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1. #1
   On August 26th, 2009 at 12:06 pm, b-cat said:

   MSNBC’s Matthews: Barack Is The Last Kennedy Brother

   Oh Brother. Matthews really is an idiot.

2. #2
   On August 26th, 2009 at 12:06 pm, happyscrapper said:

   I just threw up.

3. #3
   On August 26th, 2009 at 12:07 pm, Regulus said:

   Hey, Michelle, be sure to give a heads-up for when you’ll be on FNC this week; for aside from that, I doubt that I’ll be watching much television for the several days…

4. #4
   On August 26th, 2009 at 12:08 pm, cpodug said:

   File this under the heading of “never let a good crisis go to waste.”

5. #5
   On August 26th, 2009 at 12:09 pm, steveegg said:

   Do we still have to bite our tongues today, or do the shameless actions of the Left mean we can return fire?

6. #6
   On August 26th, 2009 at 12:11 pm, letget said:

   Rush was and is right! He said this on his show when the news came out with the illness.
   L

7. #7
   On August 26th, 2009 at 12:13 pm, alamb said:

   How tacky of Pelosi. Irrespective of your political stripe let’s all come together to acknowledge Ted Kennedy’s legacy, the man. The only appropriate thing right now is to reflect and not use his death for polical gain, on either side of the aisle. And no we will not pass health care reform as it is right now to memorialize the man. We need to stop behaving like children!

8. #8
   On August 26th, 2009 at 12:13 pm, pdigaudio said:

   Return fire. I’ve been firing away since posting on this last night. I knew what these bastards would be saying … wait for the memorial service … Wellstone times 10.

9. #9
   On August 26th, 2009 at 12:13 pm, JammieWearingFool said:

   Predictable shamelessness.

10. #10
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:13 pm, mom2jack said:

    MSNBC’s Matthews: Barack Is The Last Kennedy Brother

    You know, there’s a reason you’re always dead last in the cable show ratings, Chris.

11. #11
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:14 pm, dan708 said:

    Truly amazing; ObamaPelosiReid are aware that if Teddy got the same treatment that all of us would get under ObamaCare (especially at age 76!!), this guy would’ve kicked off a long time ago. I don’t expect anyone in the MSM will make that point.

12. #12
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:14 pm, TigerLady said:

    Matthews is brain dead.

13. #13
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:14 pm, pdigaudio said:

    Asked for reaction to The Swimmer’s legacy, Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.

14. #14
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:15 pm, SpeakEasy said:

    Why hold your tongue? If you would say it to his face why not now- because he died? So what. We all die, it is what we do while alive that defines us. That makes him a flaming A-hole in my book- hopefully burning in hell for killing MJ and then lying about it.

15. #15
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:15 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Oh, please. This lot will write a glowing epitaph for Charlie Manson when he finally goes. I hear they’ve already written up the one for Osama BL.

16. #16
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:15 pm, tre said:

    Dem’s have long used emotional periods to try to get their agenda passed.

    For example, notice the way they rush out gun control legislation right after a tragic shooting.

    They don’t see this as a time to reflect on and honor someone. To them, this is an opportunity to rush something through.

17. #17
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:17 pm, JammieWearingFool said:

    It speaks volumes that most on the right today offer their respectful condolences while seemingly the entire left rushes to exploit his death before the body is even cold.

    These people are just beneath contempt. They must really be worried if they have to sink so low.

18. #18
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:17 pm, J S Ragman said:

    MSNBC’s Matthews: Barack Is The Last Kennedy Brother

    Could be.

19. #19
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:17 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Okay then. We’ll call it the Chappaquiddick Memorial Death Panels Bill. Fair is fair. Why don’t we just bury all of this man’s awful ideas with him, the McCain-Kennedy Amnesty Bill at the top of the list.

20. #20
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:17 pm, Regulus said:

    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:09 pm, steveegg said:

    Do we still have to bite our tongues today, or do the shameless actions of the Left mean we can return fire?

    It doesn’t matter if we reply or not; the “heartless, mean-spirited conservatives” meme is already set for rollout even if we say nothing an all.

    But if the lefties want to use the ol’ Teddy as a poster-child for Cuba-Care for the rest of us, the best answer would be to point out that under a socialized medicine scheme, given his “lifestyle choices” he’d have never made it to age 77.

