2009-08-29T03:13:18Z")
Eh, for this cartoonist, that’s nothing; he probably thought he was being gentle. [This](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/19/92151/3121/225/570306) is the kind of thing he’s capable of when he wants to be mean. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/5 "2009-08-29T03:27:23Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [Apparently he was not a Kennedy fan](http://cartoonbox.slate.com/glennmccoy/) I think it’s appropriate, given the family “mystique”, the wealth, the adulation, etc. It’s about time we fell out of love with the Kennedy family, as they are no better or worse than any other uber-wealthy, politically-connected family. They were like the royal family of America…which I don’t particularly care for. RIP, though, Ted. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/6 "2009-08-29T03:36:15Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > It’s about time we fell out of love with the Kennedy family, as they are no better or worse than any other uber-wealthy, politically-connected family. Who’s ‘we’? I’ve never been in love with the Kennedys and I think it’s poor taste all the same. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/7 "2009-08-29T03:37:31Z")
That cartoon hits the mark. I have to say watching the video of his apology when he switches from camera 1 to camera 2 as he switches from his personal remorse for what happened to his much much much longer discussion of his legacy it makes me wish I were a filmmaker. That scene is just perfect and it says so much about the media savvy of the Kennedy family at a time when media savvy was not yet common. It was so obviously directed. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/8 "2009-08-29T03:44:16Z")
I just flipped through a few of that guy’s cartoons. I find his work … unappealing. But apparently he also writes _The Duplex_, which can be very funny. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/9 "2009-08-29T07:45:12Z")
Ok, maybe I’m a complete idiot. What’s offensive about Ted looking into the pearly gates and seeing his two dead brothers? What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/10 "2009-08-29T07:52:43Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Ok, maybe I’m a complete idiot. What’s offensive about Ted looking into the pearly gates and seeing his two dead brothers? What am I missing? The OP was speaking of a cartoon that is now on another [page](http://cartoonbox.slate.com/hottopic/?topicid=349&image=0). And yes I was baffled at first too. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/11 "2009-08-29T07:53:39Z")
I’ve edited the OP so the link goes to the August 28 cartoon instead of the newest one. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/12 "2009-08-29T11:01:33Z")
Looks to me like more of an indictment of the media for pretty much giving him a pass for Chappaquiddick. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/13 "2009-08-29T11:21:25Z")
Very good cartoon. I wish I wasn’t a nontheistic agnostic…it would be nice to think Mary Jo would finally get some justice. But I guess there is no justice, in or out of court. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/14 "2009-08-29T12:10:07Z")
> [@Timchik](#): > > Eh, for this cartoonist, that’s nothing; he probably thought he was being gentle. [This](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/19/92151/3121/225/570306) is the kind of thing he’s capable of when he wants to be mean. The OP one actually made me wince a little. It’s still too early. But THIS one, I like! ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/15 "2009-08-29T13:02:14Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > The OP one actually made me wince a little. It’s still too early. “Too early”? Gee, I’d hate to let something like negligent homicide get in the way of you respecting the man. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/16 "2009-08-29T13:11:02Z")
I can’t find the cartoon. All the links go to a donkey laying a wreath. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/17 "2009-08-29T13:17:18Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I can’t find the cartoon. All the links go to a donkey laying a wreath. [Here](http://images.ucomics.com/comics/gm/2009/gm090828.gif) is a direct link to the cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/18 "2009-08-29T13:30:24Z")
Did New Zealand singer Shona Laing’s old hit from 1987 [Glad I’m Not a Kennedy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a6hu6Z7Pkg) get any airplay in the last week? \*Living on through politics Body-guarded, heart in bits A blue-eyed honesty Indigo injury The family tree is felled Bereavement worn so well Giving up on certainty Wilderness society Wearing the fame like a loaded gun Tied up with a rosary I’m glad I’m not a Kennedy\* ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/19 "2009-08-29T13:57:48Z")
It makes sense… I mean, with his death, the Camelot Legacy is more or less dead. I mean, Maria is still (indirectly) involved in politics, but for the most part, the dynasty is gone. I think Mary Jo’s headstone might have been a little much, but for this cartoonist, it’s probably not far enough for him. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105/20 "2009-08-29T14:03:33Z")
Weird that it would say “a youthful indiscretion” on Mary Jo Kopechne’s tombstone. That’s the phrase Henry Hyde ® used to describe his extramarital affair when he was just a lad of 41. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edward-kennedys-death-man-thats-one-rough-editorial-cartoon/508105.md?page=2)