In my whole life I hope I don’t do something as stupid and morally blind as a vote to reelect Senator Ted Kennedy.
Ted Kennedy dies and all I feel is this intense anger at Massachusetts. I mean, really, how could they keep electing that guy?
There was just no way of taking Massachusetts seriously while Ted Kennedy was Senator.
Ted Kennedy RIP – A champion of civil rights for everyone not inside his car. He’ll be missed.
Small consolation for Mary Jo Kopechne: Yesterday she got to be a trending topic on Twitter. Would mean more if she lived to see the internet.
Is thinking you shouldn’t be in politics after drowning a woman and fleeing the scene a right-wing Christian extremist thing?
I’ll certainly refrain from saying bad things about him if others who didn’t know him personally refrain from saying nice things. Compromise.
I’ll say this: There was never a more instructive example of what a liberal truly is than Senator Ted Kennedy.
Many who trash Kennedy now are putting politics before decency… but no more so than anyone who voted to reelect him after what he did.
You have to admit, if the worst that comes out of Chappaquiddick is a blemish on Ted Kennedy’s memorial, he got off really easy.
Who did Ted Kennedy run against? Ax murderers? Pedophiles? I feel like I’m in crazy world!
I guess until now I just never came to grips with how absolutely insane the existence of Ted Kennedy was.
Ted Kennedy served in the Army. There’s something he did which is actually a good example to follow.
It’s not the anger at Ted Kennedy that’s political. It’s the lack of anger from others.
They should name the health care bill after Ted Kennedy to remind people how bloated, harmful, and amoral it is.
I don’t want to be an angry partisan, but a man has to know his limitations.
I don’t think liberals quite understand what a giant joke Ted Kennedy was to most Americans.
Say what you want about Ted Kennedy, but the size and shape of his head was quite fascinating.
I’ll promise not saying anything else bad about Ted Kennedy if liberals promise not to resurrect him as a cyborg zombie.
Actual question: Outside of the Beltway and morons in MA, is Ted Kennedy considered anything other than a punchline?
Considering the standard Ted Kennedy set, why should Mark Sanford leave?
“A champion of civil rights for everyone not inside his car.”
…or in the womb…
I like the idea of naming HR 3200 after Kennedy, as long as there is some truth in labeling. Like “Kennedy Socialized Medicine for You F-ing Peons, not us Congressional Elites Act”. Then I could see it go to the floor for debate.
“They should name the health care bill after Ted Kennedy to remind people how bloated, harmful, and amoral it is.”
That’s just brilliant. I’m going to shamelessly steal that and use it in conversation every time the health care bill is mentioned.
AMEN! Another criminal allowed to line his pockets and his family’s pockets with the money of the American people. Massachusetts should hang their head in shame for electing such a toad.
Ted Kennedy, in 1971. Apparently he was against abortion before he was for it:
“While the deep concern of a woman bearing an unwanted child merits consideration and sympathy, it is my personal feeling that the legalization of abortion on demand is not in accordance with the value which our civilization places on human life. Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized — the right to be born, the right to love, the right to grow old.
On the question of the individual’s freedom of choice there are easily available birth control methods and information which women may employ to prevent or postpone pregnancy. But once life has begun, no matter at what stage of growth, it is my belief that termination should not be decided merely by desire.
I share the confidence of those who feel that America is willing to care for its unwanted as well as wanted children, protecting particularly those who cannot protect themselves. i also share the opinions of those who do not accept abortion as a response to our society’s problems — an inadequate welfare system, unsatisfactory job training programs, and insufficient financial support for all its citizens.
When history looks back to this era it should recognize this generation as one which cared about human beings enough to halt the practice of war, to provide a decent living for every family, and to fulfill its responsibility to its children from the very moment of conception.
Sincerely,
Edward M. Kennedy”
Who did Ted Kennedy run against? Ax murderers? Pedophiles? I feel like I’m in crazy world!
Mitt Romney……’nuff said….
Cool. The nice moratorium is over.
1. Massachusetts still cannot be taken seriously (Barney Frank).
2. We can call our local alternative radio station and request songs by the Dead Kennedys in honor of Ted.
I’ll echo what Obamaaintmymama said. With John Kerry as its other senator, Deval Patrick as its governor, and Bawney Fwank or Fwank Bawney or whatever his name is as one of its congressmen, Massachusetts is still as far from deserving to be taken seriously as, say, California (Nancy Pelosi, Henry Waxman, Barbara “call me senator” Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and, inter alia, my very own congresscreature, Anna Eshoo).