21. #21
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:19 pm, 7thson said:

    Oh yes, please, let’s put the final nail in the economy in memory of Teddy!!Let’s destroy the healthcare system for Teddy’s legacy!

    Between his Senate health plan and personal wealth, Teddy could afford first class healthcare and now he is reaching from the grave to take that privelege from the rest of us. Who says you can’t take it with you?

22. #22
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:20 pm, b-cat said:

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office sent an email to reporters at around 2:30 a.m. today, just hours after his death, calling for the passage of health care overhaul.

    Was she up working on her face, or was she hanging upside down from her roost?

23. #23
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:21 pm, bloodhound said:

    On my local news this morning I heard a quote from someone (sorry, didn’t get who) saying that “Ted Kennedy is irreplaceable in the Senate.”

    I for one, do not believe that any one of those feckless, manipulative, opportunistic, greedy millionaires in the U.S. Senate is irreplaceable!!!! NOT ONE OF THEM!

24. #24
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:22 pm, nwsseeker said:

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25. #25
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:22 pm, spaceycakes said:

    “I had hoped and prayed that this day would never come,” Byrd said in a statement.

    Just how retarded are you, Mr. Byrd?

26. #26
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:26 pm, 7thson said:

    spaceycakes said:
    Just how retarded are you, Mr. Byrd?

    Pretty sure that DC doctors prescribe “stupid pills” to everyone employed by Congress and the White House…

27. #27
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:27 pm, behiker said:

    Perfect timing for my camping vacation in South Dakota and Wyoming… starting Friday morning for 9 days, no news, no tv, no ObamaCare, and NO endless praises to Kennedy. Hopefully, he’ll be buried before I get back. (I may take a few minutes when I have internet access check out Michelle’s site though.)

28. #28
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:28 pm, spaceycakes said:

    The quote I heard on this a.m.’s news made me shout around my toothpaste:

    ‘…when the car went off the road…’

    As if that be-deviled car had a mind of its own & poor little Teddy found himself inside some sort of Stephen King story…

29. #29
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:28 pm, txvet2 said:

    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:22 pm, spaceycakes said:

    “I had hoped and prayed that this day would never come,” Byrd said in a statement.

    Just how retarded are you, Mr. Byrd?

    He’s been senile for about 20 years.

30. #30
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:31 pm, cheapseat said:

    ready teddy was a disgrace as a man, and only agenda driven hacks like nancy and chris could look at his life and say anything other than “good riddance to bad rubbish.” leaves a young woman to die in a car he crashed because he was drunk, then creates an alibi. publicly has sex with numerous partners while married with children. Using his dead brothers fame to keep his sorry butt in government for 40 years after getting elected through manipulation and fraud. this was a despicable human, and i’m sure he is facing his fate in hell right now.

31. #31
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:32 pm, love2rumba said:

    Now that passage of Democratic health care restructuring seems much less likely, I guess it is okay to invoke Kennedy’s name.

    I told ya so last night.

32. #32
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:33 pm, beenthere said:

    “Ted Kennedy’s dream of quality health care for all Americans will be made real this year because of his leadership and his inspiration,” the statement read.

    The Party of Death.
    The Party of Hate.
    Could they have said anything different?

33. #33
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:35 pm, Flyoverman said:

    If they want to stand on the track and shoot spit wads at the on-coming train, let them.

    Whether they like it or not the train is coming through. They can get off the tracks or be crushed in November 2010.

34. #34
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:37 pm, moonsbreath said:

    Nancy Fancy is just following Rahm’s advice, “never let a good crisis go to waste.”

35. #35
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:40 pm, iamsaved said:

    Byrd: Rename Health Care Bill for Kennedy. That’s sure big of him. Ever driven through West Virginia? There are Byrd droppings all over that state. If the building or ediface isn’t named for him, it’s named for his wife.

36. #36
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Wretched excess-Nancy Pelosi? That works for me.
    Kennedy’s Death Spurs Calls to Pass Health Legislation is to expected, but not calls for Nancy Pelosi and assorted CongressCritters nor President Obama to accept that Health Care for themselves or their families of course. Only Little People get Quality, Affordable, Ethical Health Care. The Glitterati and Important People will get real doctors and such.

    So Little People of the Nanny State SHOW YOUR PATRIOTISM AND REVERENCE OF TOWARDS YOUR BETTERS:
    Work hard
    Live frugally
    Pay big taxes
    Die Young-with Nanny State assistance if need be such as heavy sedatives and a plastic bag.

