Edward Kennedy dead.Follow

Did he tip?

I wish I was. Think of all the computer gaming I could get done.

Also: No mortgage.

Don't be silly, Joph. We all know God doesn't exist, and neither does the afterlife.

That's because you have a modicum of class, Ash&c.

Remeber how, the day after the election, Gbaji said that the Republicans were so much classier then the Democrats because no one was saying (yet) that Obama wasn't their president?

Heh... good times... good times...

Cheney never dies. He just turns from a cyborg into a fully fledged robot, bit by bit.

Totem might be a bit partisan, but he's the shilliest of GOP shills, and that's why I love him.

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OK, honestly, that pun occurred to me about ten minutes ago and I've been dying to use it ever since.

Erm... and?

Gee, I'd think that having something good and yet still caring about people who don't have it so well was a good trait.

Federal legislators are covered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits plan which is a collection of private plans you chose from. Since he was from MA, I assume he's be covered under one of these plans. I'm not sure which of those offers the "Never pay a dime for anything" option.

The number of liberals running around telling everyone how horrible conservatives are for cheering Ted's death outnumber those conservatives by about 1000:1. It's funny really. Thread after thread on various online blogs by liberals pissed off about all the conservatives being disrespectful. There are so many, it's hard to find an actual example of this happening though...



Of course it's possible. Because they're doing this, not to honor the name of the dead person or his work, but so they can attack anyone who doesn't go along with the bill in question as a hater of the dead person. If you truly want to honor the person without politicizing his death, pass the bill without a mention of Kennedy, wait a respectful amount of time (like 5-10 years) and *then* name it for him. If you're honoring him, there should be no rush. He's not going anywhere...


It's a cheap and cheesy political tactic IMO. What did Rham Emanuel say? Don't ever let a crisis go to waste? Apparently, death can be inserted in place of crisis...

You're full of it. Judging by the statuses on FACEBOOK from people I consider friends, I can imagine what the conservative blogosphere was like. It took a lot to not respond to the "Ding dong, the drunk is dead"/"Finally, maybe we can get a new face in there now!"/"God: 1 Kennedy parasites: -3!" messages I saw. Of the pro-Kennedy messages, they all said "RIP"/"A hero died today"/"Let his legacy live on" type of messages; not one accusing the other side of crassness.

Even when Reagan died, the only "bad" words I said were "Remember him accurately." I did the same with Ted Kennedy on the first page of this.

Meh, gbaji is being gbaji.

Nah. I think you are...



Ah. So because your friends said some mean things on Facebook, this has some global meaning for conservatives as a whole? Maybe you just have jerks for friends?

I know a number of people who are not fans of Kennedy by any means. Not one of them has "cheered" his death. They'll make the same kind of comments you did (pointing out that the man did have flaws and was particularly partisan), but no actual cheering or chanting or what have you.

Not even my Aunt, who was working in Washington at the time of the whole Chappaquiddick incident (don't remember who for specifically, but I'll guess a Republican), has not made any sort of disparaging remarks about him. And this is a woman who does send out those chainish emails on occasion. I remember having a conservation with her about him once when I was in my early 20s. I didn't know who he was other than his family name. When the subject came up, she got this sort of contorted look of disgust on her face and proceeded to talk about him in detail, about what a pig he was, how he got away with killing a woman, and how his family basically was able to cover for him as he lurched from one disaster to another in his life and career. I mean, we're talking about a woman who absolutely despised the man. For all I know she had some first hand experience with him she didn't want to discuss, but that would just be speculation on my part.

While I'm sure she privately does cheer his death, she hasn't said a word about it to anyone...


You know. If we're sharing personal anecdotes.




You say "Even when Reagan died", as though there's some greater reason for you to dislike him than for people to dislike Kennedy. Unless Reagan had a lifelong history of boozing and womanizing and had a woman die under pretty mysterious circumstances, I'm a bit confused how you could even equate those.

The conservative pundits respect but disagree with Kennedy for his politics (mostly). The public who dislike him do so because of his personality and his actions in his life having nothing to do with politics at all except that he got away with far more than his fair share due to his families connections.

Ah. So because some people on the internet are chastising some tactless statements on blogs, this has some global meaning for liberals as a whole (1000:1!)? Maybe you just don't think things through very well?

PS - While we're on the topic of you making things up, I'm still waiting on my citation that people in the medical field would leave their home country and move internationally to make more money.

Edited, Aug 27th 2009 7:19pm by CBD