Ted Kennedy

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Originally Posted by ljrobby

Sounds like your Morning Joe was having a reverse effect on you!

Listening to Matthews, Barnacle and Schultz for you would be as the same as me listening to Handittome, Oh'Really and the Drugster Limburger! It could have be worse. They could have had Obermann. Nothing like a little self-torture or should I say self-inflicted enhanced interrogation to get your day started!

To answer your question - he's the last or the Kennedy boys to pass, he's one of the long serving Senator in Congress (ever), he's a champion of civil right for minorities and the working class and he's respected by both parties. The man and his family are American icons.

The way I see it - you can give him his 15 minutes, turn the channel or do something with the kids for the next two weeks!

The civil right bill that 30% of democrats apposed and only 20% Republicans apposed in the House, and was apposed by 31% Senate Democrats and only 18% Senate Republicans. Evil Republicans.

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Each state gets to vote for their senator every 6 years, MA kept reelecting him, voters's choice. Term limits are not necessary in this regard, teh voters can elect someone else if they chose.

The nicknames, although funny, really detracts from constructive argument and makes the proponent of a point appear less credible.

Finally, if you get MSNBC you obviously have cable or a dish. This means you have a selection of a variety of channels. If you don't like what you are watching then don't bitch, change the damn channel, you have plenty of them!!!

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Originally Posted by restling

The civil right bill that 30% of democrats apposed and only 20% Republicans apposed in the House, and was apposed by 31% Senate Democrats and only 18% Senate Republicans. Evil Republicans.

Despite your statistics, if true he persevered and got it passed...ergo the term "championed."

We know you don't like democrats/liberals, likely won't break bread with them, or ever give them credit for anything. But what is the point you are trying to make?

[ljrobby]

Originally Posted by restling

The civil right bill that 30% of democrats apposed and only 20% Republicans apposed in the House, and was apposed by 31% Senate Democrats and only 18% Senate Republicans. Evil Republicans.

Those numbers (if true) are a sign of the times my man! Look where we are now! Championed - years of fighting for people without a voice. Those are the fact and they are undisputable!

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Originally Posted by lookleft goright

I am not sure Kennedy is respected by both parties. He may have been at one time. I am not even sure about that. However, he has been a laughing stock and an embarrassment to Americans for the past 10-20 years. Every time he gets up there and stammers and stutters like a half drunken lush, he makes a mockery of our political system and what it was intended to do. He and Byrd are the poster children for why we need term limits.
My personal feeling about him are good riddance. If he needs to die to leave office so be it.
Also, shooter is a funny nickname for Cheney. Just like the swimmer is a funny nickname for the lush Kennedy.

Apparently the voice they had served them well in their home states. "Laughing stock" that a reflection of YOUR perspective which in most cases seems to be "if you don't agree with em - brow beat em"

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Regardless of whether he is a Rep. or a Dem. I think he has some very tough questions he'll have to answer in front of the Almighty! Ultimately, that's the only true measure of what he's done.

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Originally Posted by ljrobby

Those numbers (if true) are a sign of the times my man! Look where we are now! Championed - years of fighting for people without a voice. Those are the fact and they are undisputable!

Only if your a liberal Democrat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwiQl...eature=related

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_kennedy_successor

The succession law was changed in 2004, when Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., became his party's presidential nominee and Republican Mitt Romney was the state's governor. Before the change, the governor would have appointed a replacement to serve until the next general election.
That would have created the opportunity for Romney to install a fellow Republican in office, a move that Democrats who control the state legislature sought to preven

Geez, I'm not surprised.

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Originally Posted by restling

Only if your a liberal Democrat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwiQl...eature=related

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964

Ouch! I'm an Independent and more often than not I've voted Republican. Want to give it another shot?

Using Wikipedia as a reference? I see you're back to your old tricks.

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Originally Posted by ljrobby

Ouch! I'm an Independent and more often than not I've voted Republican. Want to give it another shot?

Using Wikipedia as a reference? I see you're back to your old tricks.

So your saying the stats are wrong?