    For We Are the World and that “we” does not include you.

    TigerLady:
    “Matthews is brain dead.”

    Pull the plug.

37. #37
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, madshark said:

    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:21 pm, bloodhound said:
    On my local news this morning I heard a quote from someone (sorry, didn’t get who) saying that “Ted Kennedy is irreplaceable in the Senate.”

    Is that supposed to be a bad thing??

38. #38
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:40 pm, iamsaved said:

    Byrd: Rename Health Care Bill for Kennedy.

    They can call it whatever they want.

    But its real name is : DOA

39. #39
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:44 pm, mchristian said:

    spaceycakes said:
    Just how retarded senile are you, Mr. Byrd?

40. #40
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:45 pm, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

    If the dems want to change the name on obama “peace be upon him” care

    I suggest “Kennedy-Kopechne Health Care”

    Their slogan can be “Look how good he took care of Mary Jo, just think of what he will do for you”

41. #41
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:45 pm, steveegg said:

    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:17 pm, Regulus said:

    It doesn’t matter if we reply or not; the “heartless, mean-spirited conservatives” meme is already set for rollout even if we say nothing an all.

    But if the lefties want to use the ol’ Teddy as a poster-child for Cuba-Care for the rest of us, the best answer would be to point out that under a socialized medicine scheme, given his “lifestyle choices” he’d have never made it to age 77.

    Point noted.

42. #42
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:46 pm, happyscrapper said:

    … Wellstone times 10.

    Oh lord…you are so right!! I live in Minnesota and I remember that memorial service so well. Gov. Jesse Ventura was so disgusted with it, he got up and walked out.

43. #43
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:46 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Oh yes, please, let’s put the final nail in the economy in memory of Teddy!!Let’s destroy the healthcare system for Teddy’s legacy!

    Sadly, if the healthcare bill fails, his name could well be resurected as a legacy for September’s “Kennedy Memorial Immigration Reform Bill”, as he’d been passionate about immigration too.

    What’s not to like about that.

44. #44
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:47 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    They want to bury him in Arlington National? Why? What did he do to deserve such an honor?

45. #45
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:48 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    … Wellstone times 10.

    More like x100. I’ll be surprised if someone in Massachusetts doesn’t suggest a bill to rename the state after Teddy.

46. #46
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:48 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:14 pm, dan708 said:
    Truly amazing; ObamaPelosiReid are aware that if Teddy got the same treatment that all of us would get under ObamaCare (especially at age 76!!), this guy would’ve kicked off a long time ago. I don’t expect anyone in the MSM will make that point.

    Yeah, interesting the Teddy decided to fight for his life and spend all that money instead of quietly going home and taking a “pain pill”. Hmmmmm. What say you, Barack?

47. #47
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:50 pm, Pulchritudinous Patriot said:

    What he said:

    Posted by: victor volsky
    Aug 26, 06:20 AM Report Abuse
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    INCLUDE ME OUT

    Thou shalt not speak ill of the dead. This commandment is so widely accepted as if it came straight from Mount Sinai. Hmm… it seems I’ve heard a lot of bad things said about the late Adolph Hitler. With Joseph Stalin it is even curiouser; while still alive, “Uncle Joe” had been positively idolized by the U.S. elites and opprobrium did not start coming his way until after he assumed room temperature. So it looks like it all depends on whose ox is being gored.

    With this in mind, allow me to pit my reedy voice against the howling of a veritable storm of grief for Senator Edward Kennedy that has engulfed the U.S. media like a force 5 hurricane as soon as word came of his passing at 77. Let other people shed tears, I am not going to join them. As that king of the Irish bull, Sam Goldwyn , would say, include me out.

    The liberal ideology is inimical to the health of the U.S. Why should I mourn its acknowledged champion widely known as the Liberal Lion, the bloated wreck of a man, with a hard-earned, life-long reputation as a libertine and alcoholic. Has any American deserve less respect? Has anyone done more to destroy this country? The list of his depredations is endless, but let’s point out just some of the highlights of his long and distinguished career in the field of cardinal sins and political mischief.

