Says Neal:
“By now we all have heard the wonderful, heart-warming story of Licorice The Hamster. It was Vanessa Kerry’s hamster. Or maybe it was Alexandra’s hamster. Who really cares. The point is, Licorice got knocked into the water — while in his cage, no less — during a Kerry family outing some years ago. The brave John Kerry fished Licorice from the briny deep and revived Licorice with some hamster CPR. Nice. I had hamsters when I was a kid, so I appreciate John Kerry’s efforts.
Now … for the insensitive part. Isn’t it nice that Massachusetts has at least one U.S. Senator who isn’t afraid to make a water rescue? What does it say about the Senior Senator from Massachusetts that while his junior colleague would risk life and limb for a 1 ounce rodent, Ted Kennedy wouldn’t lift a finger to rescue a young lady from a car he had just driven into the water!
Can we surmise that if it had been John Kerry instead of Ted Kennedy driving Mary Jo home that night 35 years ago she might be alive today? Probably so.”
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