….Heh. Great minds think alike (…or fools rarely differ?). I said about the same thing on HotAir about 20 minutes ago. I just missed a part (added below) after posting:
“A bill that’s bloated, reckless, forces itself upon unwilling others, and endangers other Americans? Sounds like a fitting bill to name after Teddy-O.”
Scientist have determined that Teddy Kennedy was driving exactly 68.7 miles per hour when he left the bridge at Chappaquiddick. That’s how much force it would take to blow Mary Jo Kopechnes pantyhose off, fold them up, and put them into the dash pocket of the car as it hit the water.
I once voted for a slice of cheese for Senator. It was a write-in. Man, that Gouda was good.
….And I still stand by the fact that that’s not nearly as irresponsible as voting for Ted Kennedy.
While we are on the topic of “famous posers from the 60’s,” I also have a venomous hatred toward Jesse Jackson (who pretended to have craddled the dieing MLK, when he was no where around).
http://spectator.org/archives/2003/05/29/the-improbable-jesse
How can such a man be honored?
Today there is one less giant headed, fat, bloated, socialist, liberal, drunkin dooche bag, to destroy America.
“There was just no way of taking Massachusetts seriously while Ted Kennedy was Senator.”
And John “I served in vietnam” Kerry makes it better?
Remember when “banned in boston” didn’t mean conservatives? MA is hopeless!!!
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“Who did Ted Kennedy run against? Ax murderers? Pedophiles? I feel like I’m in crazy world!”
Yes you are in a crazy world, Frank. Hot off of non-stop 24/7 tearful memorials for the world’s most famous pedophile, the mainstream media (including FoxNews) is now wetting itself in its attempt to portray this bloated, murderer, rapist, alchoholic, career lying politician as a great man who’s “many great accomplishments” were unfortunately overshadowed by the murder of Mary Jo Kopechne…as if, 1) Ted Kennedy ever did ANYTHING that didn’t contribute to the destruction of the United States and the division along race and gender lines of our society, or 2) Committing murder’s acceptable if you’re a Kennedy.
I say we start calling all congresspeople Kennedys. They have earned it!
Taking off the funny hat here. My defining Teddy moment was in the late 1970’s. Under Carter, with Teddy’s suoort, the BATF were runiing violent no-knock raids on anyone who had made an error filling out their yellow firearms purchase form. A nis spelling, an undotted i, or whatever. After one such raid on the wrong address when a husband and wife had been shot dead in bed a small furor arose over these raids. A local TV crew caught Teddy leaving thr senate, and one of the questions asked of him was what he thougth of the innocent couple’s murder. Teddy got a big grin, smiled into the camera, and seaid “Anything for the cause.” That, better than anything else, defined the Democrat Party and Teddy.
I’m waiting for the new liberal comedy move called “DROP DEAD TED!” It’s about a dead seator who huants the hall of congress to get government run health care passed in his honor. I heard it’s produced and directed by Micheal Moore and Keith Olberman.
Didn’t Romney come closer to winning than pretty much anyone else who ran against him? Less funny that way, but…
I hope old teddy boy like his new home in Hell.
I keep on seeing references to Teddy Kennedy as the Lion of the Senate. I think that the Poland China Pig of the Senate would be more accurate. For those of you who aren’t pig fanciers, here’s a link to a picture of two of these fascinating beasts:
http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/255-30825
I’m assuming that you all know what a lion looks like.
I thought Teddy was more of the ManBearPig of the senate than the lion.
Teddy Kennedy did not “serve” in the Army. He did a two year tour in Paris, at a time (1951-1953) when most draftees went to Korea or Germany. And was discharged as a private, the same rank he had after basic.
He basically hid out in the Army while his old man bribed Harvard to let him back in, after he got caught cheating.
Wow, that is the best. Frank, thank you for going there so soon. LMAO.
“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life…” –Dean Vernon Wormer
“They should name the health care bill after Ted Kennedy”
Chappaquiddicare.
(Saw that on another blog.)