    Forty years ago, he drove Mary Jo Kopechne off a bridge at Chappaquiddick and swam to safety, leaving the poor girl trapped underwater in the Oldsmobile. And while she slowly suffocated to death , he was busy plotting his alibi with his retainers, and did not call the police until 10 hours later. It speaks volumes about the level of corruption in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, that the drunken criminal who had left the scene of a fatal accident almost literally got away with murder. He received a two-month prison term, suspended of course, and was handily returned to the Senate by the voters in the next election. And when in 1980 the memories of Chappaquiddick undermined his chances in a nomination race with the sitting president, Kennedy supporters loudly bemoaned the tragic fate of their idol. Who should be mourned: the criminal or the victim?

    It is not for nothing that Obama extols Kennedy as the “greatest senator”. From the viewpoint of Obam and his ilk, he was. Kennedy’s fingerprints are all over Just about any piece of legislation inimical to the U.S. Particularly notable was a scheme for flooding the country with Third world immigrants that he cooked up or inspired and steered through the Senate, thus dramatically changing the ethnic composition of the U.S. with grave consequences for the stability of the country.

    Defending the Immigration Act of 1965 in a speech on the floor of the Senate, Sen. Kennedy derided the critics of his bill and sonorously promised that it “will not food our cities with immigrants. It will not upset the ethnic mix of our society. It will not relax the standards of admissions. It will not cause America workers to lose their jobs.” It didn’t do all of those awful things, now did it?

    He thought nothing of creating enormous social and economic dislocations by importing a huge number of potential Democratic voters and placing partisan considerations above the national interests. All the dire predictions he had mocked have since come to pass, but he has never apologized, never acknowledged his contribution to the ruination of his country. Why then mourn him?

    At the conclusion of the Vietnam War, he led the Democratic forces to aid the North Vietnamese aggression. Emboldened by President Nixon’s political troubles stemming from the Watergate scandal, the Senate Democrats succeeded in cutting off all aid to South Vietnam, betraying America’s loyal ally. Alone and demoralized, it promptly fell and millions of people were delivered into communist slavery. Hundreds of thousands of them died while trying to flee by sea or succumbing to starvation and beatings in concentration camps. But he didn’t lose sleep over their fate? Why mourn this man whose hands have so much blood on them?

    Senate Democrats flouted all norms of decency, treating conservative nominees to the Supreme Court like dirt. But none of them stooped lower, or behaved more egregiously, than Kennedy. Who could forget how the Senior Senator from Massachusetts read a naked propaganda screed against Robert Bork, viciously smearing one of the nation’s most respected jurists and blatantly lying about his record. Kennedy politicized the confirmation process, basically rendering it utterly useless, and subverting the constitutional role of the Senate. To mourn him after that?

    But all these assorted crimes and misdemeanors pale into insignificance beside the truly incredible fact that Sen. Kennedy offered his services to the intelligence service of America’s sworn enemy, the Soviet Union. The Kennedy treasonous maneuvers are described in detail in numerous documents unearthed in the KGB archives by British journalist Tim Sebastian (Times of London, February 1992), noted Russian journalist Yevgeniya Albatz (Izvestia, June 1992), KGB archivist Vassily Mitrokhin who defected to the West with thousand of authentic KGB documents (report “The KGB in Afghanistan”, 2002), famous Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky and his coauthor Pavel Stroilov (nro online, 11/27/2006), highly respected U.S. intelligence expert Herbert Romerstein ( Human Events, December 2003), Prof. Paul Kengor in “The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism” (Regan Books, January 2006).

    Had “The Blob” been a communist or a fellow traveler, at least he could plead misguided idealism as a mitigating factor. But no, Ted Kennedy was nothing of the sort. Pursuing crass self-interest, initially, he sought KGB help to undermine President Carter, his rival in the 1980 Democratic nomination fight; later on, for purely partisan reasons, he tried the same trick to undercut another U.S. President , Ronald Reagan. Do you still want me to mourn this vile man?

    Aldous Huxley relates in “The Grey Eminence”, a biography of Father Joseph, Cardinal Richelieu’s principal associate, that when news of Richelieu’s death reached the Vatican, Pope Urban VII “sat for a moment in pensive silence. “Well,” he said at last, “if there is a God, Cardinal Richelieu has much to answer for. If not, he has done very well.” My sentiments exactly as applied to Senator Kennedy. Let me add my fervent wish for a God to exist.

