Big Mistakes

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

I want to be clear that this is not about politics. It’s an exercise in our learning about ourselves and our frailties using examples offered by politicians.

Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts was in a car accident that cost someone their life. The woman with him drowned. He did not report the accident for 10 hours.

Eventually, he held a press conference where he told a story of what happened apologetically. Although he never said these words, what he told the cameras was interpreted as, “I panicked.” Kennedy never became president but had a successful career nonetheless.

I was reminded of this by an article where the Secretary to Gov. Cuomo of New York, Melissa DeRosa, said/admitted (I’ll let you decide which term you would prefer) that the reason the State of New York withheld accurate information about nursing home fatalities in the early days of the Covid crisis stemmed from fear of criticism by Pres. Trump and the possibility of prosecution.

From The New York Post reports:

“And basically, we froze,” she told the lawmakers on the call.

“Because then we were in a position where we weren’t sure if what we were going to give to the Department of Justice, or what we give to you guys, what we start saying, was going to be used…