Kennedy diagnosed with brain tumor
Put aside your political differences and join me in keeping Sen. Ted Kennedy and his family in your prayers as they grapple with the news of his malignant brain tumor diagnosis.
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#95
What an absolutely horrible way to live out your last hour of life.
SPCOlympics, I’m not here to pile on the abuse vis a vis Ted Kennedy, but I must take exception with your call.
Do yourself a favor and read the police reports and the investigation as to Mary Jo Kopechne’s death. She didn’t drown, she wasn’t unconcious, she slowly suffocated when the air ran out. Take a look at the rescue divers drawings of how Miss Kopechne had positioned herself to get the remaining air. Then envision your sister, daughter, mother or wife in Miss Kopechne’s place. Then fast forward to Ted Kennedy swimming away and going to his hotel room for a nights sleep.
All this without calling for help.
Do yourself a favor and look it up. It’s readily available on the net.
Then get back to me. Kennedy did a very very selfish EVIL thing, and a young woman died to save his career.
He is scum…….pond scum.
I don’t wish him cancer or pain, but this pig has bloviated and demogogued in the Senate for FORTY SIX FRIGGIN YEARS. Mary Jo Kopechne would be 65 now. She’s been dead for 40 years. Meanwhile back at the SCOTCH and WATER.
I don’t get some of you here! We call our selves Conservative’s and most of us claim to be Christian. Rather than point out that left-wing sites cheer when someone they don’t like has a tragedy, let’s hold ourselves to a higher standard.
I dislike Kennedy’s politics as much as anyone else here. But I still hope he gets well.
Well, I hope that the record reflects that the majority of the commenter’s here do not wish ill of Kennedy and his family. I can only assume that most people who read and comment on this site are conservatives, but there is nothing to stop a person with malicious intent to register and make comments posing as a conservative. We’ll never know.
I understand their frustrations, but it’s pretty low class to express these types of comments at this news right here. May none of their bad karma come back to them as they are wishing and joking about Ted Kennedy and his family here.
Maybe we’ll get a death bed confession of what actually happened early morning July 20, 1969? But I won’t hold my breath …
When I think of the millions of unborn children murdered in the womb thanks in part to his efforts.. Well, let’s just say that I hope that they get to judge him.
Although I disagree with everything this man has going in politics, I will pray for healing for Mr. Kennedy and peace for his family.
A novena for his soul and comfort from his illness will be said by me tonight . That’s all I can say. MY anger about him is for another day and thread.
The fact Kennedy has been in office so long is a testament to the fact our government is not working correctly. There should be no such thing as a lifetime politician. It was not meant to be that way from the beginning.
I may loathe him politically, but I wish him well, just as I would any person with a similar diagnosis.
#108
Absolutely spot on!
It all comes down to responsibility. If a person commits arson, not knowing someone is inside the building, and that person dies as a result of the fire, the arsonist has added murder to his original misdeed, although he never intended to kill anyone.
Chappaquiddick is no different. Kennedy (if rumor control has it right) decided to drive while intoxicated, an illegal act. He is ultimately responsible for anyone with him, regardless of that person’s capacity.
Having said that, no, I don’t believe Ted is evil, but my point is and was, that he is an enemy of conservative principles, and an opponent of common decency, specifically, the American way of life.
No one deserves cancer. I wish him well despite vehemently opposing his political positions.
While I vehemently disagree with Senator Kennedy on his politics, I have much sympathy for him and his family. I hope he’s able to get through this. I wouldn’t wish death upon anyone serving this country, even if I disagree with his methods.
I disagree, if only because this might imply a presumption that Michelle reads everything and a lack of action (i.e. deleting a post) does not suggest that she supports the statement.
Some here have tried to equivocate the fact that some posts have not been deleted as being the same thing as Michelle agreeing with them. That seems rather silly to me.
But, as you said, that requires a leap. There are several liberals that post regularly here, too. We engage in several debates here and Michelle couldn’t possibly agree with everything posted.
I understand what you are saying, but I also sense a mistaken notion by some (not you) that a few egregious posts reflects directly on Michelle or the rest of us here.