    A lecher, a drunkard, a criminal, a far-left radical, who has done his damnedest to advance the cause of communism around the world and to subvert his country, and, to top it off, a traitor – and I am required to eulogize him? Like I said, include me out…On second thought, though, yeah, why not mark Sen. Kennedy’s passing, but first let me rush to my medicine cabinet and take a laxative so I’ll have something to lay on his grave.

    http://comments.americanthinker.com/read/1/403543.html

48. #48
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:51 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    They want to bury him in Arlington National? Why? What did he do to deserve such an honor?

    Obviously to keep the family together in honor of his and his family’s service. John and Robert are there.

49. #49
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:51 pm, Hangfire said:

    Brilliant! After the healthcare bill goes down the toilet and bankrupts the country further, the ONE can just punt the blame back to Sen. Kennedy.

    And I thought President Clinton was teflon!

50. #50
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:51 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:22 pm, spaceycakes said:
    “I had hoped and prayed that this day would never come,” Byrd said in a statement.
    Just how retarded are you, Mr. Byrd?

    Sorry, Sen. Byrd. You are really really old. Death comes to us all. And you are statistically next in line. Just a fact. Hope and pray all you want. But God is in charge and, although He wants us to appreciate the gift of life and fight to live…it eventually comes to all of us. One more thing…God is the one to decide when we leave this earth, not some politician.

51. #51
    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:54 pm, Mister P said:

    MSNBC’s Matthews: Barack Is The Last Kennedy Brother

    Apparently the black sheep of the family.

52. #52
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:00 pm, Flyoverman said:

    They want to bury him in Arlington National?

    If Senator Kennedy is buried in Arlington with his brothers, look for this politically correct bunch to douse JFK’s eternal flame during the burial service, so everyone is left with the impression that the gravessite is “carbon neutral.”

53. #53
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:03 pm, Hangfire said:

    And now Sen. Inouye moves up a rung on the elder statesman ladder.

    He is now number 2 on the list behind Sen. Byrd.

    He has been number 2 for 50 years, as far as I’m concerned.

54. #54
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:03 pm, behiker said:

    When was the last time Ted was seen alive? Have they been keeping him on ice until the most opportune time to try to sway opinion on ObamaCare?

55. #55
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:04 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    MSNBC’s Matthews: Barack Is The Last Kennedy Brother

    Somehow, I doubt Barack engaged in much backyard football down in Hyannisport.

56. #56
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:07 pm, Flyoverman said:

    MY PLAN

    If some bleeding heart or leftist or one of my elected representatives says, ala San Fran Nan, “We should pass the Healthcare Bill as a tribute to Senator Kennedy,” my response will be this.

    “No, I plan to kill this bill and win one for the Gipper.”

57. #57
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, d1carter said:

    Repulsive…

58. #58
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, xler8bmw said:

    No surprise here now move along!

59. #59
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:15 pm, st_james said:

    I agree with Byrd. Rename the bill for Kennedy…Then drive it off a bridge somewhere on Martha’s Vineyard.

60. #60
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:16 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:47 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    They want to bury him in Arlington National? Why? What did he do to deserve such an honor?

    Recording breaking swim across Chappaquiddick Bay in street clothes?

    —
    If a Democrat says “we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it” GET OUT OF THE CAR. (unknown Backroom Girl)

61. #61
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:16 pm, Oxybeles said:

    Whether the Bill is passed or not, it should be renamed: Kennedy-Kopechne or the better Kopechne-Kennedy.

62. #62
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:16 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    If we want to memorialize someone for their stand on healthcare, let’s memorialize Ronald Reagan for what he said nearly five (5) decades ago!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYrlDlrLDSQ

63. #63
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:17 pm, JT said:

    Do you think they’ll play “Bridge Over Troubled Water” at the funeral?

64. #64
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:20 pm, Jason L. said:

    On August 26th, 2009 at 12:50 pm, Pulchritudinous Patriot said:

    What he said:

    Posted by: victor volsky
    Aug 26, 06:20 AM Report Abuse
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    INCLUDE ME OUT

    Well said and I agree. I posted this on my website. Hope you and Mr. Volsky don’t mind.

65. #65
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:29 pm, corona said:

    Pssh!

    Let’s focus on the real reasons for passing ObamaCare – like starting out life in the toilet.

66. #66
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:30 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    Pelosi it a despicable POS. There’s no standard she would not sink below to promote herself and her socialist-liberal agenda. I have no sympathy for Ted Kennedy. He was also a despicable human being. But she wasted no time exploiting the guys death.

    Typical.

