The American Spectator

Medb| 8.26.09 @ 5:16PM

You people are paranoid nutbags.

c. j. acworth| 8.26.09 @ 5:31PM

I will light a candle tonight, but not for the Hero of Chappaquiddik; for his victim, who died to save her country from another Kennedy in the White House.

Nobama| 8.26.09 @ 5:49PM

Did anyone see the names Jeremiah/LibReader or Bob on that MoveOn list?

Alan Brooks| 8.26.09 @ 6:34PM

Medb,
so ignore us if were paranoid nutbags; we are no threat to you, we cannot hurt you much, we do not want to hurt you, we will not hurt you-- we have no intention of so much as hurting a fly..

We come in peace for all mankind. Er, um, all womankind. That is, uh, all peoplekind...

ConservativeWanderer| 8.26.09 @ 6:38PM

medb, I agree.

The folks at Moveon are indeed paranoid nutbags, who are despicable enough to use the death of a noted human being who left behind a large family (which family is in my prayers, despite political differences) just to pass one piece of highly unpopular legislation!

If that's what you meant, then yes, I agree with you completely. (But I rather doubt that's what you meant.)

Alan Brooks| 8.26.09 @ 6:41PM

Ted was in fact a leonine figure. Lions are predatory and randy, otherwise they'd be out of business.

ConservativeWanderer| 8.26.09 @ 6:53PM

ALAN!

Sheesh, next time warn me not to take a drink just before reading some of your comments. Now I gotta clean my laptop's screen.

tonypal| 8.26.09 @ 8:56PM

I am going to vomit if I hear one more story about Ted Kennedy the humanitarian. Was Ol' Teddy a humanitarian when he left a young woman to drown in his car, leaving the scene so he could run home and ask his cousin to take the blame? How about wonderful Ted's leadership in defunding our troops fighting in Vietnam, an act that led to the slaughter of millions in Southeast Asia?

What Ted Kennedy was particularly good at was assuaging his guilt over being wealthy by championing the transfer of trillions of dollars through confiscatory taxation from America's producers to America's freeloaders.

So spare me the stories of Ted's contributions to the advancement of the working man, his concern for the downtrodden, etc. The man was a coward who had the dumb luck of being born into immense wealth and privilege. While I have sympathy for his family and pray that his passing was free of pain and suffering, I wonder how he will answer to Mary Jo and those countless millions of Cambodians and Vietnamese now that his time of reckoning has arrived.

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Tom Degan| 8.27.09 @ 7:44AM

It has been said too many times that he never lived up to his potential, that he will forever be overshadowed by his two brothers. I disagree. Given the limited time that fate would allow them, their legacies are decidedly eclipsed by their little brother's. As John Meacham said this morning on the Morning Joe program, "He certainly belongs in the company of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster." As legislators, Jack and Bobby aren't even in Teddy's league. It's not even close.

So many "red state Americans" who regarded him with suspicion if not outright hatred, will probably never even realize how much they owe Senator Kennedy. It's kind of sad that a lot of the people Kennedy worked the hardest for despised him with a passion born of decades of anti-Kennedy propaganda. Nothing was handier for a Republican running in a conservative district than the image of Bogeyman Ted in a campaign ad. It usually worked.

TEDDY KENNEDY'S GONNA GET'CHA IF YA DON'T WATCH OUT!

I wonder how these people would react if tomorrow - just for a day, mind you - every law Teddy Kennedy is responsible for were made null and void. Call it a hunch but I have a strong feeling that more people than you might suspect are going to miss him now that he's gone.

Teddy, they hardly knew ye!

We're a better country because for seventy-seven years Teddy Kennedy walked amongst us. His impact on the country he loved so much will be felt for generations. The loss his passing means to progressive politics in the United States is incalculable. We need him at this moment in history more than we ever needed him before. It's so unspeakably sad. He's gone and he's not coming back. Now he belongs to the ages.

In the good old Irish Catholic tradition, tonight I'll be drinking a toast or two (or twelve) to you, Ted. Sleep well and thanks.

http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY

BigEdsBlog| 8.27.09 @ 9:14AM

The Lion…Err Dog of the Senate.
“Teddy Kennedy was the weak kitten in the litter, never able to measure up to his brothers.
The accident at Chappaquiddick displayed his chronic immaturity. One problem Teddy has always had was keeping it in his pants – even when other people are around.”
- Cleo O’Donnell – wife of former Kennedy campaign aide.
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tonypal| 8.27.09 @ 11:04AM

Tom Degan:

Thanks for enlightening all of us "red state American" rubes as to what we owe Ted Kennedy. Let's all raise a glass to old Teddy for the some of the wonders he has bestowed upon us:

1. Rampant and uncontrolled immigration, mainly illegal, due to his crafting of immigration policy in the mid '60s.

2. The politicization of the judicial nomination process due to his despicable actions during the Robert Bork hearings.

3. His taking the lead in cutting off funding to the South Vietnamese government, a move that led to the eventual enslavement and slaughter of millions of Asians.

Perhaps we owe a debt of gratitude to him for his selflessness in allowing Mary Jo Kopechne to drown, skillfully attempting to get his cousin to take the fall and then trading in on the family name to avoid prosecution.

Unlike leftists, we "red state Americans" don't hate people with whom we disagree politically. If you want evidence of real hatred, google the comments made by leftists when any prominent conservative, such as Ronald Reagan, passes on. That's where you'll find raw hatred.

We simply don't believe that Ted Kennedy was a good man. Personally, I think the bad he did in his life far outweighs the good.

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Nobama| 8.27.09 @ 5:54PM

51 million aborted babies are not in "The good old Irish Catholic tradition." Fascist Liberal creep.

I know I'll sleep a little better tonight now that Teddy's gone. I'll drink to that!

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