Malign
It's an unworthy thought, but the news about Edward Kennedy reminded me of Evelyn Waugh's diary entry on hearing that surgeons had removed a benign tumour from Randolph Churchill:
A typical triumph of modern science to find the only part of Randolph that was not malignant and remove it.
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John
May 21st, 2008 9:03amSure it wasn't Auberon? Sounds like the thoroughly nasty thing that **** would have come up with.
Joshua
May 21st, 2008 11:04amFor those who are interested in that sort of thing, here's a 1956 episode of the US TV programme, "What's My Line", featuring Randolph Churchill:
Part 1 (around two minutes in)
http://tinyurl.com/5v29ds
Part 2 (continuation)
http://tinyurl.com/6gxvu5
And if you want to see the final part which features Kim Novak:
http://tinyurl.com/6nocxn
Bob En
May 21st, 2008 12:37pmWhat an appalling post about a very fine and well-respected senator who has fought tirelessly for the rights of the poor and oppressed and battled relentlessly against the evils of this and that and whatnot...
Sorry, I just can't keep this up. I don't like him either.
Tariq
May 21st, 2008 4:31pmSo then logically, Sen. Kennedy's tumour is the only part of him that IS malignant, right?
Joshua
May 21st, 2008 5:24pm"Sorry, I just can't keep this up. I don't like him either."
I don't imagine Mary Jo Kopechne's family are too fond of him either.
John
May 21st, 2008 8:07pmErr, no, Tariq: he is a thoroughly disgusting excrescence all the way through.
Joshua
May 22nd, 2008 12:10pm"he is a thoroughly disgusting excrescence all the way through."
I don't agree with that. Julian Amery once said that Randolph Churchill could have been a great man if he hadn't have been allowed out in private. The same is true of Edward Kennedy.