As wise_man pointed out to Mookie’s “predictable” post, the majority of us here tend to be rather decent to each other. Others seem to seek out the one or two examples that would support their belief that conservatives are predictably evil, rude, aggressive, or what have you.
I wouldn’t wish a brain tumor on anyone and have sympathy for those who have to deal with them. However, my thoughts and prayers go with the family of Mary Jo Kopechne whenever the name of Edward Kennedy comes up. IMO, that’s his legacy.
I’m with abstractmind on this. I don’t wish him ill but I do think he is an nasty man who needs to retire.
My “predictable” post was aimed solely at Texas Tiger, not anyone else. I don’t think conservatives are evil or rude as a whole. Not in the least.
Being born and raised in Ma.,it’s very easy for me to remember Mary-Jo.Since i’m not a left wing loon I will keep him in my prayers.
A subtle way to say “look how wonderful I am” is to point out how others are not as wonderful.
My sympathies are for those who love him and his family, but my prayers are reserved for Mary Jo Kopechne, who died a horrible, prolonged death at this man’s hands, due to his severe irresponsibility. He never paid for his actions that night. There are 2 Americas, one for those who are influential in a corrupt state, they get away with this sort of thing, and then the America that the rest of us live in, where we are held totally accountable for our actions.
I’ll pray for him, his family, and his victims. Leave it in God’s hands.
I wholeheartedly agree that the folks I know on this site should be above sniping in the current situation. I’ve had a couple of occasions where I could have walked across a room and shook his hand, but wouldn’t. I’d gladly do it now, and wish him well.
On another note (and NO mean jokes!): is there something wrong in the Senate building? This is the 3rd senator in recent years with a brain tumor. That’s 3% of the population and they are only ones I can remember.
That was the first thing I did when I heard. I prayed that he be healed, and knowing the profound changes brain tumors can make in a personality, I also prayed it would turn him into a rational conservative.
Forgive me Lord.
You know, TXVet2, it should not be our goal to be just a little bit better than our political adversaries. We should try to be as good as we can be.
On May 20th, 2008 at 2:39 pm, gridlock said:
“It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: “And this, too, shall pass away.” How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!” — Abraham Lincoln
Couldn’t have said better. Amen.
(And Rusty and other liberal defenders of the KOS and Huffpo… when Bush/Cheney/Rove dies or gets a tumor, we’ll compare this thread to that one and see just how non-equivalent and not even in the same galaxy they really are.)
Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.
This is the same disease that took my sister and a good friend. Everyone exposed to it needs compassion and prayer support. Any moron who delights in Kennedy’s suffering needs a fist in the face.
Prayers for the woman he left to die, Mary Jo Kopechne. Ted Kennedy has already received all the breaks in the world. He got away with vehicular homicide and afterwards has spent his life showing no mercy to and villifying Republcans. I cry for the millions of aborted babies and the rest of the victims of Liberal insanity like his.
I don’t agree with his politics. Yes, he has blood on his hands, and Mary Jo Kopechne’s death was his fault. I won’t debate that in the least. But for those of us who believe in the Lord, we may hope for justice in this life and attempt to see it carried out legally. However, it isn’t on us to celebrate anyone’s death.
I don’t have sympathy for Ted Kennedy, but I wouldn’t wish this on him, either. He’ll answer to God soon enough. I refuse to become like those who celebrated the death of Ronald Reagan. There were plenty of liberals, including some of my gay friends, who honestly believed that Reagan was evil incarnate and they had a reason to be happy when he passed.
Regardless of what he’s done, none of us should stoop that low. If we’re to have people believe that our morals are better then we should behave as though they really are. I wouldn’t celebrate the death of a convicted murderer, and I won’t celebrate the death of a corrupt politician.
Mookie:
No one here cares about what you find predictable. A real tragedy is when tens of thousands die in places like China and Myanmar.
If you want to dim the lights and fire up Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind” for Teddy K., suit yourself. Just don’t forget to log off before you piss off.
