do you know why maria's face looks the way it does?????

[bearfartinthewoods]

http://images.google.com/images?q=eunice+shriver&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

it's her genes.

[jenk]

1. you're giving me nightmares

is that a corpse?

seems like rigor mortis has set in

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Yes, but in the photo below she doesn't look like death warmed over.

Eunice looks to be approximately Maria's age now, or a bit older.

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[jenk]

3. I guess it only affects the women

Ted Kennedy looks as robust as ever

[bearfartinthewoods]

5. the kennedy men grown into their cheekbones, the women don't.

everyone who was refering to her face a skeletal probably doesn't realize she has always looked that was because that's the way she was born. also, i saw her arms at that speech and while she is thin, she is now where near skinny as compared to most women who work in tv.

[SharonAnn]

7. The Kennedy men aren't gaunt and stick thin. That might have

something to do with their appearance being more normal.

[Catch22Dem]

4. I just don't think

We should be talking about the way people look. Maybe it's just me.

[bearfartinthewoods]

8. i agree totally. that's why i posted this

the attacks on her appearance were just too much. she looks the way she looks because it's in her genes.

[SharonAnn]

6. No, it's because she's lost a lot of weight. Earlier pictures

show her with the same cheekbones but with some flesh under the skin so she looks much prettier and not so gaunt.

Yes, she has the cheekbones and the jaw but it's the gauntness that is so frightening looking.

[roguevalley]

9. The Kennedy men don't try to be thin. Its hell being a kennedy

I imagine, being open to criticism twenty-four, seven. I wouldn't
dare be fat if I was a kennedy.

Eunice Shriver is one of the greatest women this country ever produced. Her husband headed the peace corps. They are good people. Their daughter just married an idiot.

[dofus]

10. Genes are one thing.

Skeletally think is another. I'd say, looking at the photos of Eunice, that she also is anorexic. It's been known to run in families. Maria used to be much heftier, and much more attractive. I remember her when she was a slightly pudgy teenager (I worked at National Airport in Washington DC during the 1970's and saw lots of Kennedys). I don't think she deserves some of the strident and rude comments that have been made here, but I do think she looks terrible. Nothing really wrong with her that putting on 10 or 15 pounds wouldn't fix up.