Posted on 01/26/2006 2:50:07 AM PST by Aussie Dasher
WASHINGTON -- I cannot rid from my mind the name Alioto, Judge Samuel Alioto. That is the name of Judge Samuel Alito as pronounced by the delightful Sen. Edward Kennedy, or is it Eduardo Kennedino? No, it is simply Teddy, and he is as entertaining as any U.S. Senator since the days of the soused Southerners, who would tipple their way through the dreamy days on Capitol Hill, rousing themselves for histrionic oratory in the mid-afternoon and then slumping back into their seats, awaiting the late afternoon hour when they would all gather in one or another's chambers for a "restorative" -- then on to dinner.
Teddy, in this health-mad era, is a throwback to the Senate's post-Prohibition 1930s. Anyone who watched him during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Judge Alioto or Alito or whatever the hell his name is must have gleaned that Teddy had hardly a clue as to what he was doing. His set speeches were written for him by brainy staff members who will soon move on to Washington law firms or lobbying outfits, all becoming polite versions (Democratic versions, that is) of the hellish Abramoff or Abraham Hoff or whatever his name might be. This gluttonous rogue, bursting out of his overcoat as he waddles from court appearances to his waiting car, is a scandalous figure to be sure. Jack Abramoff stands at the end of a long line of such shabby fixers. One of Abramoff's predecessors, whose name was on the tongue of every Washington watcher in the early 1980s, was Tongsun Park of Abscam fame. (That scandal occasioned the expulsion of the first House member since 1861, the Hon. Michael Myers, Democrat from Pennsylvania.) Park has just been indicted for one of the many U.N. scandals. Possibly Abramoff has a future at the United Nations.
Park, Abramoff, they come and go, but the Democratic fixers remain. When they do trip up, the Kultursmog simply ignores their indiscretions. In the 1990s we had an entire presidential administration of fixers, with the chief fixers seated right at the top, Bill and Hillary. Last week Independent Counsel David Barrett (one of seven Independent Counsels from the Clinton years) delivered up his final report detailing the Clinton administration's bullying exertions to fix both an IRS investigation and Independent Counsel Barrett's investigation. As yet, hardly a ripple of interest has troubled the serene waters of this great city. The media for the most part missed the fact that some 120 pages of the report were redacted. In fact, the New York Times was so oblivious that it actually reported that the Barrett Report was the "full report," a judicial panel having, according to the Times, "ordered a full disclosure."
Certainly the silver-haired Teddy is not interested in the Barrett Report. He is interested in Ali Oto, the Islamic terrorist whom the Bush administration has nominated for the Supreme Court. Thundering and blubbering during the Senate Judiciary Committee's grilling of the bemused nominee, Teddy stumbled over questions that were supposed to reveal dreadful revelations about the judge. The Democrats discovered that as a young Princetonian in the early 1970s, he was a party to something called Concerned Alumni of Princeton. Teddy, Sen. Charles Schumer, and their colleagues now call this "a radical group." I actually remember the groups from those days that were called "radical." They committed mayhem, destroyed university buildings and at the end of their idealistic saga robbed banks. One actually destroyed the ROTC building at Princeton. They were on the left, not the right; and liberal Democrats in those days admired their "ideals" if not their methods.
As Judge whatever his name is proceeds to confirmation in the Senate, it is worth observing that all the issues the Democrats have raised about him are false issues. As for abortion, the Supreme Court will never overturn it. The Court has already adjudged it constitutional, and it will take a constitutional amendment to change that decision, then most likely state action. The Democrats' fear of "judicial activism" from a conservative Supreme Court is also a false issue. The conservatives on the court believe in judicial restraint, not activism. Their point is that they are restrained by the law. Changing the law is in the hands of legislators such as the delightful Sen. Kennedino, who during his Judiciary Committee performance blubbered that "this nominee was influenced by the Goldwater presidency." Damn, I love this man.
That's Senator Lard Ass to you!
... is truly one of the greats...great ____ of our time (insert description)!
As much as I'd like to fill in the blank, I'll refrain... wait! ... I changed my mind.
Senator Lard Ass the Sot (aka Sinner Eduardo Kennedino) is truly one of the greats...great Kopeckne Killer of our time.
Changing the law is in the hands of legislators such as the delightful Sen. , who during his Judiciary Committee performance blubbered that "this nominee was influenced by the Goldwater presidency." Damn, I love this man.
I love him too! What a guy.
and the fine people of Massachusetts, keep electing this lard ass to the same office, over and over again.
Kerry too. What the heck is up with this???
It is like a mental illness with these people.
Make that FAT TEDDY.
I think we've previously established the correctness of your view...
And the people of Massachusetts wonder why they're known widely as
MASSHOLES!!
Ted Kennedy becomes the designated driver and moral spokesperson for the Democrat party.
Actually, we keep electing him so we know he's not driving around the state, but safely in Washington.
well, you have a point. The man has been in that office since I was in grammar school. Maybe longer. I'm not sure. Job for life. Never has to campaign, just sit back and watch the checks roll in.
Oh, and make a lard ass out of yourself in the mean time.
