Congress Heats Up Over Kennedy Remarks

Fox News ^ | September 24, 2003 | Brian Wilson, Julie Asher, Jim Mills and Liza Porteus

[Pest]

WASHINGTON

[Starrgaizr]

Ted is dancing around the bribe charge. He first says that Bush is hiding funds that are being used to (secretly) bribe foreign leaders to induce them to send their nations' troops.

Maybe the fact that Clinton actually did take bribes to alter foreign policy has desensitized Teddy to the seriousness of the allegation. But now he spins and implies that open, public foreign assistance is what he meant. Too late, Ted, your words were quite clear enough.

[Puppage]

Rep. John Conyers (search), D-Mich., said Wednesday that Republicans should apologize for taking Kennedy to task for remarks he made in an interview with the Associated Press.

Kennedy is a LYING MURDERER

[pgyanke]

For those who are confused, here are the rules of engagement:

1. If a Democrat (especially one of the noble Kennedy clan) accuses a sitting president in time of war of perpetuating a "fraud" to engage in said combat and using tax dollars to "bribe" foreign powers, he should not be called "uncivil".

2. If a Republican utters the "u" word, he should immediately apologize.

3. In any debate, Democrat positions should be quoted more than Republican positions--they are obviously the more mainstream. Any Republican heard to remark, "If the charge made by the senior senator from Massachusetts is accurate, then the president is deserving of a serious rebuke. If, in fact, the charge is not accurate, the senior senator from Massachusetts is deserving of a serious rebuke," should be reminded that proof is for Republicans only.

4. Republicans must at all times produce the necessary rebuttal evidence to counter Democrat claims. Democrats may rely on the aforementioned evidence to level new charges. The new charges should take greater priority than apologies for the prior claims. The press should follow this process carefully to ensure no one deviates from policy.

Any questions?

[alwaysconservative]

You beat me in posting your reply! I would have said the exact same thing; I guess great minds DO think alike! ;)

[Let's Roll]

I think Teddy is going down over this. I know it goes against CW but he will lose his next election. The entire country knows how overly kind GWB has been to TK yet TK attacks GWB as viciously as if they were mortal enemies.

It will take time to play out but TK's words place him beyond the pale - an Irishman should understand what that means.

[TheBigB]

Feh. Too complicated. Here ya go...

Republican=always wrong.

Democrat=always right.

[ElkGroveDan]

I think every Republican elected official and every candidate for office in the country needs to come to the defense of President Bush and the war on terror. They need to denounce Ted Kennedy for what he is, a liberal drunken idiot.

The biggest race right now is the California recall. I'll make up my mind after I hear what the two Republican front runners think of this moron.

Arnold, you're first..........

[Brooklynman]

To Quote Denis Leary:
"We always shoot the wrong guys. We shoot JFK, we shoot RFK, and it comes to Teddy, we go, "Ahh, leave him alone. He'll @#$% it up himself, no problem. You know?" Biggest target in the whole *&# %@$# Kennedy family. He weighs about seven thousand pounds. You could shoot a bullet in Los Angeles and hit him in the ass in Boston five minutes later. "

[ZULU]

"Rep. John Conyers (search), D-Mich., said Wednesday that Republicans should apologize for taking Kennedy to task.."

I agree.

They should have taken the bloated sot to the nearest gin mill and bought him all the free rounds he could consume. It would be worth the price to have him leave this world in a drunken stupor.

[Attillathehon]

They'll cross that bridge when they come to it.

Not fair to talk about bridges and Kennedy in the same sentence.

[Uncle Miltie]

"Kennedy's brand of hate speech has become mainstream in the Democratic Party -- is so incoherent and hateful that frankly, I think they belong on the [Jerry] Springer show rather than C-SPAN."

Quote of the day nominee.

[Dan from Michigan]

I am too, but at least I don't have that jerkoff as my congresscritter. I wish he'd retire.

[pgyanke]

You're right... yours is much less complicated.

[bfree]

I think you forgot the most important word to describe the POS Kennedy-KILLER!!

[Uncle Miltie]

"I think it's patriotic to ask those questions," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.

Is Senator Leahy using campaign contributions to prop up Communists in Venezuela? I think it's patriotic to ask those questions.

[CyberCowboy777]

This would be a great opportunity to show us that Arnold will FIGHT FOR Bush.

What kind of GOP man is he?

[Brooklynman]

Ted Kennedy. Good senator, but a bad date.

[Pest]

Fotunately, I have Mike Rogers as mine.

[gridlock]

An Australian news report of a British television special...

Nothing like going straight to the source, is there?

[dirtboy]

Ted Kennedy. Good senator, but a bad date.

Great concept, allow me to tweak it - Ted Kennedy. Bad Senator. Worse date.