buffaloaggie Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Took the local radio all of five minutes. "Ted Kennedy passed away this morning. This is expected to offer a boost to health care reform." Boost to health care reform??? Pass a poorly written bill because Kennedy died? It is doomed to fail thanks to Congress having pork-barrel legislation to appease all of their special interests, rather than addressing only health care in the bill. Obama is turning into a huge joke. In a matter of seven months he has gone from having huge support to a negative approval rating. BTW, my thoughts go out to the Kennedy family and my thoughts also go out to Mary Jo Kopechne's family, 40 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 RIP the “Lion of the Senate” For those who say Rot in Hell, etc. ... grow up. So growing up requires a worship of TK? I will maintain my extended adolescence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 So growing up requires a worship of TK? I will maintain my extended adolescence. No, how about simple respect for the dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 No, how about simple respect for the dead. No you didn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowLinesandArmadillos Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 If only we could apply that to people. Chinese have tried it... LOL, but I figure you are being more specific.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 No you didn't? ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastback Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Whether Ted Kennedy is rotting in hell or is up in heaven is between him and his God. If he was a smart man, somewhere, sometime, he got on his knees and begged for forgiveness. I have no love for the man and will not miss his brand of politics. Hopefully his state replaces him with someone who represents them better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 ?? If you can't figure out the irony of your statement that you just made, then nevermind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Why was my post last night deleted? All I said was that it would be getting hot soon for him. Ted Kennedy is not to be worshiped. He killed a woman in 1969. The only reason he got away with it was his name. He should have been in prison for the last 40 years, not serving in the Senate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Hedd Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Whether Ted Kennedy is rotting in hell or is up in heaven is between him and his God. If he was a smart man, somewhere, sometime, he got on his knees and begged for forgiveness. I have no love for the man and will not miss his brand of politics. Hopefully his state replaces him with someone who represents them better. Pretty much felt the same when the much lionized, canonized, deified Ronnie Ray-gun bit the dust. My opinion of him politically speaking (and also acting wise) was that he was basically evil and useless. I thought his funeral was going to go on for a month and while I thought he was pretty much our worst president ever (pre-Bush of course) I never said what the dimwits here are saying about heaven or hell....as if anybody has an idea here about the afterlife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 If you can't figure out the irony of your statement that you just made, then nevermind... Me telling someone to have respect for the dead? If you are referring to Mary Jo, that is way in the past. In my mind, no use in bringing that up today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Hedd Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Me telling someone to have respect for the dead? If you are referring to Mary Jo, that is way in the past. In my mind, no use in bringing that up today. Get used to it. Like I said before this thread will be full of Mary Jo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastback Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Pretty much felt the same when the much lionized, canonized, deified Ronnie Ray-gun bit the dust. My opinion of him politically speaking (and also acting wise) was that he was basically evil and useless. I thought his funeral was going to go on for a month and while I thought he was pretty much our worst president ever (pre-Bush of course) I never said what the dimwits here are saying about heaven or hell....as if anybody has an idea here about the afterlife. Apples to Oranges. Reagan was the President. Secondly, he never killed anyone and left the scene nor did he get caught cheating while in college. I took the high road in my post, yet in response you still felt the need to compare Ted Kennedy to someone more accomplished than he and didn't have the decency to at least spell his name correctly. Classy as always there Hedd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Get used to it. Like I said before this thread will be full of Mary Jo. True. Anything for some people to continue to hate even in death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 RIP to an outstanding Senator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 RIP to an outstanding Senator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Chinese have tried it... LOL, but I figure you are being more specific.... I did not mean anyone in particular. But it was hanging there like a ripe apple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 WOW...I heard the news this morning and almost drove off a bridge. I never quite got the "mistakes of his youth" excuses for Chappaquiddick. He was 37 years old and already in the Senate in 1969! Yet still out getting drunk and chasing college girls (of course that continued on for decades). Gee, what a statesman. My sympathies are with his family because it sucks when someone dies, but this was not a man of high character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 U gonna feel the same way about OJ when he dies? or is 'killing' 2 people crossing over that line..... Me telling someone to have respect for the dead? If you are referring to Mary Jo, that is way in the past. In my mind, no use in bringing that up today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowLinesandArmadillos Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Apples to Oranges. Reagan was the President. Secondly, he never killed anyone and left the scene nor did he get caught cheating while in college. I took the high road in my post, yet in response you still felt the need to compare Ted Kennedy to someone more accomplished than he and didn't have the decency to at least spell his name correctly. Classy as always there Hedd. Excuses, Excuses. Reagan was a party flipper and not that great a president despite his rhetoric. I could go on... but no sense... I do not want to stoop to level of some on this board. My only statement is that for those who would condemn the man remember that you are not God and don't make that decision. On the man, as usual with most people, Sen. Kennedy lived a complicated life and whether your forgive him for his transgressions and how he bypassed dealing with them as a young man or not...,I am sure all of you know the exact facts of what happened or not, ...he had a substantive influence on our lives. I did (do) not always agree with his political stances and thought he often reached across the aisle way too much, especially with Bush W. That being said, I am not going to prejudge him or Reagan on issues that I have no authority or business enunciating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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