Posted on 03/09/2009 11:41:46 AM PDT by Zakeet
Washington, on certain special nights, feels like America's living room writ large.
Last night, it was Uncle Teddy's living room.
They all crammed in, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's whole Washington familial tableau, eager to wish him a happy, if belated, 77th birthday. The senators and the staffers, the television anchors and the social secretaries -- generations of official Washington all brought together. They slipped into gowns and dark suits, and mingled familiarly in the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center.
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A few steps away, there was John Dingell, the Democratic congressman from Michigan, leaning heavily on two canes. Washington can be a rough place, he said, but not on this night.
"There's still goodness left here," Dingell noted.
His wife, GM Foundation executive Debbie Dingell, caught herself before emotion overcame her. "I can't say anymore," she said, "or I'll cry."
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Bernadette Peters, sassy as ever, sang "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" and blew him two kisses from the stage.
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Then the big surprise: President Obama glided onstage to start a round of "Happy Birthday." He slipped away, with that loose-limbed strut of his, without saying a word.
No one upstages Uncle Teddy on this night.
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"There Is Nothing Like a Dame" ... when you're in the mood for a waitress sandwich ... when you decide to do an Evel Knievel of the dike bridge ... when you celebrate Good Friday with nephew William at the Au Bar ... when you're tired and lonely, and oh so ornery ...
Washington has nothing in common with America’s living room. Long-time denizens of Washington don’t have the first clue what goes on in this country.
It’s amazing that they are celebrating the birthday of a man who murdered a woman and got away with it.
How much did all this cost? Was the family of Mary Jo Kopechne invited?
He’s one of theirs, so it’s ok.
When he stands before his maker the party will be over and he gets to account for himself.
It’s gonna suck to be Teddy then.
Hmmm, I don’t see Hillary anywhere.
She’s outside, warming up the car for the drive home.
Too bad none of this "goodness" can be found in the Democrat Party.
Did they have any of those funny Grim Reaper decorations?
No?
“Soon To Be Dead Ted” didn’t party naked?
“ayum, uh..wheya are the err refreshments?”
Yeah, that is a tad bit curious. They have the b!+@# on world patrol where
she can't be shoving any old guys on the floor of Congress, anymore.
..and high above in the rafters above the cheap seats there is a pale wraith, a mere slip of ghost, with the scent of briny backwater about her..
The REAL party was later.
Waitress ‘sandwiches’ for everyone!
40 of my fellow cadets from DC went to this thing. I told them to go *&%^ themselves. I would much rather play some pool with a good friend then cater to these RATS.
IT’S AMAZING THAT THIS MAN IS STILL ALIVE!
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