67. #67
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:37 pm, Weary Citizen said:

    Let’s see, Mdm Speaker will now use this death as a rallying cry for passing a bill which will increase our (the prductive members anyway) taxes. You gotta give it to liberals, they even found a way to combine the only 2 sure things in life. Death and taxes.

68. #68
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:37 pm, GladzKravtz said:

    Exploitation of the Kennedy name.
    It would be great to see just ONE Kennedy stand up and call it what it is. Can’t think of a one.

69. #69
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:40 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Teddy’s Legacy…

70. #70
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:42 pm, Jaded said:

    Yes by all means name that WRETCHED bill after a WRETCHED human being, it is only fair!

71. #71
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:42 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Somehow, I doubt Barack engaged in much backyard football down in Hyannisport.

    Yeah, Barry Kennedy consistantly missed getting in the family photos because he was too engrossed in ducking behind the house for a quick smoke, shooting hoops or admiring his pecs in the gleem of the just polished rims of his Caddy.

72. #72
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:44 pm, malkin_fan said:

    Lets hope the Ted Kennedy memorial health bill goes down as fast as the car carrying Mary Jo Kopechne did.

    It would be a fitting tribute.

73. #73
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:44 pm, Flyoverman said:

    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:37 pm, GladzKravtz said:

    Exploitation of the Kennedy name.

    Long forgotten is that the whole War on Poverty multi-trillion dollar fiasco came about becasue of the ground swell of sympathy over JFK’s assasination. That thing had no chance of passing until he died.

    Hopefully, we have learned something since then.

74. #74
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:45 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah, Don’t name that POS bill after me!

75. #75
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:50 pm, behiker said:

    Now I get it… they want to get Obama’s name off of the bill so he’ll come out smelling like roses. So when it fails miserably, Obama can say “hey, don’t blame me, it’s Kennedy’s bill”.

76. #76
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:54 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah, Exactly!

77. #77
    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:59 pm, ErikTheRed said:

    They couldn’t have picked a better and more appropriate name to drive this crucial legislation home.

78. #78
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:03 pm, right4life said:

    On August 26th, 2009 at 1:54 pm, Teddy Kennedy

    glad to see you’re OK uncle ted…you’ve always been my favorite Kennedy!!

79. #79
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:04 pm, mattm said:

    I though the MSM and Dems all said that the GOP and Conservatives uses situations, say 9/11, to get the agenda passed and they were all about compassion. Looks like it is the other way around.

80. #80
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:17 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Hopefully, we have learned something since then.

    We have. The Pols in DC not so much.

81. #81
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:25 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah,
    

    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:03 pm, right4life said:

    I’m in a large Gymnasium seated next to nice white gentleman who calls himself Michael Jackson and some guy named Billy Mays. I can barely hear them above the din. There’s lots of folks who appear to be attorneys and/or lobbyist all around. On the way in I noticed several seats with the names Pelosi and Reid on them. Gotta go for now, the Powerpoint presentation is about to start.

82. #82
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:26 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Mrcakes made me laugh. He said
    “Ted whom? Who’d like some Marmite?”

83. #83
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:26 pm, Bogtrotter said:

    If anything, naming the bill after teddy will turn people off it even more.

84. #84
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:33 pm, mojo said:

    Matthews: Barack Is The Last Kennedy Brother

    Old Ethyl got around, huh?

85. #85
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:36 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah, they haven’t started yet; they’re paging a Mr. Madoff and some Libyian guy whose name I can’t pronounce. Some young guy from Canada just sat down next to us.

86. #86
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:37 pm, orlandocajun said:

    Let’s do this one for Teddy! I just lost my lunch! Now, anyone in Congress who doesn’t go along will be a “Teddy Hater”. Mark my words.

87. #87
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:40 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah, the sign says No Cellphones! A Blackberry isn’t just a cellphone is it??!! I’m not giving mine up just yet.

88. #88
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:45 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:04 pm, mattm said:

    I though the MSM and Dems all said that the GOP and Conservatives uses situations, say 9/11, to get the agenda passed and they were all about compassion. Looks like it is the other way around.

    In my opinion, it appears that…

    …the Communists were behind the JFK assassination in order to further their Socialist/Communist objectives under LBJ.

    …the Communists were behind the use of Arab terrorists in the RFK assassination in order to prevent another anti-Communist from reaching the presidency.

