Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sir: At last someone ventured to express the unanswered questions crucial to the character of a possible presidential candidate. Perhaps the electorate of Massachusetts can disregard the negligence and irresponsibility of Kennedy's contestable behavior but, with your unrestrained query, can the nation...
...Sir: The disclosure regarding McNamara plus the usual touch-up boys-Sorensen and brother-in-law Smith-should help eradicate the illusions most housefraus entertain about the Kennedy myths . . . and their spontaneous eloquence...
...Sir: That no comprehensive investigation into the circumstances of Mary Jo Kopechne's death has been made is alarming. That Kennedy is permitted to avoid investigation via a guilty plea to a relatively minor offense and then to generate sympathy with unverified emotional answers to his own selected questions is a discredit to this nation's legal and political systems...
...Sir: Senator Kennedy has related what happened-he admitted that his conduct after the accident was indefensible. He pleaded guilty in court. He went to the people he represents and asked their help in deciding whether or not to resign. His constituents have advised him that they wish him to continue as their Senator. The matter should be closed. The only unanswered questions are those that are either by their nature unanswerable or by their implication unworthy of consideration...
...Sir: I ask you to consider what would happen to a private citizen who, heading "out to the dunes" after a party with a girl in his car, drove off the road and killed the girl-then crept quietly away from the scene without saying anything to anyone, leaving car and corpse to be discovered the next day without his assistance. The laws covering a situation like this are stringent-nay, merciless. Such a private citizen would pay a very stiff price indeed for his irresponsible behavior. Yet it seems that Edward Kennedy intends to pay no price...