HA HA
Posted on 01/23/2010 2:12:39 PM PST by raccoonradio
To the editor:
When Martha Coakley was not voted into Ted Kennedy's seat — and it was Ted's seat, he was in it for 47 years — not only was it a slap in the face of his legacy, but it was a mistake of gargantuan proportions by the people of Massachusetts.
A year ago, the people of this nation and Massachusetts rose up with emotion and passion to exclaim that it was "time for change," and voted in Barack Obama and his policies to ensure that the mistakes of the previous eight years would not repeated. Then, a year later, we turn around and put another representative in office with the same policies as the ones we rose up to change in 2008.
How many times are we going to make the same mistake? How many times are we going to vote in white, upper-middle-class men who are so out of touch with the majority of people in Massachusetts? It's ridiculous.
I guess good looks and a winning smile have now become solid qualifications for getting an important seat like Ted's.
It's like Massachusetts has amnesia. Or perhaps we were just thinking of ourselves.
Universal health care should be a human right. It should not be debatable, argued or blocked. All citizens of a developed nation should have access to quality health care. Anything less is a violation of those basic rights and should be unacceptable.
Almost every other large nation has a form of universal health care, even countries not yet developed: Canada, France, England, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Sweden, Columbia, Peru, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Singapore, Finland, Thailand, Northern Ireland, Wales, New Zealand and virtually all of Europe — I could go on. Aren't there models enough to base our system on? We already know it works. What more proof do you need?
The rest of the world seems to understand something I guess our nation and the people of Massachusetts don't.
Jennifer Perry
>>and it was Ted's seat, he was in it for 47 years
Wonder how many empty nip bottles Scott will find in Ted's office?
>>and voted in Barack Obama and his policies
Then got buyers remorse
>>How many times are we going to vote in white, upper-middle-class men who are so out of touch with the majority of people in Massachusetts?
Are you voting for John Kerry in 2014, Jennifer? (OK, maybe he's upper class...)
>>I guess good looks and a winning smile have now become solid qualifications for getting an important seat like Ted's.
Yeah, unlike Barack
>>Or perhaps we were just thinking of ourselves.
Why shouldn't we?
One comment from PATSFAN1392:
>>you are a racist why do you hate white upperclass men.... so if you are successful in this country it is bad.....its socialist like you that ruin our country.... The OBAMA socialist experiment has FAILED.....Socialist healthcare DOES NOT WORK......if you want it so bad move to Canada and see hpe well it works.
From the same paper; note: I think Kevin Whalen is or was part of “Pundit Review Radio” on WRKO
http://www.salemnews.com/puopinion/local_story_022222153.html
Letter: It was a very special election, indeed
To the editor:
If there was a singular moment in the Massachusetts Senate campaign, it was during the debate when Scott Brown stuffed it to moderator David Gergen.
“With all due respect,” Brown declared, “it’s not the Kennedy seat, it’s not the Democrats’ seat, it’s the people’s seat.”
One fact is clear today in reflection: The entitlement and arrogance of Ted Kennedy is the reason that his dream of national health care is going to die. There is no person who bears more of the blame for its demise — not Barack Obama, not Martha Coakley.
Funny, but in 2004 when legislators moved to change the law that allowed the governor to appoint an interim senator to require an election instead, Sen. Kennedy was curiously silent. He was not at all concerned about “the continuity of representation for Massachusetts should a Senate vacancy occur,” which he cited last year in calling for the law to be changed back.
The reason is simple, there was a Republican governor in 2004 and there is a Democratic governor in 2009.
The hypocrisy here is clear. Change the rules to suit their needs. It wasn’t the people’s seat, it was the Kennedy seat.
The fact is that if the Democrats didn’t start down the road of twisting the rules to suit their short-term political interests, Gov. Patrick would have been able to appoint a replacement for Sen. Kennedy, who would have served until his or her term expired in 2012. Because of the Democrats’ arrogance and sense of entitlement, they changed the rules to suit their short-term needs — only this time it blew up in their faces in rather spectacular fashion.
We had a special election alright — a very special election!
Kevin Whalen
Danvers
Ted’s “seat” was far more accustomed to a bar stool than anything in the senate.
If it’s a slap in the face to The Swimmer’s legacy then I’m all for it.
His legacy is a dead girl in an Oldsmobile and the undermining of America.
The Sot of the Senate was replaced by Scott of the Senate.
>>Because of the Democrats’ arrogance
The Arrogance of (a) Dope.
Perhaps this female dog should move to one of the countries she lists then.
Wasn’t Ted a “White upper class man????”
At least it wasn’t Ellie Licht (the fake Obama letter writer in every newspaper in the US)!
LOL ... to liberals and progressives, every-time Conservatives win you see the ‘angry white male voter meme come out’.
After 1994, it was all that was said, I wonder will we get a repeat for 2010.
Was this signed ‘Ellie Light’?
I work around a few liberals like this, who FELT (key word) that this was Teddy’s seat and it was reprehensible for a Republican to win it.
I didn’t gloat. I just was as nice as pie to them, which you know makes them all the madder.
I'm sure that everybody noticed the irony when Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon Robert Byrd muttered, as he voted in favor of the obscene Obamacare bill: "This is for my friend, Ted Kennedy."
When Scott Brown votes to kill it, I hope he will say: "This is for Mary Jo."
HA HA
Jennifer ( Light ) Perry?
Liberals would make me laugh if they weren’t intent
on enslaving me.
Hey, Jennifer Perry! STFU!!!!!
This is too frickking funny. These people are the epitome of the folks who wear their faults on a sign on their back.
Is not the Democrat Senator John Kerry a white, upper middle-class male with nice hair?
Oh, no, my mistake. Kerry is white, extremely rich, with nice hair.
Best post!
That is great! If you don’t mind, I might use that as a tagline for a while...:)
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