Residents of MA, NJ, and NY are not Americans, as the rest of us know Americans. They have been mentally spayed and neutered into believing the rest of us are there to take care of them...sort of New Orleans, writ large. The real question is: Why are we letting the despots in D C take 40% of our paychecks to enable these dependents? Were I President, I'd start by shutting down Amtrak, and go on from there in eliminating every socialist program that Kennedino, Schumerino, and Clintonino have funded for the care and feeding of their parasite constituencies.
...New York CITY, thank you. My county is quite red.
Kennedy fits right in with his junior colleague, John Kerry, who pronounces Abramoff's name "Abrahamoff".
For sure, and isn't it amazing that he's not even from New York? Although we have two of the top ten here......
I can't seem to either. Everytime I hear the man's name I think of what an idiot Kennedy truly is.
A snapshot of Teddy's Dim voter base. Duh.
I understand the self-defense angle, but consider the nation!
I keep shaking my head over that same question. What is in the water up there, anyway???? Can the people of that State really be that blind????
Mary Jo Kopechne
On July 26th of this year, Mary Jo would have turned 66 years old.
...[a]t the inquest Judge James Boyle raised doubts about Kennedy's testimony. He pointed out that as Kennedy had a good knowledge of Chappaquiddick Island he could not understand how he managed to drive down Dyke Road by mistake. For example, on the day of the accident, Kennedy had twice had driven on Dyke Road to go to the beach for a swim. To get to Dyke Road involved a 90-degree turn off a metalled road onto the rough, bumpy dirt-track.
An investigation at the scene of the accident by Raymond R. McHenry, suggested that Kennedy approached the bridge at an estimated 34 miles (55 kilometres) per hour. At around 5 metres (17 feet) from the bridge, Kennedy braked violently. This locked the front wheels. According to McHenry: "The car skidded 5 metres (17 feet) along the road, 8 metres (25 feet) up the humpback bridge, jumped a 14 centimetre barrier, somersaulted through the air for about 10 metres (35 feet) into the water and landed upside-down."
Investigators found it difficult to understand why he was crossing Dyke Bridge when he said he was attempting to reach Edgartown which was in the opposite direction. They also could not understand why he was driving so fast on this unlit, uneven, road. They also could not work out how Kennedy escaped from the car. When it was recovered from the water all the doors were locked. Three of the windows were either open or smashed in. If Kennedy, a large-framed 6 foot 2 inches tall man could manage to get out of the car, why was it impossible for Mary JO Kopechne, a slender 5 foot 2 inches tall, not do the same?
Local experts could not understand why Kennedy (and later, Markham and Gargan) could not rescue Kopechne from the car. It also surprised investigators that Kennedy did not seek help from Pierre Malm, who only lived 135 metres from the bridge. At the inquest Kennedy was unable to answer this question...
I pray for the day some nominee will respond to Kennedino by saying: "Yes, Senator, I am laughing. I was just tickled by the absurdity of a drunken lecher like you, who killed a girl and covered it up, asking me about an ethical issue in my past."
Kennedy and Nadler must go to the same diet clinic.
He forgot to mention;
''Osama Obama.... Errr,...Barak Osama, err...Obama bin ladin, err ...Osama Barak, err... I'll bomb her big momma.... etc.
*sigh* ...and think America; is govern (by Legislation), by "trash like this".
...and yet it's the Dems who typically believe in evolution.
He looks like a Muppet in that shot.
Hey, my Blue Mountain desktop calendar tells me it's Australia Day today. Hope you're having a good day!
I imagine Kennedy rarely faces opposition. Anyone with a chance is probably scared off by the insiders. Just guessing.
Does that mean these pushers of evolution are themselves unaffected by it? :-)
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment!
Couldn't agree with you more. The Republicans also have their
Teddies. We just don't need any more!
I think they are "Stuck on Stupid".
Moran=Doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
"That's some bad hat Harry"
... yup ,... I've been calling him Fat Teddy Wetbrain
honest to goodness , I've seen the effects of daily doses into Fat Teddy Wetbrain
LOL
Actually it speaks volumes about the kind of people we send to Washington.......These @ssholes actually listen to Killer Kennedy and agree with him. Really pathetic. I swear that an honest American would die of shame in the Senate.
Thanks. And that's an intersting photo you came up with...
You have a lot of nerve to make a blanket statement like that. I live in the "reddest" county of New Jersey, Sussex County, where Democrats cry to the local newspapers that they haven't been able to get any votes for the last 60 years. Lots of gun-owners and big families up here -- pro-business, anti-tax, small/smart-government, pro-life people who are fiscal conservatives, save money rather than spend profligately, treat others decently and with respect, live according to God's laws, and try our best to "convert" our deluded families and friends who live elsewhere in the state.
It must be very easy to be a conservative in an entirely red state. It takes a lot more guts to be a conservative in a blue state, where one must fight for his constitutional and moral rights on a regular basis. A little moral support from you "real Americans" would go a long way.
(In Edna Mode voice): "AS ARE most counties in New York State."
http://www.ytedk.com/
nuff said
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