Greenpeace is unhappy with Ted Kennedy.
From the Cape Cod Times:
You'd expect Greenpeace to lampoon plenty of politicians as enemies of the environment.
But Ted Kennedy? Sure enough, the activist group known for its flair for drama hammers the liberal Bay State senator - and Cape Wind opponent - in new ads being shown in states nationwide in the days leading up to a congressional vote that could doom the Nantucket Sound wind farm.
In the 30-second spot, a cartoon Kennedy looms over the water like a Japanese movie monster, pounding wind turbines as they sprout from the water, and barks, "I might see them from my mansion on the Cape."
...The ads will run in the home states of several key lawmakers in the days leading up to the vote - an $8.7 billion Coast Guard bill that could make the Nantucket Sound wind farm vulnerable to state veto.
..."We've targeted the Senate because we need leaders to stop this amendment before it can even be voted," said Kate Smolski of Greenpeace.
...Why are they bashing Kennedy? Well, the Hyannisport homeowner is a well-known Cape Wind opponent, citing concerns about the federal process.
What's more, though, a spokesman for U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said Stevens inserted the language because Kennedy told him to, according to an Alaska newspaper.
A Kennedy spokeswoman denied the Massachusetts senator wrote the amendment, but conceded his opposition to Cape Wind is not likely to change.
Hot air and Ted Kennedy -- Same old, same old.
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