My sympathy is with Mary Jo Kopechne and her family and has been from the day it happened. I’ve always wondered how the people of Mass could be so cold and callous to let him get by with that “tragic accident” and keep electing him to office year after year after year. He could have saved Mary’s life, but chose not to; he ran.He showed no respect for the President Of The United States nor for the men and women dying and being maimed fighting terrorists, so he could live the life of Reilly. I pray for his family, but he lost my respect and sympathy many years ago.
I knew that it must have been a brain tumor. Nobody throws seizures at his age (for the first time) without a tumor being high on the list of suspects. I think Ted Kennedy has been one of the most destructive agents in the history of our country but like my grandmother used to say. If you dont have anything nice to say dont say anything. So I will say nothing.
I think Miss Kopechne will be waiting on the other side with a lot of questions for him. His judgment day will come soon enough.
Sorry, Mookie. I was talking more about wise_man’s thoughts, but I see how it might have been inferred as being directed to you. No implication was intended on my part.
# 50 Christine- I am so sorry for your nephew, and will say a prayer for him. I HATE cancer!
As I said earlier, I’ll pray for Senator Kennedy. He needs it.
Let’s not kick a man while he’s down, we’ve had years and years to do that. We all know how we feel, there is no honor or purpose in beating up on Senator Kennedy now.
Our prayers are with him.
this would have been the only way he would have left politics.. is on a stretcher…
Mary Jo is now getting her rest..
We are conservatives, yes. And many of us are indeed Christians, yes. It is because we are conservatives and many are Christians that we do react to this news different than those who are not jumping on the “..I would never wish this on anyone…” bandwagon.
I am a conservative, so I’m not a hypocrite. I don’t pretend I think one thing and then say another.
I am a conservative, so I believe in moral absolutes. A bad man is still a bad man, even if he gets a disease. Bad things happening to bad men is good.
I am a conservative, so I don’t eulogize criminals. It’s another assault on their victims.
I am a Christian, so I know that God is also not warm and fuzzy all of the time. If you believe He is, you should read about Ninevah, Sodom & Gomorrah, Jericho, and Noah & the Flood.
So please, stop with the self-righteous “we should be better than this” talk.
I would feel bad for Kerry, Obama, Clinton, Pelosi, and even Jimmy Carter.
I am a conservative, so I will not feel bad for Ted Kennedy simply because he’s a politician when I wouldn’t feel bad for Sirhan Sirhan. Their crimes are different, but their victims are still just as dead.
I am a conservative, so I believe all should be held to the same standard. Period.
Do you think Mr. Kennedy will go to Cuba for his treatment?
my sympathies to the family and a prayer for the senator
Yes, we should be held to the same standard, but that does not give any of us the right to act the way the liberals did when Reagan died. We weren’t happy about that as I recall.
I’m not eulogizing anyone. My stance is simple: he’s done the crimes, he didn’t pay for it in this life, but he will answer for it in the next. That does not require a happy dance in my front yard.
Personally the guy is going to get torn to ribbons with radiation and chemotherapy; I do feel compassion in these regards. I also reflect on the people he may have hurt due to his crazy political ideologies
#140, Rev. Phelps? is that you???
*Snicker*
Nah…that’s not Fred. It’s missing the requisite “God hates America” diatribe.
I’m also praying for the all Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian people that died at the hands of Communists when Kennedy’s policies forced an American military pull out.
If we must have this thread of respectful reflections on this man, they need to be honest, even while trying to avoid expression of our full range of emotions.
Rondogg, if it were merely a matter of wrongheaded policies, I would find it easier to feel some compassion for this man. But the truth is, IMO, Ted Kennedy is one of the chief villains responsible for the bilious state of our politics today. Leaving aside his personal failings and his policy errors, I can nonetheless not forgive him for being a true “lion” in the politics of personal destruction.
As a southerner, I particularly felt the sting of the ugly assaults of this man on his political opponents. He decided early in his career to wrap his badly flawed self in the righteous cause of civil rights. And he became a red-faced, thundering warrior against anyone who disagreed with him on any point, especially southerners, who were vulnerable because of the real historical guilt that we carried in our hearts over racism. Ted Kennedy chose to exploit that guilt and and spent a generation using us as his whipping boy. Good men — Robert Bork leaps to mind — were red meat for the race-baiting “lion.”
