Senator Ted Kennedy Dead at 77

Originally Posted by Aramike

So, those of you from the area (August?): who's going to be his replacement?

That is the hypocracy of the democratic party. In 2004 they changed the law so Mit Romney couldn't appoint a republican. now they will change the law again so a republican cannot be elected.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by CastleBravo

That is the hypocracy of the democratic party. In 2004 they changed the law so Mit Romney couldn't appoint a republican. now they will change the law again so a republican cannot be elected.

Yeah, that was a Kennedy move.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by CastleBravo

That is the hypocracy of the democratic party. In 2004 they changed the law so Mit Romney couldn't appoint a republican. now they will change the law again so a republican cannot be elected.

I heard this point this morning on the news Our government is something else.....

[Platapus]

Yeah, that is just wrong. You can't just change the laws around when it is convenient.

The laws were changed in 2004, now MA has to follow them in 2009.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by CastleBravo

That is the hypocracy of the democratic party. In 2004 they changed the law so Mit Romney couldn't appoint a republican. now they will change the law again so a republican cannot be elected.

Oh no they wont. They changed the law and now they have to live with it.

Should be interisting.

Have you noticed a sudden sense of urgency to get the health care bill passed? After all its what Teddy woulda wanted

[August]

Originally Posted by CastleBravo

That is the hypocracy of the democratic party. In 2004 they changed the law so Mit Romney couldn't appoint a republican. now they will change the law again so a republican cannot be elected.

A republican wouldn't be elected even if there was an election. This is for all intents and purposes a one party state and has been for years. True, Mass has elected Republican governors in the past but that was just the electorate trying to stick it to the politicians. But with open primaries the local GoP is never going to nominate their best possible candidate anyways so all they get is a Mitt Romney.

Originally Posted by Aramike

So, those of you from the area (August?): who's going to be his replacement?

The heir apparent:

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

[LiveGoat]

Gawker had the best most blunt yet fair obit. A few F-bombs so I'll just link it.

http://gawker.com/5317300/ted-kennedy-an-assessment

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by LiveGoat

Gawker had the best most blunt yet fair obit. A few F-bombs so I'll just link it.

http://gawker.com/5317300/ted-kennedy-an-assessment

That is a pretty good write up. My only problem with the idea that, even though Kennedy was a pig, he ended up working incredibly hard on some policies. Indeed he had, but for one I don't agree with many of his ideas.

More importantly, though, I'm sure there are plenty of qualified people out there who aren't killing woman and sandwiching waitresses that would work as hard.

Originally Posted by Aramike

More importantly, though, I'm sure there are plenty of qualified people out there who aren't killing woman and sandwiching waitresses that would work as hard.

George Bush & Dick Cheney? Oh wait...

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

George Bush & Dick Cheney? Oh wait...

Your like a looping tape.

Do you ever have an original thought of your own ?

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Your like a looping tape.

Do you ever have an original thought of your own ?

What do you mean? Has somebody already mentioned George & Dick in this thread?

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

What do you mean? Has somebody already mentioned George & Dick in this thread?

He meant that your world seems to revolve around hating the US, Bush, Cheney, Palin, etc.

And he's right.

This thread is about Kennedy.

Originally Posted by Aramike

He meant that your world seems to revolve around hating the US, Bush, Cheney, Palin, etc.

And he's right.

This thread is about Kennedy.

Are you two like a hive-mind or something? You know what each one thinks?

Kennedy was just another US politician and probably crooked but I see very little in the republican party having any kind of moral high ground from which to criticize him.

[Aramike]

Are you two like a hive-mind or something? You know what each one thinks?

Umm, no, there's this wonderful human invention called ... wait for it ... "The Written Word" which enables us to understand what one another is thinking, in a process we like to call "communication". We can even use context clues to fill in the blanks!

It's a wonderous invention and I'd like to take a moment to thank the first caveman who drew a buffalo on a wall of rock several thousand years ago.

Kennedy was just another US politician and probably crooked but I see very little in the republican party having any kind of moral high ground from which to criticize him.

Luckily no one here is criticizing from the perspective of the Republican party.

Originally Posted by Aramike

Umm, no, there's this wonderful human invention called ... wait for it ... "The Written Word" which enables us to understand what one another is thinking, in a process we like to call "communication". We can even use context clues to fill in the blanks! It's a wonderous invention and I'd like to take a moment to thank the first caveman who drew a buffalo on a wall of rock several thousand years ago.

Even cavemen knew to answer when spoken to and let their buddies answer when they were asked.

Luckily no one here is criticizing from the perspective of the Republican party.

What then, the Green party? And don't give me that "we're non-political", everything's political.