    …the Communists were behind the attempted Reagan assassination in order remove an anti-Communist and promote a CFR and trilateral member to the Presidency.

    …the Communists were behind the use of Arab terrorists in the 9/11/2001 attacks in order to pass the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act was passed by, and defended by, Republicans, and the Democrats acted like they were against it. If they were truly against it then, why aren’t they against it now?!? The powers given to the government by the Patriot Act were “safe” in the hands of George W. Bush, but those same powers will be used against us by comrade Barack Hussein Obama.

    Wait and see…

89. #89
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:51 pm, Living in the PSRK said:

    MSNBC’s Matthews: Barack Is The Last Kennedy Brother

    Geesh, it’s really true – WE need that birth certificate. Who ARE Barack’s real parents and where WAS he born????

90. #90
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:52 pm, Living in the PSRK said:

    LOL @ Uncle Teddy!!!!

91. #91
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:53 pm, Living in the PSRK said:

    Keep us updated on your location, Uncle Teddy!

92. #92
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:53 pm, battleaxe said:

    Anyone know if ol’ Teddy limited himself to Medicare healthcare in his last days (or ever)? If Teddy didn’t use the available “public option”, why would you name a bill that lowers the hammer of a public option on everyone but his cronies in congress after him?

93. #93
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:53 pm, 24Klady said:

    I simply want to enjoy the same healthcare benefits our Ted K. received. It’s only fitting and would be a tremendous compliment to his legacy. I’m sure that’s what Teddy had in mind for all of us, right? We should demand that level of care or nothing.

94. #94
    On August 26th, 2009 at 2:56 pm, fred5676 said:

    “Ted Kennedy’s dream of quality health care for all Americans will be made real this year because of his leadership and his inspiration

    Permit me a few corrections:

    Ted Kennedy’s nightmare plan of mediocre, rationed, health care for all Americans (except Congress, several thousand federal government employees, and union members), while he used his father’s rum-running family fortune to buy the best health care in the world, will fail miserably when the truth is finally known, in spite of self-serving politicians like Ted Kennedy.

95. #95
    On August 26th, 2009 at 3:04 pm, Member-VRWC said:

    I don’t recall Fat Ted having to ask permission from anyone in government about whether or not any aspect of his healthcare could be pursued before he embarked on it.

    If Nancy and the rest of the socialists want to name a healthcare bill in memory of Fat Ted and / or use Fat Ted as the inspiration to pass a healthcare bill, then I want its provisions to guarantee that every American get the exact same healthcare that Fat Ted got every day of his life including the last year.

    Anything less than that is an unworthy testament to the way Fat Ted chose to live his life and reeks of hypocrisy.

96. #96
    On August 26th, 2009 at 3:15 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    I’m sure that’s what Teddy had in mind for all of us, right? We should demand that level of care or nothing.

    Absolutely! We insist on the Kennedy Memorial Imperial Congressional plan only!!!

97. #97
    On August 26th, 2009 at 3:15 pm, denver republican said:

    Apparently, I’m the only one who will now accept socialized medicine because it’s a fitting tribute to a murderer.

    Why don’t the rest of you see the logic in that?

98. #98
    On August 26th, 2009 at 3:19 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah with all the botched surgeries and mind numbing botox injections; it completely understandable why that carved up pin cushion, San Fran Nan would want a government option to chose from. Her private sector insurance and caregivers have done Madame Speaker a great disservice. After the LAPD finishes up with Dr. Murray they should be handed this case. I pose the question; with the greatest healthcare system in the world, is this the best we can off the most important elected female official in our country? What a great social injustice. We can do better! It is a moral imperative that we do better!

99. #99
    On August 26th, 2009 at 3:32 pm, vickisoup said:

    As I’m sure others have pointed out (sorry I didn’t read all the posts), Ted Kennedy is the person LEAST likely to have either needed, or benefitted from, healthcare reform. In fact, he wouldn’t have even been required to come under the leglislation he so ardently supported. He could walk into any medical office and get every single test and treatment that his ill-gotten millions could buy. Typical elitist cr*p from the libs.

100. #100
     On August 26th, 2009 at 3:44 pm, RedDog said:

     I think I feel an appedicitis coming on. But that’s OK, TeddyBama Care will save me. Do they even know what an inflamed appendix looks like? Apparently their Brit counterparts don’t.

     Western Civilization is flaming out.