Senator Ted Kennedy Dead at 77

SteamWake · 08-26-09, 10:49 AM

Ms. Pelosi show a little respect. She could have waited a day or two at least...

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed Wednesday to push through embattled health reform legislation this year following the death of Senator Ted Kennedy, who called the effort "the cause of my life".

August · 08-26-09, 10:59 AM

I always saw the cause of Ted Kennedys life as avoiding all responsibility for murdering poor Mary Jo Kopechne.

That ought to be his true legacy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident

AVGWarhawk · 08-26-09, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by August

I always saw the cause of Ted Kennedys life as avoiding all responsibility for murdering poor Mary Jo Kopechne.

That ought to be his true legacy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident

Whenever I heard his name that is all I ever thought of....Chappaquiddick. In the true sense..got away with murder.

Aramike · 08-26-09, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by August

I always saw the cause of Ted Kennedys life as avoiding all responsibility for murdering poor Mary Jo Kopechne.

That ought to be his true legacy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident

Me too, really. Its a sad state the people kept voting for the guy.

AVGWarhawk · 08-26-09, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Ms. Pelosi show a little respect. She could have waited a day or two at least...

Pelosi is an opportunist.

Jimbuna · 08-26-09, 11:11 AM

As a kid I always saw them as a very powerful family in political terms.

I wonder if this death will change anything?

Frame57 · 08-26-09, 11:15 AM

RIP Ted. Ted was a sterling example why American's need to set term limits in all political offices.

SteamWake · 08-26-09, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Frame57

RIP Ted. Ted was a sterling example why American's need to set term limits in all political offices.

We already did that... no its a testiment to the cluelessness of the average american voter.

Ted did his fair share of good work. Then again he did his fair share of destructive nany state fostering.

I wasent going to bring up the Mary Joe thing but yea thats one of the first things that comes to my mind.

August · 08-26-09, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

I wasent going to bring up the Mary Joe thing but yea thats one of the first things that comes to my mind.

You'll have to forgive me. I'm from Massachusetts and i've been voting against Ted Kennedy all my life.

Frame57 · 08-26-09, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

We already did that... no its a testiment to the cluelessness of the average american voter.

Ted did his fair share of good work. Then again he did his fair share of destructive nany state fostering.

I wasent going to bring up the Mary Joe thing but yea thats one of the first things that comes to my mind.

Uh-no we did not do that. What planet are you from.

Sea Demon · 08-26-09, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Pelosi is an opportunist.

It's not the first time Democrats have exploited the death of a fellow colleague to push a political agenda. Remember the Paul Wellstone funeral?

Anyway, I wish they would just let Ted Kennedy RIP. And not view it as an opportunity to achieve a political end. I don't like Ted Kennedy, and I think he worked diligently against my personal interests, but I do believe he doesn't deserve his death to be turned into a political sideshow.

RIP.

mookiemookie · 08-26-09, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Sea Demon

It's not the first time Democrats have exploited the death of a fellow colleague to push a political agenda. Remember the Paul Wellstone funeral?

Kind of like the exploitation of the deaths of 3000 on 9/11/01 by the Republicans, eh?

Aramike · 08-26-09, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Kind of like the exploitation of the deaths of 3000 on 9/11/01 by the Republicans, eh?

Yeah, right ... this time you've gone to Loonville...

mookiemookie · 08-26-09, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Aramike

Yeah, right ... this time you've gone to Loonville...

I guess you missed the intro video to John McCain's acceptance speech at the RNC last year. Or every mention of "In the post 9/11 world..." by any Repub, or using 9/11 to push through the Patriot Act, or the fundraiser titled "$9.11 For Rudy" for Guiliani's presidential bid where the admission fee was $9.11...I could keep going. There's plenty of evidence.

If I'm in Loonville, you're the governor of the state of Loonachusetts

Face it - politicians of every stripe use fear, emotion and death as a tool. Not limited to one side or the other.

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

When I think you can sink no lower...

You always prove me wrong.

Nice rebuttal.

FIREWALL · 08-26-09, 12:12 PM

Thank You

I thought so too.

08-26-09, 10:59 AM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,226 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I always saw the cause of Ted Kennedys life as avoiding all responsibility for murdering poor Mary Jo Kopechne. That ought to be his true legacy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	As a kid I always saw them as a very powerful family in political terms. I wonder if this death will change anything? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-26-09, 11:15 AM	#7
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	RIP Ted. Ted was a sterling example why American's need to set term limits in all political offices. __________________ "My Religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." Albert Einstein

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FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Thank You I thought so too. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???