No, these things I do not forget, and I do not forgive. Not when he is healthy, not when he is sick, and no when he is dead.
TheWholeBird:
At the risk of spiraling this thread into a heady discussion on theology, I - as a conservative and Catholic - think you are flat-dead wrong. Cancer affects everyone - from the most decent to the seemingly most cruel.
In fact, in just under an hour I’m going to a memorial service for a co-worker who died of cancer - the sweetest woman you’d ever want to meet, taken from us in a matter of months.
Does God separate Himself from those who disobey Him? Yes. But God is also merciful and loving towards those who reconcile themselves to Him.
I get annoyed as hell when people use the “judge not lest ye be judged” line on issues of earthly behavior because that Biblical citation deals not with earthly but eternal judgment. In other words, we can tell someone XXX behavior is sinful, but at the end of their lives we never will fully know if they reconcile themselves to God and therefore cannot say if someone is going to heaven or hell.
For all his actions, we will ultimately never know the state of Kennedy’s soul in his final days, weeks, or months. Which is why prayer and compassion are so utterly important - our prayers and conduct may very well drive him to do whatever he needs to reconcile himself to God before death.
To act as if this is some sort of divine justice is cruel, insensitive, and does nothing to improve the reputation of Christians and conservatives.
So, please, refrain from that sort of rhetoric.
You know what? Even though I think you’re a complete asshole, that made me laugh.
I do not consider Cancer to be the judgement of God, as millions of people who did NOT commit murder against Mary Jo or anyone else have also had Cancer.
Unless reputeable prophets of God have made declamations ahead of time that God is about to strike one person or set of people in particular, and the even occurs precisely as declaimed, there is no reason to believe that God has Himself stricken Kennedy with this Cancer.
However, there is plenty of Biblical evidence of God striking evil leaders, and never were the Christians or believers laid under any obligations to pray for that leader’s sake.
Even in the Book of Acts, when it tells of an Angel of the Lord who smote Herod with worms, and Herod was eaten by the worms and died, there is nothing said that laid any burden on Christians to be remorseful for Herod’s or Kennedy’s sake, or to pray for them.
There are several cases of people suffering severely, including death, who were evil leaders, and there is never an indication that the Christians or Believers had any obligations towards them for “good thoughts” or prayers for their sake, of any kind.
The only other admonition to pray for the leaders of a nation is in direct connection to the direction the nation is going.
Obviously, the General Thinking is that a Christian is going to “do what is right” - but that is far from the truth, in the Bible or out of it.
This man is a murderer who went totally unpunished, and marked the beginning of the worst injustices in the American courts of our entire history.
I pray that whatever else happens, this marks the end of his political career and power and influence in our government, and that no one rise up to replace him in like manner of evil doing, as his “heir” to power.
As to anything else that befalls him in that process, may it match the condition of his own heart’s attitude.
When people here say we have a Christian obligation to pray for him and his family, for his healing and his state of his soul with God, I would remind them that they are saying that the prophets of the Lord who agreed with God and prophesied against the evil leaders of their day, were not “Christian”.
I’ll stick with the prohets, who had signs and wonders confirming that they were from the Lord God.
NOTHING in any passage that prophesied or told of the deaths of the evil leaders put any burden on the Christians to be remorseful about the events against the evil leaders, other than to admonish them to not rejoice with gloating and arrogance, lest God halt that evil day on the evil people, and put that same event upon the ones who were arrogantly gloating.
Nothing IMPLIES such an obligation on Christians.
In fact, I would admonish those who are telling us that we have some obligation to pray for him should remember that the Christian Principle is the God Declaration of Harvest.
Although I’m not a big fan of Norman Cousins…..he did once say:
perhaps over the years….Teddy has unwittingly fashioned this consequence.
#140 I think the issue here is not whether or not you beleive he should be given sympathies, but whether or not it is appropriate to make comments that some (mookie and others) may consider mean spirited, when the main post asks you to keep Sen. Kennedy and his family in your prayers and put politics aside. I would think not.
