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Kennedy Calls Bush Minority Nominees 'Neanderthals'
NewsMax.com ^ | 11/14/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 11/14/2003 2:59:53 PM PST by kattracks

Sen. Ted Kennedy called President Bush's judicial nominees "Neanderthals" on Friday, a group that includes Hispanic lawyer Miguel Estrada and African-American Judge Janice Rogers Brown.

Boasting of his party's resolve in the face of GOP attempts to stop their filibuster, Kennedy told the Senate, "What has not ended is the resolution and the determination of the members of the United States Senate to continue to resist any Neanderthal that is nominated by this president of the United States for any court, federal court in the United States."

Kennedy's overtly racist language stunned even liberal CNN correspondent Jonathan Karl, who reported, "Strong words from Ted Kennedy suggesting that some of these nominees are Neanderthals."

Karl said Kennedy's harsh tone was "exactly what Republicans point to when they say it is the Democrats that have been the extremists on this."



TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fatdrunkstupid; judicialnominees; kennedy; neanderthals; pc; slur; tedkennedy; whitesneanderthals
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To: kattracks
Save for all time
221 posted on 11/14/2003 7:26:27 PM PST by UB355
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To: facedown
And the people of MA still say: "EMK, in Thee do we ETERNALLY believe. The dream goes on!"
222 posted on 11/14/2003 7:27:55 PM PST by Theodore R.
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To: kattracks
The real Neanderthals are the head-chopping savages of the Kosovo "Liberation" Army and of the "Bosnian" islamist army (for example, Nasir Oric) whom Kennedy and Kerry supported!!!!
223 posted on 11/14/2003 7:40:09 PM PST by Honorary Serb
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To: mhking
Kennedy's overtly racist language stunned even liberal CNN correspondent Jonathan Karl, who reported, "Strong words from Ted Kennedy suggesting that some of these nominees are Neanderthals."

Oh please, just imagine if a Republican had said that.

224 posted on 11/14/2003 7:43:10 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul (I love the smell of winning, the taste of victory, and the joy of each glorious triumph)
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To: kattracks
Where is the media outrage?
225 posted on 11/14/2003 7:46:02 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Flush steaming fecal mass Kennedy bump!
226 posted on 11/14/2003 7:46:06 PM PST by friendly (Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.)
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To: kattracks
It is the judiciary's obligation to be conservative, not to rule from the bench.
227 posted on 11/14/2003 7:46:43 PM PST by Henchman (I Hench, therefore I am!)
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To: Spunky
Ping for later.
228 posted on 11/14/2003 7:48:03 PM PST by Spunky (This little tag just keeps following me where ever I go.)
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To: kattracks
Kennedy's brain is so pickled and fermented he has gone absolutely stark raving mad. He needs medical treatment fast and re-education camp combined.
229 posted on 11/14/2003 7:48:57 PM PST by harpo11
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To: metalboy
Hate Speech Spewed from the Jowls of Acholism.
230 posted on 11/14/2003 7:51:03 PM PST by harpo11
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To: HIDEK6
I guess you didn't notice the sarcasm dripping off of my post....
231 posted on 11/14/2003 7:52:27 PM PST by clintonh8r ({Your favorite RAT's name here} is a steaming turd.)
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To: Timesink
"Anyone know offhand when the last time was someone collapsed and died on the floor of the Senate? I half-expect that to happen to Ol' Teddy. Some "evil" Republican is going to say something that pisses him off, and then he's going to launch into some semi-coherent tirade and cause an aneurysm to burst in his brain, live on C-SPAN"

Now THERE's a video people would pay mucho dinero to have in their private collection!

232 posted on 11/14/2003 7:53:25 PM PST by karen999
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To: Cicero
What would happen if a Republican politician labeled a black and a Hispanic neanderthals?

The media/liberals would lynch (oops, sorry Zell) hang them from the tallest tree.

233 posted on 11/14/2003 7:58:55 PM PST by auboy (I'm out here on the front lines, sleep in peace tonight–American Soldier–Toby Keith, Chuck Cannon)
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To: TaxRelief
Actually, I think it's part of Carl Rove's overall stategy and the Dems are walking right into it.
234 posted on 11/14/2003 8:02:34 PM PST by Mercat
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To: wimpycat
Ted Kenendy must have been drunk on the floor of the Senate.

Surprise, surprise...
235 posted on 11/14/2003 8:10:43 PM PST by hchutch ("I don't see what the big deal is, I really don't." - Major Vic Deakins, USAF (ret.))
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To: isthisnickcool
Yes, the senior blimp from Mass has outdone himself again. The drunk who couldn't locate the door handle on a '68 Buick thinks he's capable of making good confirmation decisions on federal judges. The comedy continues in D.C.
236 posted on 11/14/2003 8:12:27 PM PST by carl in alaska (Ye shall know the truth and the truth will set you free.)
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To: Argus
I believe that Teddy has Fitzgerald (fis-Gerald, or, in French, son of Gerald) blood. Thus, his Celtic blood, which was probably vitiated by the rape of his forefathers by Welsh soldiery, has been further contaminated by FRENCH blood.
237 posted on 11/14/2003 8:13:40 PM PST by gaspar
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To: harpo11
It could also be some post-traumatic stress disorder from having so many family members meet an untimely demise. He's clearly losing his grip on reality.
238 posted on 11/14/2003 8:16:09 PM PST by carl in alaska (Ye shall know the truth and the truth will set you free.)
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To: MattAMiller
Kennedy's overtly racist language

Racist? No, even worse, it was speciest!

Neaderthals were a different species than Homo Sapiens. PETA should be upset.

239 posted on 11/14/2003 8:17:35 PM PST by glorgau
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To: dead
Well, maybe a tad unfair. But when two out of the three candidates are minorities, and the third is a woman, it's not nice to call them Neanderthals. No Republican would get away with it.

No, of course he didn't mean it as a racist comment, he wouldn't want to offend his base. But Democrats are licensed to be insulting and careless in a way no Republican would be permitted by the media.
240 posted on 11/14/2003 8:17:38 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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