We’ll Always Have Chappaquiddick: Sen. Ted Kennedy is Dead.
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How Many People Have Ridden Light Rail? Who knows? The passenger counting system no worky.
Ever wonder what’s in a Slim Jim? Find out here.
Mary Jo lived for sometime before the car filled with water.
Her terror is hard to imagine.
A diver was sent down and discovered Kopechne’s body pressed up in the car in the spot where an air bubble would have formed. He interpreted this to mean that Kopechne had survived for a while after the initial accident in the air bubble, and concluded that:
“Had I received a call within minutes of the accident occurring there is a strong possibility that she would have been alive on removal from the submerged car.”
It will be months before the Democrats in Mass can replace Kennedy and reload the Senate SuperMajority (not that having 60 votes has done them any good at all…), which is rich since they were the ones who changed to such a dumbass system just to keep Romney from being able to appoint a Senator.
Ah, sweet blessed mother of Unregistered: Off.
I am going to be the registered user to say this: It is sad that Senator Kennedy is dead but why do any of the Senators think that they need to stay in the Senate until they get kicked out or die in office?
Kennedy should have stepped down awhile ago and allowed another liberal in to take his place. The cost may very well be health care reform (or what we were going to get that’s called reform). I wish that the Senator would have put the needs of Mass. and the country above his own need to stay in power.
Sorry but I had to get that off my chest; feel free to rip me a new asshole.
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the truth cuts the wicked like a serrated knife
No new asshole, Cato, I completely agree with you.
BREAKING: WA Secretary of State’s office to accept “Mickey Mouse, Saddam Hussein,” and “Gofuk Yousef” in Referendum 71 signature count.
“The state has to take voter intent into account,” explained Secretary of State spokeswoman Christina Siderius,” so it’s really a waste of time trying to determine if Mr. Mouse, Mr. Hussein, and Mr. Yousef are registered voters, which is something we suddenly don’t give a shit about, or even if they’re real people. Mr. Yousef could be of Middle Eastern descent for all we know. The point is that someone at sometime signed this petition, and they want a public vote on repealing the equal rights of godless sodomites.”
Even a black-hearted troll can not be unmoved by the human story. This morning NPR played audio of Kennedy at the last Democratic convention- the voice physically wavering but the strong spirit still unmistakable. I’m sure he hung on in the Senate hoping to see (and be a part of) a comprehensive HealthCare plan pass- one wonders how he felt about the whimpering demise of Single Payer- so close but yet so far…
Your light rail “headline” is a little misleading. Oh well.
Stupid Kennedy headline, Jonah.
You could have come up with something a little classier about Ted Kennedy.
jonah: too soon. perhaps there were some other events in his life you could have mentioned?
Remember that oily, sexy man-body movie 300? I always think King Leonidas is going to say “Step Into A Slim Jim!!” hahahah. woooo! hahahah! Snicker.
i thought biden’s remarks this morning were incredibly eloquent: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/26…
Care Bear, Max — why is it inappropriate to mention the Senator’s behavior in the aftermath of Mary Jo Kopechne’s death? Alongside his considerable record of public service, there is the equally important fact that Senator Kennedy was a vice-ridden, self-centered, cosseted scion who grew up to be an utter wreck of a man. There seems to be in the air the notion that, if you labor tirelessly for long enough in the service of liberal causes, you are somehow redeemed from the burden of having people remember the heinous things you did to individuals. I don’t subscribe to that notion. May both Senator Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne both rest in peace.
The one word answer why Ted Kennedy would never be President: Chappaquiddick.
Slightly spammy and off-topic (yet somehow not): I released a new version of my registered commenter filter. Hidden comments are now replaced with the blog’s built-in “collapsed” version, which allows you to view certain comments without unhiding the commenter. If you have Greasemonkey already, you can just click “Install” on the link above. This version will also start auto-updating itself if I ever release more.
If you’ve never installed it before but want to:
1. Use Firefox
2. Install Greasemonkey at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox…
3. Click on the link above, and click Install.
4. Click “hide” link next to any commenter you want to get rid of (this works on The Stranger’s article pages as well)
Now back to Kennedy-o-rama…
w7ngman, you are my hero. I thank you.