I don’t meant to lecture on the content, but rather the forum, as I do not feel that such schadenfreude is appropriate now.
God will forgive him for what he has done, that doesn’t mean I have to though…sorry, but that’s how I feel.
I reserve my sympathies for those who have lead lives worthy of same.
From the HuffPo Comments section on Kennedy..can the comments be so vile that they shut down?
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You can feel sorry for a person and his family, without concern for politics.
Having lost my mother about 5 years after her original cancer diagnosis (she fought hard!) I have a lot of compassion for the family.
Pulling the religious stuff i dont agree with out…i do agree with the principle of your discussion. To each his own I suppose.
If you’re looking for consolation on this, however, I would offer CS Lewis, for those who do believe in god:
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
God speed. I hope he reincarnates to a better life. Aum.
I have never been more disappointed. Not with conservatives or liberals, but with people. It’s so sad a testament to the hypocrisy of individuals given the anonymity granted through the internet.
I generally don’t respond to threads like this simply because I don’t think my words have any impact on their health, and I don’t think they or their families would read it. But the fact that so many people would take the time to chastise the man while he lies essentially dying, and even more, the attempts to justify those actions is disgusting.
As much as I am disturbed by the outright sickening comments, I have to be more alarmed by those that choose to “pray” for the poor woman who hasn’t even seen peace in death. It’s this blatant abuse of God’s words that has and continues to put off so many potential believers. It furthers the caricature of the religion, and maligns true Christians whom truly practice what Jesus died for.
Today’s unfortunate news proves itself to be one of (if not the most) difficult acts of Christian charity expected of man - praying for the soul and affording forgiveness to a demonstrably evil human being.
Without delving into the particulars of Ted Kennedy’s malicious actions and the reasons for his decisions in life, (as I agree with Michelle, Mookie and Rusty that it wouldn’t be appropriate at this moment of solemnity) it is never a bad time to rise above the Ted Kennedys in life and better one’s own soul through the humbling and strengthening act of forgiveness.
Now is the time to move beyond all of the innocent people that Ted Kennedy has wronged, beyond all of the weakness that he has bestowed upon our great Nation in the cause of political expediency, beyond all of the many lives that he has ruined in his wake of political ambition, and beyond all of the enablers and sycophants he created who will no doubt laud him as some sort of a “political lion,” now and in his legacy. Retaining any bitterness towards this man’s memory is not worth one ounce of remaining goodness in our intact souls.
I suppose it is better to light a candle then to curse the darkness.
God Bless us all.
Praying he repents.
mpChops, can I offer you a kleenex.
I pray that he will make his peace with God by trusting Christ as his Savior NOW, while he still can.
BOB said:
Yes
I wish Sen. Kennedy the best of luck with this situation.
Well, I gotta say, Bird, if you are/were a Christian it really sounds like you haven’t taken a peek at Christ’s “Book”.
It’s sad some folks need to inject themselves personally in a negative way into this topic. I suspect it’s the human moral flaw of the “it’s always about me and how I feel” tendency at play.
May Senator Kennedy, his friends, and family find comfort in God durimg what will surely be some difficult times ahead.
These are going to be days of a rough ride ahead, particularly in politics, as the differences and divides between drastically different political outlooks only increases.
I would recommend that you spend some time studying the actions and words and attitudes of many of God’s prophets who had to deal with evil leaders in their day, in the Bible.
I warrant that you will be greatly shocked, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, as each deals individually and differently with each different situation.
Take Moses - and Pharoah, and Numbers 16, and also Numbers 25.
Ezekial 9 and also 14.
The Book of Obadiah.
Acts, the 5th Chapter, and also the reference to the Angel of the Lord who smote Herod with worms, and Herod was eaten by the worms AND THEN he died.
Revelations, 2 and 3 Chapters, the Letters to the Seven Churches.
Samuel with King Saul in the Old Testament, and Micaiah and Elijah with King Ahab and Queen Jezebel.
