The Ten Worst People on Earth

NUMBER TWO

EDWARD "TEDDY" KENNEDY

There were three Kennedy brothers at one time. John F. Kennedy, the President of the United States, was assassinated. A few years later, his brother Robert--who was running for President at the time--was also assassinated. Teddy Kennedy was left. Unlike his brothers, Teddy is a festering pus boil.

People have said that Teddy Kennedy is good at "crossing bridges" between people of different backgrounds. In the end, however, it was the bridge he DIDN'T cross at Chappaquiddick that was his undoing. Actually, that's not strictly true. He has the dubious distinction of being the only serving senator, to my knowledge, who may have directly caused the death of anyone. I won't go into any detail. For a biased and completely uninformative account of the incident, please see the Wikipedia article entitled "Chappaquiddick Incident."

I'll be back at some later date with Numero Uno.