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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Dies
March 26, 2003
Posted on 03/26/2003 2:32:43 PM PST by Timesink
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: danielmoynihan; inmemoriam; newyork; ny; nyc; obituary
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To: restornu
You voiced what I was thinking.
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:52:07 PM PST
by
TXBubba
To: Timesink
I liked Moynihan.
He was a Democrat who at least had some honesty.
And he was thoughtful, rarely knee-jerk.
May he rest in peace.
To: Timesink
I have read this entire post & no one mentioned how he died.
103
posted on
03/26/2003 2:52:51 PM PST
by
Feiny
To: Timesink
R.I.P. Sir, Thank you for serving your country.
now on to the "last honorable democrat" comments.
I'm gonna have to say that Zell Miller is probably more honorable than half the folks on the other side of the aisle, dem or not.
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posted on
03/26/2003 2:53:03 PM PST
by
rattrap
To: mwl1
mohnihan was often right, often wrong, but God knows he was an intelligent person.And whether or not you agreed with him, you at least had to respect how he stood up for what he believed. Unlike what the flip flop parties of today are, Mohnihan was an honorable man. Condolences for his family
105
posted on
03/26/2003 2:53:09 PM PST
by
billbears
(Deo Vindice)
To: feinswinesuksass
Lingering infection after surgery last month.
106
posted on
03/26/2003 2:53:53 PM PST
by
sakic
To: Timesink
May God rest his soul. Condolences to his family.
To: Dog Gone
The last honorable Democrat. RIP
Another hypocritical blowhard in the Byrd mold
And a drunk in the Kennedy mold
Voted right down party lines for every socialistic bill and was a big gun grabber
108
posted on
03/26/2003 2:54:40 PM PST
by
uncbob
( building tomorrow)
To: Extremist
Wasn't Tim Russert or Chris Matthews one of his aides?Russert was aide to Mario Cuomo.
Matthews worked with Tip.
To: billbears
Yes. He came across as someone who got into politics to advance his ideas, as opposed to his stature.
110
posted on
03/26/2003 2:56:06 PM PST
by
xlib
To: coloradan
Hate is a terrible burden on your soul,and your body. The strongest trees are those that bend in furious weather, I hope you can see fit to be benevolent. He was not Hillary or Bill Clinton,and he was never HATEFUL to anyone.
111
posted on
03/26/2003 2:56:47 PM PST
by
samantha
(Don't panic, the adults are in charge.)
To: Timesink
Today our Republic has lost a great patriot.
To: Timesink
Sorry to hear this. Moynihan was a Democrat when it was a respected point of view ----before it turned Socialist.
To his family, my condolences. To his soul, my prayers.
113
posted on
03/26/2003 2:57:22 PM PST
by
Exit148
To: Timesink
too much fluff
To: uncbob
Lack of class is tough to suppress.
115
posted on
03/26/2003 2:59:41 PM PST
by
sakic
To: feinswinesuksass
WashPost reports:
Former Sen. Moynihan Has Died
The Associated Press
Wednesday, March 26, 2003; 5:34 PM
WASHINGTON - Former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a New York City shoe shine boy who became an iconoclastic scholar-politician and served four terms in the Senate, died Wednesday. He was 76.
The New York Democrat and former U.N. ambassador had been in ill health. He was hospitalized in January for an intestinal disorder, and again soon after for a back injury. His latest setback was an infection after an emergency appendectomy on March 11 at the Washington Hospital Center.
Moynihan served in the Senate from 1977 to 2001. He was succeeded by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who announced her Senate candidacy in a torch-passing news conference at Moynihan's farm in July 1999.
She announced his death Wednesday on the Senate floor.
"We have lost a great American, an extraordinary senator, an intellectual and a man of passion and understanding for what really makes the country work," she said.
After retiring from politics, Moynihan became a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Fellow legislators named Manhattan's new federal courthouse in his honor. The lanky, pink-faced lawmaker, who preferred bow ties and professorial tweeds to the Senate uniform of lawyer-like pinstripes, reveled in speaking his mind and defying conventional labels.
Known for his ability to spot emerging issues and trends, Moynihan was a leader in welfare reform and transportation initiatives, and an authority on Social Security and foreign policy.
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To: Dog Gone
You took the words out of my mouth... One of the last of the good ones. Very sad.
118
posted on
03/26/2003 3:00:33 PM PST
by
Cosmo
(Okay, so I didn't win a tagline award last week. Sue me.)
To: dfwgator
Hillary is not qualified to be talking about Pat Moynohan. He was indeed the last honorable democrat.
119
posted on
03/26/2003 3:01:01 PM PST
by
JonH
To: restornu
When did he stand up for GW? During the recount? After the Supreme Court "selection?"
Years ago, I respected DPM. Either he became senile or corrupt in his dotage.
In the last five years or more, he was one of Burke's "good men" who do nothing, and thus enable the triumph of evil. Then he bequeathed us Hillary. Sometimes men live longer than their integrity endures. It's a pity. I mourned the death of his integrity. His body followed today.
Nonetheless-- R.I.P.
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