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Kennedy death puts family dynasty in doubt
Reuters ^ | 8-26-09 | Jason Szep

Posted on 08/26/2009 1:30:15 AM PDT by kingattax

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"There seems to be no one there to pick up the torch," said Thomas Whalen, a professor of politics at Boston University.

Certainly there must be at least one philandering alcoholic murderer somewhere in Massachusetts.

21 posted on 08/26/2009 1:52:32 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("Baldrick, to you the Renaissance was just something that happened to other people, wasn't it?")
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To: kingattax
Ted Kennedy might be it, he might be the end of the line,"


22 posted on 08/26/2009 1:52:38 AM PDT by South40 (Islam has a long tradition of tolerance, ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
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To: DieHard the Hunter
You can hold your tongue, if you wan too. Just because someone dies doesn't mean it wipes the slate clean. Old Ted did an extraordinary amount of damage to our country in his 45+ year tenure. I'm not going to forget that. Nor am I going to forget Mary Jo Kopechne.
De mortuis aut bene aut nihil. Oh sure, so going by that old proverb.....then Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were just really good people and shouldn't be remembered for the Red Commie Spies that they were.......or even better yet John Wayne Gayce was an OK guy, he just really liked little kids. He shouldn't be remembered for the 33 boys he raped and murdered.
23 posted on 08/26/2009 1:55:37 AM PDT by brent13a (You're a Great American! NO you're a Great American! NO NO NO YOU'RE a Great American! Nooo.....WTF?)
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To: kingattax

Yep, time to meet his maker.


24 posted on 08/26/2009 1:56:13 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: Zakeet
When JFK was running....I was going to vote for the first time. My father sat me down and told me THE TRUTH about the Kennedy family.

Since I had just graduated from an all-girl Catholic High School, I sure did appreciate the new info.

25 posted on 08/26/2009 1:56:14 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: bill1952

Ted Kennedy might be it, he might be the end of the line,”

He was for Mary Jo Kopechne.


26 posted on 08/26/2009 1:56:52 AM PDT by chainsaw (If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P.J..)
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To: kingattax

Arnold is still kicking


27 posted on 08/26/2009 1:59:55 AM PDT by byteback
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Now we’ll see how many illegitimates come forward and claim he was their father.


28 posted on 08/26/2009 2:03:37 AM PDT by chainsaw (If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! -- P.J..)
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To: kingattax

Considering it’s Massachusetts I wouldn’t be surprised if they pulled a “Weekend at Bernies” and old Teddy stays in the Senate for another 20 years with a permanant “Yea” vote on eveything liberal. I’m sure he’s well preserved.


29 posted on 08/26/2009 2:08:49 AM PDT by maddog55 (Socialism is communism with fewer re-education camps.)
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> You can hold your tongue, if you wan too. Just because someone dies doesn’t mean it wipes the slate clean.

Surely not. But what good does it do you or anybody else to vituperate about him now? He’s dead: stone dead and he will never again be. And where he is now he cannot hurt anyone else ever again. And even at this very moment he is accounting for each and every one of his deeds, whether they be good or ill. God doesn’t care what CNN thinks or even what we think. Ted will surely get his “reward”, and I wouldn’t want to trade places with him right now...

> Old Ted did an extraordinary amount of damage to our country in his 45+ year tenure. I’m not going to forget that. Nor am I going to forget Mary Jo Kopechne.

What good does it do you or your country to preserve Ted’s misdeeds? He’s dead: there are no lessons that you need to remember from him that you wouldn’t know already (eg don’t drink to excess, don’t womanize, don’t drink-and-drive, don’t commit manslaughter, don’t bear false witness, don’t betray your country etc etc etc.) You knew all of these all along. Beyond that is just wasted effort and wasted energy.

> Oh sure, so going by that old proverb.....then Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were just really good people

They’re dead. You can’t make them more dead than they already are: they’re deader than Kelsey’s nuts. They were executed as traitors, so they already enjoy all the opprobrium that rightly belongs to all traitors. Why waste further energy on them?

> and shouldn’t be remembered for the Red Commie Spies that they were.......

They deserve to be forgotten. Which, when you think it thru carefully, is about the worst thing that can happen to anybody.

> or even better yet John Wayne Gayce was an OK guy, he just really liked little kids. He shouldn’t be remembered for the 33 boys he raped and murdered.

Again, he’s dead, and executed for murdering kids. He too deserves to be forgotten. He’s currently occupying an interesting corner of Hell where he will remain forever. Nobody but Lucifer ever need remember him.


30 posted on 08/26/2009 2:10:04 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: kingattax

That’s good news.


31 posted on 08/26/2009 2:11:25 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Socialism is not a bad word. It is a bad concept.)
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To: kingattax

You don’t suppose Obama is on Martha’s Vineyard this week to pick up the Kennedy torch? To proclaim that he is the One True Heir to Camelot.


32 posted on 08/26/2009 2:17:08 AM PDT by AZLiberty (Yes, Mr. Lennon, I do want a revolution.)
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To: kingattax

... and now all the Democrats will be saying, “Win one for the Swimmer”.


33 posted on 08/26/2009 2:19:28 AM PDT by AZLiberty (Yes, Mr. Lennon, I do want a revolution.)
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“Win one for the Swimmer”.....He’ll be swimming the River Styxe for a long time.


34 posted on 08/26/2009 2:39:16 AM PDT by Safetgiver (I'd rather die under a free American sky than live under a Socialist regime.)
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To: kingattax

Cremate him and throw his shes into the Chappaquidick - introduce a Resolution and name his seat in the Senate, the Hubris Seat of Entitlement.


35 posted on 08/26/2009 2:40:28 AM PDT by MarkT
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Obama says it's over:

An important chapter in our history has come to an end. Our country has lost a great leader, who picked up the torch of his fallen brothers and became the greatest United States Senator of our time.

36 posted on 08/26/2009 2:51:13 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: nevergore

INDEED.


37 posted on 08/26/2009 2:51:40 AM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: kingattax

The MSM will spend the next week or 2 trying to outdue each other in orgasmic worship and praise of Ted Kennedy. Prepare for an onslaught of silly, misunderstood Camelot references. Remember to keep the barf bag handy.


38 posted on 08/26/2009 2:53:31 AM PDT by kb2614 (Cheer up, for the worst is yet to come!)
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To: GeronL

So true.


39 posted on 08/26/2009 2:53:54 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: kingattax

Mary Joe Kopechne remains unavailable for comment.


40 posted on 08/26/2009 2:55:32 AM PDT by N2Gems
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