As I said, it is a bumpy ride ahead - these ARE the days of the Winds of Change. And when WINDS are strong enough to bring CHANGE, it is a rough and bumpy ride, and you must hang on with all you have in you.
You must live a sheltered life my friend. Just on the Kennedy topic I would think you could come up with something.
It’s this hypocrisy that we from the left see daily:
A political and social group so overtly concerned with the sanctity of life and the sanctity of aspects of life can not even uniformly pray for the continuation of it.
Let’s wish Sen. Kennedy well.
Certainly we’re better than the Kosbots.
Does anyone recall if the Daily Kos/Olbermann folks put aside their partisan axes when a conservative takes ill, or is it always celebrated as righteous karmic retribution for daring to stand against their fascist agendas? Wasn’t Reagan supposed to be “turning crispy brown” in the kind words of Ted Rall?
Lest it seem petty and uncharitable, I’ll save my prayers for the people of Burma and China. (BTW: Has the Kopechne family made a statement yet?)
YOU are the one who hasn’t taken a peep inside the Bible.
Your ideas of Christianity come from the HAndbook of Socialistic ways to tear down a community’s bonds, and leave it in a state of anarchy, ready for a dictatorship, while most of them sit passively by watching everything they’ve worked for be destroyed, and while NOT USING THE AUTHORITY OF GOD’S WORD TO PULL DOWN EVIL PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS IN HIGH PLACES.
Ephesians 6:10-18.
God never blinks if evil people are clinging so hard to the SPiritual principalites that if in order to save the people in general, the ones who cling to evil have to go WITH the Evil Principalities when they are cast out!
Revelations chapters 2 nd 3.
God does not approve of arrogant gloating over any of the results.
Yes, I’ve read these things. I went to seminary for a while. But nowhere in the New Testament do any of the Apostles call for celebration upon the punishment or death of their persecutors. That’s my point.
I believe in harsh punishment, up to and including the death penalty. We shouldn’t enjoy it, though. The same principal should be applied here. Temperance is key.
Sambo,
If this isn’t the depths of humanity, (”Would it be wrong to say post #91 was really funny?”), what is?
I was always disgusted by the jokes that were made about President Reagan’s Alzheimer’s disease. I kept thinking that even if you disagreed with his politics, anyone with a soul couldn’t help but be touched by his relationship with Nancy and the way she took care of him. That’s one of the greatest love stories in recent memory.
I think one thing that Senator Kennedy deserves some respect for is the way he took care of Jackie and Ethel’s children as if they were his own. It could not have been easy.
Ted Kennedy has single handedly tried to ruin America. That being said I would not wish this on anyone including him. However, maybe the Kopeckne’s can finally feel a little better today after all they have been through. I wish him a speedy recovery, but honestly hope this ends his work in the Senate trying to torpedo anything and everything that’s good for America.
Ironically the release came from Rochester where my brother interned as a neurosurgeon. Hopefully for Kennedy he finds a good doctor, but the prognosis can not be good.
His passing will mark the end of an era.
An interesting question. It’s a very old building, and could very well have become noxious.
Someone earlier cited Sen. Spector’s brain tumor. I knew about his lymphoma cancer, but did not know he’d also had a brain tumor.
I hope everyone takes comfort in the fact that Sen. Kennedy–through no merit of his own–will have access to the finest healthcare in the world. If medicine can cure him, he will be cured. No expense will be spared to save his life. Mmmkay?
Still, one would have to be totally irony-impaired not to recognize two points.
First, Teddy will be cured by the same healthcare system he has worked so feverishly to destroy.
Second, a man who holds that a human fetus is an unviable tissue mass not worthy of protection has been struck down by an…unviable tissue mass.
Est-ce que ce n’est pas ironique?
May I say, I hope those out there seeking and searching…after reading some of these posts…don’t give up…LOL
I have to agree with you. Point very well made, Texas Tiger.
I assure you he won’t be killed. He may however be killed by the chemo before the cancer.
Agreed Michelle but I can certainly understand how many of the others feel. I didn’t really give a wit he was in the hospital but having lost a great friend (the one whose daughter is having the green wedding soon) with a brain tumor, I know that it will be a difficult road.
