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Melissa Lafsky Writer for publications including The New York Times, The New York Post, Salon, Wired, Page Six Magazine, and Radar. She spent a year as a contributor and then associate editor at The Huffington Post, where she wrote reported pieces, editorials, and media commentary.

Quote ""We don't know how much [Ted] Kennedy was affected by her [Mary Jo Kopechne's] death, or what she'd have thought about arguably being a catalyst for the most successful Senate career in history. [. . .] [One wonders what] Mary Jo Kopechne would have had to say about Ted's death, and what she'd have thought of the life and career that are being (rightfully) heralded. Who knows -- maybe she'd feel it was worth it."

Writing in the Huffington Post, August 27, 2009. Source: "Long Live Camelot Award for Lionizing Ted Kennedy -- Quote of the Year," Watchdog, February 2010, page 5. Posted here: June 7, 2010. Quotes Homepage. Website Homepage.

Comment: Sometimes boundless partisanship elicits utter silliness. I think we have an example here. Ms. Lafsky would have us believe Kopechne's influence on Kennedy's life [probably miniscule to insignificant] was sufficient to justify her dying a disparate and agonizing death by drowning. Such silliness borders on absolute looniness!

Bertha Lewis Chief Executive Officer and Chief Organizer of ACORN (2008-2010), which used to be a non-profit social justice organization with national headquarters in New York, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. until the organization disbanded in 2010. Ms. Lewis was a founding co-chair of the Working Families Party.

Quote "The Tea Party movement, a grassroots reaction against Big Government, is a bowel movement in my estimation."

In remarks before the Young Democratic Socialists, in April 2010. Source: "Bringing Down the System," by Matthew Vadum, Whistleblower magazine, May 2011, page 21. Address: PO Box 2450, Fair Oaks, California 95628. Phone: 916-852-6300. Fax: 916-852-6302. Website. Posted here: August 29, 2011. Quotes Homepage. Website Homepage.

Comment: The Source states that Ms. Lewis openly embraced socialism. "First of all," she said, "let me just say any group that says,'I'm young, I'm democratic, and I'm a socialist,' is all right with me." In her YDS speech, she told the audience, "Immigration, immigration, and immigration. And the reason that this is so important is, you know, here's the secret. (Whispering.) We're getting ready to be a majority-minority country. Shhhh. We'll be like South Africa. More black people than white people. Don't tell anybody."