RIP Ted

[x-1013-x.livejournal.com]

I don't like to speak ill of the dead. Ted Kennedy was family and friend to many. He was loved so it is a sad day for those who loved him. For me, I can only say that I am not looking forward to the Obama/Michael Jackson-type love fest the media is going to spew about this. The left is funny that way. They're always ready to look over even the most horrific faults to bestow hero status on someone who probably doesn't deserve it and they're equally ready to dethrone a hero who has rightfully earned the title. It makes me sick.

So now I must quote something from the witty Jim Treacher. He tweeted: "Think of it this way: If they get to bring up Camelot, we get to bring up the lady in the lake." Enough said.

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[dustybinx.livejournal.com]

Oh, agreed. The hero worship will go on a long time.

[moviequeen985.livejournal.com]

So, I get the Camelot comment, but not the Lady in the Lake one. Explain, please? I like to be in the political loop.

[rightsaidred.livejournal.com]

The Lady in the Lake is one of the characters of Arthurian legend. She gives Arthur Excaliber.

In this case, it's a reference to Mary Jo Kopechne.

[x-1013-x.livejournal.com]

http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=mary+jo+kopechne&date=2009-8-26&sa=X

This should clear it up.

[middlegirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I read one of the articles on that page, and they're already labeling it a right-wing conspiracy that Ted Kennedy has been bumped from the top trending topic on Twitter, seeing as Rush mentioned some song by Jay-Z and all these other right-wingers are bringing up Mary Jo.

Please. A high-profile man died, and naturally people are going to bring up things from his past, glorious or spotty. Think about when Michael Jackson died - tons of people brought up the trial.

(Interesting of note: there is only one "Kennedy sibling" left, and everyone else on the family tree seems to be rather quiet, media-wise. Trying not to speak ill of the dead here, so draw whatever conclusions you will.)

[mockingbird39.livejournal.com]

I nearly crawled back into bed this morning when I saw the news this morning. The hero worship here in Boston was already nauseating. I expect to lose at least 10lbs. in the next few weeks due to the energy expended to keep my mouth shut and being unable to eat due to endless, sickening eulogies. Not a hero, people. Not. A. Hero.

[some-day-soling.livejournal.com]

The thing that worries me, is the health care bill. They already started this morning on the local news, "Kennedy died without seeing the one thing he always wanted: nationalized health care. he was always pushing for this basic human right. *insert Kennedy calling it a basic human right back in the '70s*"

Yeah, so we had momentum going and it won't be long before the left starts pushing to pass it "in his memory" and everyone who's against it is not only racist but also disrespectful of the dead.

Please tell me I'm wrong about this. I think I'm going to go hide now.

But on the bright side, it'll leave a little less room for Michael stories.

[x-1013-x.livejournal.com]

Oh they've already pushed that. Rush called it apparently. Nancy has already sent an email calling for passage "for Ted" or something like that. It's sick. It's the same lame argument-type they used to get at people who didn't like Obama. If you don't like Obama, you're racist. If you don't like Obamacare, you're racist and you are mean to dead people. *eyeroll*

[some-day-soling.livejournal.com]

Oy. I just knew it when I heard it this morning.

They've gotta try something. I'd rather be mean to dead people than mean to old people and poor people.

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

and everyone who's against it is not only racist but also disrespectful of the dead.

Absolutely. This was my first thought as well.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

If you ask me, the Kennedy mystique is far, far overblown. The general public isn't as enamored with the Kennedy clan as the media and the political class, or old timahs in Taxachusetts. Just ask Caroline.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

It isn't the Tedster's political viewpoint that annoyed me. The late Paul Wellstone for example was equally as liberal but he was by all accounts a decent man (too bad his funeral was turned into a bizarro rally). It's the fact he got away with what's at the very least manslaughter BECAUSE of his frickin' name. It's the crummy way he treated his poor wife Joan, driving her to alcoholism. It's the way he clung to power, refusing to resign even as his health declined. If there's anyone who's a poster boy for term limits, it's Ted Kennedy. Well, you can throw in Robert Byrd as well. It doesn't matter if the citizens of Massachusetts keep sending in guys whose politics are the same. The problems start when somebody realizes he's in for life and he's accountable only to himself and his cronies. And I hate the idea of a pseudo aristocracy where power has to be concentrated in one family. Why? What the hell is so special about these people?

As a Catholic, I sincerely hope this is the end of the American bishops looking the other way on the transgressions of "Catholic" politicians, especially pro-abortion ones, because for too long the Church sold its own soul to curry favor with pro-abortion pols like Ted Kennedy.

In the end it's not me who will judge ol' Ted, but I wouldn't want Miss Kopechne to be the first witness called to the stand. Maybe the road to Chappaquiddick on Martha's Vineyard will be open to the public at last (you know who had it closed years ago).

[pastygothchick.livejournal.com]

If there's anyone who's a poster boy for term limits, it's Ted Kennedy.

I agree put Strom Thurmond on the poster, too.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Ol' Strom was way senile there at the end. There just comes a time to hang up the hat.