Also dont forget that while Teddy was championing yanking away EVERYONE’S guns in the ’70s-’80s, his bodyguards were caught numerous times trying to get in the Capitol building while armed.
One law for you, none for them…
No!, No No NO! The Liberals must bring back Ted Kennedy as a Cyborg Zombie! What else will I do with my new Stag M4 ‘Zombie Rifle’?
He was not an example to follow, even in his service to America. Papa Joe got him a gig stateside so he wouldn’t get hurt battling Papa Joe’s friends.
Don’t forget that he had a place holder for the Senate because he was too young to take the seat.
I wouldn’t take Massachusetts too seriously now that he’s gone, either. It’s a seriously messed up state.
Here are some random thoughts, FWIW. I’ve also been thinking about that: how could they go on electing TK? As I mentioned in some other comment somewhere to explain my “insights” about it, I grew up there in the late 50s and early 60s. People were more idealistic then. They were more religious, too, and really, it was a big thing that JFK was Catholic, almost as big as the melanin content in Mr. Obama’s skin is today.
Anyway, TK’s older brother really meant what he said in his inaugural address in 1961, and that captured everybody’s heart. There were also some not-so-idealistic people who understood the underlying liberal agenda, too–strengthening the UN, that is, and stuff like that. Democratic machines had been pretty strong then, too, and the unions were in their big power heyday.
It’s all way too complex for me to understand or make sense, even today. Anyway, we had all that, and we had a real aristocracy, too: the Kennedys. It all just seemed to come together for Massachusetts then. Since then, as things unraveled, it probably was a lot easier just to go on believing the old days were still around. Who wants to look at ugliness if they’ve got a pretty picture they can hang onto?
Back then, and on down through the years, Bay Staters were very proud of our contribution to America’s formation, and though it was never consciously recognized, I think people in Massachusetts were very aware that the Founding Fathers were all the social elite and that’s why the revolution worked (I’m not saying that was really the case, but that Bay Staters in the 50s and 60s believed it). That “truth” has been passed on, if mostly unspoken, and it explains the “revolutionary” and “elitist” connections in the people then and their social and political descendants today. It’s a bunch of baloney, but there it is.
That was “Camelot,” anyway: rule by the benign elite aristocracy, headed by the Kennedys, to keep up their idea of the American “revolution” (read “socialist makeover”). It wasn’t unique to human history, and maybe the best and most succinct description of the whole mindset of that crowd, especially after the idealism died, is given in G. K. Chesterton’s little essay on asparagus. Really.
Well, JFK got killed; the 60s happened; dreams died, cynicism surged. Lots of stuff happened. What was left was Democratic machines and not-so-idealistic people. Chappaquidick had happened by then, too, so TK knew he was going to never get the White House address for 4 or 8 years. The “aristocracy” thing still remained, though, and it became a very good lever to power for those that were left of the old elite and the source of “Camelot” and “idealism” delusions for many (America’s real ideals were never sourced in the Kennedys, of course; lots of Boomers will tell you different, or at least bristle if you mention that). Reelecting a Kennedy maintained the illusion, and since TK also controlled a lot of power, it was also the safest thing to do.
I’ll bet a lot of older fogies are in shock now because TK’s death is the final nail in the coffin of that delusional state forever. It may be that a lot of Boomers may now start to realize that death is on the way for all them/us. Things could get a little ugly in the short term. I hope not. America has grown so much since the 60s, and there are a lot of people now who never experienced all that. Cable TV and now the Internet have broken the lock on media that the “elite” used to have. Hopefully, the wake-up call will not be so traumatic to the Camelot-junkies that a moon-nuking or dinosaur-arming will be required. Such things should only be done for fun, not out of necessity.
BTW, that is a good column up at Pajamas Media about this. It’s so good to know that such mind-frames are so inexplicable today. America has indeed grown and moved on, and I’m very glad it has.
Sorry for the rant.
#31 – Barb,
You can rant here anytime; it was a pleasure to read!
Thanks for the tip on GK Chesterton and Asparagus – I googled it and found a collection of his essays I can read online!
B.t.w., TK was only in the Army because he had to do something after being thrown out of Harvard for cheating. He signed up for the standard four year hitch, but his father got it trimmed to two years. Kennedy would have been eligible for a combat assignment, but daddy got him transferred to embassy guard duty.