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"Bush Should Just Get Out of the Car and Swim Away": KENNEDY
Sardonicity | 1/28/05 | Daniel J. Phillips

Posted on 01/28/2005 7:32:15 AM PST by BibChr

Speaking to a capacity crowd at a The French Were Right rally, Senator Ted Kennedy (D - MA) pronounced the effort in Iraq "failed," "a quagmire," "bad form," "tacky," "really embarrassing," "stubborn," "coyote ugly," "like waking up after a four-year binge — and believe you me, I know," and "just plain buck-toothed stupid."

Each of these comments was punctuated by a standing ovation by the crowd, which had already been enlivened by an arms-dropping exercise led by the opening speaker, Senator John Kerry. "You go, Teddy!" cried one attendant. Many "Kennedy/Boxer '07" signs were held aloft by people wearing "Math Is For Fundamentalists!" T-shirts.

"There's only one thing to do when you get yourself in a bind, Mr. Bush," said Kennedy. The audience craned their heads around, to see if Bush were in attendance. (He was, at the time, at his ranch in Crawford, barbecuing ribs for a group of Iraqi children liberated by American troops.)

"Just one thing to do," Kennedy thundered. "Just get out of the car, and swim away, Mr. Bush! Get out of the car! Swim away!"

These remarks were taken up by the crowd, who chanted them for the next five minutes, led by Mr. Kennedy until his face got red and he had to sit down.

A passer-by asked one of the chanters whether the irony wasn't overwhelming. (He is in the hospital, expected to make an almost full recovery.)

"'Irony'? What was he even talking about?" puzzled Francoise deBleauvier, an organizer of the meeting.


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: faceofdems; gasbag; kennedy; neverlearn; tedkennedy; thanksalotmass; traitor
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To: BibChr

Kennedy is running on empty.

He's a joke.


21 posted on 01/28/2005 7:53:08 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: AppyPappy

LOL -- "And don't wait around for somebody to report Iraq as missing!"


22 posted on 01/28/2005 7:54:34 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: BibChr

Oh man, I wasn't sure at first. I thought how sick, then how funny! Very good!!!


23 posted on 01/28/2005 7:55:09 AM PST by FreedomHasACost
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To: BibChr

Ted "Chappaquiddick" Kennedy is at the wheel of the Democratic Oldsmobile.


24 posted on 01/28/2005 7:58:18 AM PST by MisterRepublican ("I must go. I must be elusive.")
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To: BibChr
Good job with this sarcasm.

It's how Kennedy should have done things.
Enabling others to swim away will prevent water boarding of companions.
25 posted on 01/28/2005 8:00:39 AM PST by hermgem
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To: BenLurkin

Wearing a throw-away neck brace and accompanied by a throw-away wife...


26 posted on 01/28/2005 8:01:05 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Baynative
I am so sick of Teddy, his red face, his rants, he slams our troops for 'waterboarding' and here we see a whole new meaning of 'autoboarding', except this young girl died.
27 posted on 01/28/2005 8:06:58 AM PST by gulfcoast6 (The Lord is my Shield and Protector)
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To: BibChr
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28 posted on 01/28/2005 8:07:47 AM PST by fat city (Julius Rosenberg's soviet code name was "Liberal")
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To: BibChr
"Just one thing to do," Kennedy thundered. "Just get out of the car, and swim away, Mr. Bush! Get out of the car! Swim away!"

Don't be surprised if he actually says this.

The one thing about the left -- once they beat a charge, they love to rub your nose in it.

29 posted on 01/28/2005 8:09:27 AM PST by Lazamataz (Running around in a circle waving my arms and screaming like a little girl)
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To: BibChr

I SWEAR this is exactly what came into my mind also!!


30 posted on 01/28/2005 8:11:56 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Baynative

"The people of Massachusetts continue to keep Kennedy in the Senate, where he has long been a liberal pinup boy."

Thank God I live in Virginia. No wonder people are fleeing Mass. in mass. What are the voters in that state drinking?


32 posted on 01/28/2005 8:15:35 AM PST by gathersnomoss
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To: fat city

I like your tagline. I just found that info out a few weeks ago at the International Spy Museum in D.C.


34 posted on 01/28/2005 8:26:28 AM PST by macrahanish #1
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To: macrahanish #1

Thanks!


35 posted on 01/28/2005 8:37:02 AM PST by fat city (Julius Rosenberg's soviet code name was "Liberal")
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To: BibChr
"Or my try at it."

I think it's great - mind if I copy and paste it to friends in the office?

36 posted on 01/28/2005 8:44:21 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Psalm 73

Whyyyyy not?

(c8


37 posted on 01/28/2005 8:46:32 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: Baynative

I hope you're right. I reconsidered moving to Oregon primarily because of the loopy state policy. I would love to live there, if it weren't for the ridiculous environmental regulations promulgated by the legislature, not to mention the complete disregard for rural areas (except as terrariums for the cityfolk). On top of that include the socialist social policies, and Oregon goes from pioneer/frontier state (sort of a wet version of Texas) to a copy of the Bay State. Put in more reasonable regulations that don't close off all access to non-urban areas, and land and housing prices will come down to more reasonable levels.

Now, if they could only do something about those volcanoes...


38 posted on 01/28/2005 8:50:17 AM PST by Little Pig (Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
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To: Eric Hogue 1380 KTKZ

Ping-splash!


39 posted on 01/28/2005 8:55:49 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: Eric in the Ozarks; BenLurkin
Another one of the poor accident victim.


40 posted on 01/28/2005 8:57:57 AM PST by texasbluebell
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