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Barnicle Barely Blinks As Coulter Calls Ted Kennedy 'Human Pestilence'
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| Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 11/29/2011 5:09:37 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Can you imagine the holy hell Ann Coulter would have unleashed if Ronald Reagan had been described in similarly scathing terms? But when the irrepressible Ann called Ted Kennedy "human pestilence," long-term Kennedy clan retainer Mike Barnicle barely blinked.
It happened on Morning Joe today. Coulter, who has called on conservatives to rally around Mitt Romney, was defending Romney's adoption in the past of moderate positions. Ann argued he did so in hyper-liberal Massachusetts while running against Ted Kennedy and that Romney "came within five points of taking out that human pestilence." The best Barnicle could muster was a stumbling "I, I, I, I don't know that I'm going to do that with Ted Kennedy," that "we miss him in Massachusetts" and that Kennedy would have facilitated the ObamaCare debate.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: anncoulter; humanpestilence; mikebarnicle; tedkennedy
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Former Kennedy flunky Barnicle barely defends Ted when Ann Coulter calls him “human pestilence.” Ping to Today show list.
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posted on
11/29/2011 5:12:52 AM PST
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
But when the irrepressible Ann called Ted Kennedy "human pestilence," long-term Kennedy clan retainer Mike Barnicle barely blinked. Those who knew him best would know ...
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posted on
11/29/2011 5:13:26 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Thomas Sowell. Accept no substitutes!)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Well, she could have called him a drunken unconvicted murderer. Either way, the truth is out there. May his arrogance be a lesson in humility.
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posted on
11/29/2011 5:19:46 AM PST
by
wita
To: Tax-chick
if Ronald Reagan had been described in similarly scathing terms?
Oh he was and the Bush’s also WHILE THEY WERE ALIVE.
Pestilence? I miss ted kennedy like I miss smallpox.
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posted on
11/29/2011 5:21:39 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Ann comes up with yet another well-deserved moniker for the former senior blimp from Massholechewzitts.
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posted on
11/29/2011 5:25:18 AM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(Maybe I'll have another look at Herman)
To: tet68
Oh he was and the Bushs also WHILE THEY WERE ALIVE. Exactly.
I would like to see all Republican or conservative commentators and elected officials call Ted Kennedy or Barney Frank what they are ... evil filth. And give details. The time to be mealy-mouthed has long passed.
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posted on
11/29/2011 5:26:15 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Thomas Sowell. Accept no substitutes!)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
I feel remiss that I forgot to note this past Thanksgiving that the Kennedy toilet has finally been flushed. We are free of this waste of oxygen and the vilest repository for good Scotch that ever drew breath and that is an unmixed good. Rest in torment Teddy
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posted on
11/29/2011 5:29:07 AM PST
by
muir_redwoods
(No wonder this administration favors abortion; everything they have done is an abortion)
To: muir_redwoods
Two plus years ago, I was in the hospital for almost a month after cancer surgery, rehab, etc. That was the time that God chose for Ted to assume room temperature. It gave me reason to want to recover but the round-the-clock coverage of the event on TV, even on Fox, got very tedious. The cable choices in the hospital were very limited.
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posted on
11/29/2011 5:35:48 AM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(Maybe I'll have another look at Herman)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.
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posted on
11/29/2011 5:42:48 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The acronym explains the science.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
I agree with Ann that Ted Kennedy was pestilence.
I do not agree with her choice for Presidential candidacy.
Romney isn’ta choice it’s just a white face in place of the darker toned one we have there now.
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posted on
11/29/2011 5:47:49 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: tet68
Pestilence? I miss ted kennedy like I miss smallpox. Wow! You miss him THAT much?! :-)
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posted on
11/29/2011 5:49:47 AM PST
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
"That stupid, lying, idiot RINO Coulter does not know
we felons and frauds so LOVE each other, Sal."
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posted on
11/29/2011 5:54:04 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Not to worry, Teddy lives on,
online:
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posted on
11/29/2011 6:06:18 AM PST
by
mkjessup
(I stand with Herman Cain !!)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
What “Obamacare debate”, Mike. Seems to me that Reid & Pelosi just rammed it through on a straight party-line vote.
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posted on
11/29/2011 6:15:25 AM PST
by
Tallguy
To: Tax-chick
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posted on
11/29/2011 6:17:42 AM PST
by
Dawgreg
(Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
To: Past Your Eyes
Ann comes up with yet another well-deserved moniker for the former senior blimp from Massholechewzitts.Coincidentally, I heard Ann describe Kennedy as The Human Dirigible in one of her CPAC addresses.
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posted on
11/29/2011 6:19:36 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Damn! Ann just keeps getting more beautiful.
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posted on
11/29/2011 6:25:23 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
I've read many of Ann's books and it seem to me she can't write without a Thesaurus next to her to find obscure words few have heard of, she does it in every chapter.
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posted on
11/29/2011 6:33:42 AM PST
by
TexasCajun
(Fast & Furious , Solyndra & Light Squared would be enough to impeach any White President !!)
To: Tax-chick
I would like to see all Republican or conservative commentators and elected officials call Ted Kennedy or Barney Frank what they are ... evil filth. And give details. The time to be mealy-mouthed has long passed. I suspect too many of them inhabit the same dank corners as the Swimmer and Sofa King. They are probably just happy that fat ted's departure freed up some space in the sewer and cleared out a bit of the stench.
They cry about partisanship but the problem is that they all get along soooo well.
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posted on
11/29/2011 6:37:38 AM PST
by
Ezekiel
(The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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