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While I am no fan of RFK Jr., the logic Mr. Lord uses to accuse him of hypocrisy is so convoluted to almost defy review.

The Bank of America contributes to the support of JFK's library, so any criticism by RFK Jr. of corporations in general or banks in particular is hypocritical?

p>I think Mr. Lord reached too high and too far for this one. br> -- John F. Conroy br> Memphis, Tennessee /p> p> strong> Jeffrey Lord replies: br> The point, with respect to Mr. Conroy, is simple. Mr. Kennedy runs around America loudly portraying politicians who accept money from corporations as corrupt. Indeed, he specifically accuses the Bush administration of both 1) accepting support from said corporations and 2) being corrupt ("plundering") simply as a result of accepting said funds. He is particularly harsh about the role of bankers, and repeatedly implies that it is immoral if not criminal to be accepting this kind of money. At no time does Mr. Kennedy confess that, yes indeed, his own father's legacy is being financially fueled by the a corporation heavily funding President Bush. Surely if he feels as strongly as he claims he could easily seek out others -- i.e., non-Bush supporting corporations -- to promote the politics of his father's legacy. If one argues that lying down with dogs means one rises with fleas, does this mean the fleas can be said to vanish if the dogs inhabit your kennel -- for a price "above $25,000"? /strong> /p> p> Sorry Mr. Lord, but your naive adolescent idolatry of the Kennedy clan is still evident. How else to explain your absurd calculus of moral equivalence between the relatively minor indiscretions of an unknown Republican senator and those of Robert Kennedy Jr.? To compare the two, is laughable at best and highly offensive at worst. Spare me the hand wringing over a public man who has succumbed to his carnal lusts. Perhaps you have forgotten the horrific treatment of Marilyn Monroe and others, by JFK and RFK, and the pass given to them by the MSM, especially Ben Bradlee and the Washington Post? Dare I also mention Chappaquiddick? No such luck for Mr. Vitter. Oh no, he gets the full media treatment. No wonder why Bill Clinton was in awe of the Kennedy's. In addition, you focus on RFK Jr.'s obsession with the Bank of America, yet make scant mention of his other world-class hypocrisies. Whatever Vitter's sins may be, he at least, is not trying to systematically dismantle American capitalism with the thinly veiled Marxist scam of global warming; while RFK Jr. lavishes in the corporate largess that fund the Kennedy family trusts, some of which are off shore to avoid American taxes. But hey, you got the last line right, so perhaps you might try this;" Some people see conservative hypocrisy and say why? Others see liberal hypocrisy and say why not." br> --

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