But let’s remember all the others who face similar circumstances in the health field who may have no one to pray or care for them. They certainly need the prayers too.
Dirk, you do have a point. I do get tired of conservatives always having to be the “bigger person” while the kos klowns and the puff po’s show what a “hateful, down right mean” country this can be. It’s not the conservatives, it’s the liberals as we see daily on this board.
Too bad my preview isn’t working. He won’t be cured.
Depths of humanity??? like I said, you must live with blinders on. This is a news story and people will comment on it. That’s why we’re here. Most have been very respectful to a man that they aren’t very fond of.
I don’t need your phony sanctimony. If you want to defend the Kosacks and Huffpos, that’s your choice, but point no fingers at me for making note of them. These people are not my “political adversaries”, they’re my enemies - and my purpose is not to debate them, but to defeat them.
Shouldn’t Ted be seeking treatment in Canada, with all their ‘free’ health care?
The prognosis is not good. Making the need for prayer all the more pressing.
I worked with someone who absolutely hated Reagan. Said he got what he deserved by being inflicted with Alzheimer’s and only felt “a little bad” for thinking that way.
Being the age I am, I only vaguely remember the Reagan era. I do, however, freely admit I sobbed to watch Nancy leaning over his casket, whispering “Don’t leave me…” at the funeral. How utterly heartbreaking.
Dang good point bjf182
I can say one good thing about this.. It’s for the Good of the Country that he takes time out of politics and focuses on his recovery/treatment/whatever…
isn’t that what a good liberal like him wants? for the Good of the Country?
O Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need: We humbly beseech thee to behold, visit and relieve thy sick servant Edward for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon him with the eyes of thy mercy; comfort him with a sense of thy goodness; preserve him from the temptations of the enemy; and give him patience under his affliction. In thy good time, restore him to health, and enable him to lead the residue of his life in thy fear, and to thy glory; and grant that finally he may dwell with thee in life everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
We’ve had 40 years to make our feelings known about Senator Kennedy. Now, when he’s down, some here kick and kick and kick at him. How is that conservative? How is that honorable?
It’s not. What it is is cowardly, petty, small and contemptable.
Some are even calling it the Christian thing to do. Even though Scripture says that we are to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us (and I don’t know that Kennedy has persecuted anyone here).
He would but there is a 12 month waiting list.
I wish that Senator Kennedy make his peace with the Divine. This includs penance and confession. The hand of the Divine moves in mysterious ways. Whether he recover or not is in His hands, not ours.
Taking pleasure in his suffering will not ease the pain of those who died due to his actions or inactions.
#192 EQ said, “Being the age I am, I only vaguely remember the Reagan era. I do, however, freely admit I sobbed to watch Nancy leaning over his casket, whispering “Don’t leave me…” at the funeral. How utterly heartbreaking.”
Me, too, EQ. I cried all day.
MtsEdge
Mookie, mpChops, and other indignanticos:
Relax and back off the torque on your sphincters.
The Grim Reaper is coming for all of us and we’re pretty much powerless to fight him. The best we can hope for is to laugh in his face.
When I go, I hope to go out in a manner that makes at least one observer chuckle.
Trust me, if Teddy passes and is given a proper Irish sendoff, there won’t be one dry guest at his wake.
he surely won’t be mourned like his brothers.. he can blame that on his political choices..
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John Edwards, look out.. See what happens when you endorse Barack Obama…
You’re right on the button, Ms. Malkin-
time to put aside tawdry politics, and pray and wish for Mr. Kennedy’s successful recovery and well being.
The fireworks can resume once he’s back in Washington.
I did think it was nice that the Red Sox pitched a no hitter Monday night, for their fan, Mr. Kennedy, too.
It’s not that people are commenting on it, it’s the content of the comments. To say that people are commenting are obvious, and the fact that people are typing words on a message board is not the focus of my criticism.
Even more so, to say that “most have been respectful” proves my point, as you acknowledge that some have not been respectful. Which is why i referred to it as the “depths of humanity” rather than the “standard for humanity”.