Ted Kennedy.....dead at 77

F1nut
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edited August 2009 in The Clubhouse
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Political Correctness'.........defined

"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited August 2009
    Rip.
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  • SWFalken
    SWFalken Posts: 136
    edited August 2009
    It's about time that drunk pr*ck went the way of that poor young woman that he killed. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited August 2009
    Wow.. i didn't know he was that close to passing away. I knew he was battling cancer and all. but i still am surprised.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited August 2009
    RIP Ted.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited August 2009
    RIP Senator.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited August 2009
    All the political B.S. aside............RIP
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited August 2009
    SWFalken wrote: »
    It's about time that drunk pr*ck went the way of that poor young woman that he killed. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

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  • tonyb
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    edited August 2009
    Justice is served.....by the ultimate judge.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2009
    http://www.michaelgraham.com/post/2009/08/26/The-Passing-Of-Senator-Kennedy.aspx

    About says it all, I'd say.
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,059
    edited August 2009
    SWFalken wrote: »
    It's about time that drunk pr*ck went the way of that poor young woman that he killed. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

    Your all class...and no, I'm not excusing what happened 30 years ago.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited August 2009
    Wonder if Stern and bunch will still do the Ted Kennedy impressions...

    errra errra


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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited August 2009
    in respect...
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited August 2009
    The only good thing about him is that he was a Red Sox fan. Maybe he got a little too upset when the Red Sox started to implode and hit the bottle even harder.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited August 2009
    RIP Ted.

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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited August 2009
    He understood the art of compromise in the Senate, something Washington is desperately in need of right now. RIP
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    edited August 2009
    I wish no ill towards the dead, but it was well beyond the time for him to leave the U.S. Senate. He was a power **** to the very end. He was in the process of pushing the Governor of Massachusetts to change the law in the state to allow the governor to appoint a replacement for him rather that allowing the people to hold a special election to fill the seat. If he was so worried about the people, he should have resigned his seat and allowed his replacement to have been elected last November. Edward M. Kennedy may have been a legend in the Senate, but he will be remembered by me as the Harpo Marx of the Kennedy brothers.
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited August 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    He was in the process of pushing the Governor of Massachusetts to change the law in the state to allow the governor to appoint a replacement for him rather that allowing the people to hold a special election to fill the seat.

    ... appoint a replacement UNTIL a special election can be held. Right now they're SOL for 5 months. Kennedy wanted the governor to be able to immediately appoint someone in the interim.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2009
    unc2701 wrote: »
    ... appoint a replacement UNTIL a special election can be held. Right now they're SOL for 5 months. Kennedy wanted the governor to be able to immediately appoint someone in the interim.

    Something which, by the way, he was instrumental in DISALLOWING in the past when it did not serve his "party."

    Compromise my ****.
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited August 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Something which, by the way, he was instrumental in DISALLOWING in the past when it did not serve his "party."

    Compromise my ****.

    :D Glad to see someone has a good grasp of the situation. Anyhow, he was on the right side of the issue in the end. Personally, I think we should have immediate appointment by Gov or state legislature followed by special election ASAP. Every state should have continuous representation, but ultimately there needs to be an election.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited August 2009
    Despite my political affiliation I say RIP Mr. Kennedy.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited August 2009
    unc2701 wrote: »
    :D Glad to see someone has a good grasp of the situation. Anyhow, he was on the right side of the issue in the end. Personally, I think we should have immediate appointment by Gov or state legislature followed by special election ASAP. Every state should have continuous representation, but ultimately there needs to be an election.


    States no longer have any representation in congress thanks to the 17th ammendment... ;)

    Anyway, bobmans article is pretty much how I feel. He's gone and in the past, time to move on now.
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  • Polk user
    Polk user Posts: 311
    edited August 2009
    When asked to comment on Ted Kennedy's passing, Mary Jo Kopechne had nothing to say.



    That's all I'll say.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    edited August 2009
    Polk user wrote: »
    When asked to comment on Ted Kennedy's passing, Mary Jo Kopechne had nothing to say.



    That's all I'll say.

    If Ted Kennedy had been an NFL player, he would have gotten probation and still been allowed to play ball. Why should we still dwell on Chappaqudick.:rolleyes:

    I am kidding of course, but in a way I am grateful something happened to keep him from the White House.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited August 2009
    unc2701 wrote:
    ... appoint a replacement UNTIL a special election can be held. Right now they're SOL for 5 months. Kennedy wanted the governor to be able to immediately appoint someone in the interim.

    Of course that WAS the case until just a few years ago (2004 actually) when Mitt Romney was the govenor and John Kerry was running for President. The law at the time was that the Massachusetts govenor would IMMEDIATELY appoint a replacement to serve until the next election. The Democratic controled state legislature did not want to allow Romney to appoint a Republican to the post so when it became obvious that Kerry was going to win the nomination they quickly passed the new succession law to prevent him from doing so. Of course now they are gung ho to have the law changed so they can be "represented". :rolleyes: Just a lot of political BS.

    No comment on Kennedy...other than condolences to his family.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited August 2009
    Condolences to his family, as his family has had enough tragedy already, all politics aside.

    As far as my political opinion and personal opinion of the senator's behavior - a Led Zepplin song is running through my head.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,200
    edited August 2009
    It's about time that drunk pr*ck went the way of that poor young woman that he killed. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
    Now for a somewhat more nuanced commentary, perhaps, from the White House political director for President Reagan and former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee:

    http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/26/rollins.kennedy.gop/index.html

    It's nice to see a more classy approach IMO. Even when you utterly and completely disagree with someone, it's still possible, preferable even, IMO, to remain respectful of the dead, at least for the duration of a period of mourning for the family and next of kin.
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  • apphd
    apphd Posts: 1,514
    edited August 2009
    I have to say I find it VERY hard to do this. But my upbringing allows me to say only this. R.I.P. Senator.
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  • Pycroft
    Pycroft Posts: 1,960
    edited August 2009
    I'm so mad about this. I live near Philadelphia, and on a lot fo the talk radio stations, it is overwhelmingly negative...only focusing on some of the downfalls...etc. Yet, on some of the same radio stations, people are overwhelmingly in support of Michael Vick, who for some reason deserves forgiveness - basically because he might score some touchdowns for the Eagles. Kennedy did some great things for our country, and was a great American - that's how I will remember him.
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  • jjwm27
    jjwm27 Posts: 123
    edited August 2009
    even though i couldnt stand the hard core scocialist R.I.P. Ted. at least the right wingers are showing respect, if it was George W the leftys would be dancing in the streets.
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  • JohnLocke88
    JohnLocke88 Posts: 1,150
    edited August 2009
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    Your all class...and no, I'm not excusing what happened 30 years ago.

    Murder has no statue of limitations...

    That said... moveon...dot org (not really, just the first part) :)
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