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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:12 AM Original message |
Ted Kennedy has been villified forever by the right wingers |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. they never forgive- not that ted needs it... |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. But we don't hear much about the kid Laura Bush killed, do we. |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. Beware the paid character assassins within the vilifying |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. The bottom line is........ |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. Thank you! |
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Saint Stephen (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That's nothing |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I know about Laura's accident. |
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Saint Stephen (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Bush's DUI |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 01:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Hey, thanks! |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Do a google on them |
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SunDrop23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. F*ck the right wingers. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. The wingnuts will never let Ted Kennedy forget about that night. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. As I said, both W and Cheney had been guilty of DUIs |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
96. It wasn't just ANYONE !!!! |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. Isn't it Mary Jo Copechne's fault for getting the car with him? |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Was it wrong for Laura's friend to behind the wheel |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 01:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. No it wasn't his fault, because he didn't do anything wrong |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 01:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. What proof do you have of any drunkeness? |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 01:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Why else does somebody drive their car off of a bridge? |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 01:09 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Laura Bush killed a kid |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 02:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Strange how that case is never discussed... |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 02:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I've heard she was never cited |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
63. It was mentioned in articles in 2000 |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #63 |
92. I know. If this had been Cindy McCain or Tipper Gore... |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #63 |
97. Teresa was even accused of outsourcing jobs ... |
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HomerRamone (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 09:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
58. Maybe his car was booby-trapped. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #58 |
88. The simplest explanations are usually the best. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. No. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 01:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. She got in the car with a drunk driver |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 01:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. No, Ted Kennedy did not get his girlfriend killed |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 01:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I disagree. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. The courts found contrary to your findings |
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AGKISTRODON (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 02:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Everyone at the same time |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 02:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. what's a "whe" |
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AGKISTRODON (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 02:54 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Typing in the dark with a cat on your lap affects your typing |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 02:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Ted |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 02:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Ah, Ted Kennedy had his accident at the same time period |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 02:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Ah, Ted Kennedy had his accident at the same time period |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 02:58 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Kennedy |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. He got a suspended sentence. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. And Laura's sentence was? |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:21 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Laura's sentence was the same. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:30 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Huh. She was never cited |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:08 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. No, she wasn't. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:09 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. the same price? Nobody on tv or print ever brings up Laura's thing |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:26 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. The differences: |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
70. One reason Ted's made bigger headlines was |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:20 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. yeah, Bush was JUST a white, middle class kid |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. He was born in New England and attended prep schools there |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:04 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. His record: |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. what the fuck does that have to do with Bush's silver spoon? |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:14 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Status |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:17 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. so we go from middle class to upper crust in 2 posts. Flipflopper! |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:30 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Hey, put upper middle class then... |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:35 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I don't care about your main point, |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:38 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Not exactly. |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Again, I don't care about Kennedy. Only your misrepresentation. |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:50 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Calm down |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:51 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Dupe--sorry |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:51 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Dupe--sorry |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
76. Who cares but |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #51 |
75. The homes he lived in |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 01:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
68. So you think there wasn't any special political favors pulled for the |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:33 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. In other words: |
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thebigidea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 04:37 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. who cares? I didn't try to pretend Kennedy was middle class. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:23 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. Kerry did NOT grow up wealthy |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
64. I agree with it being class, not party - but why bring Gore and Kerry in |
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Nuff (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. The whole issue... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:54 PM Response to Reply #66 |
80. I do agree to some degree |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #66 |
94. Whatever, Freeper. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
73. Bush growing up in Midland |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
74. Bush growing up in Midland |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
67. Well, you can give Pickles a pass on killing a boyfriend, how about |
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johnnyburma (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
60. What courts? I don't remember him being charged. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
62. People have posted good stories on the Bush killing |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
83. Okay, let's split them all. 2150 and COUNTING. |
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FXDS (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 01:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
85. Ted dove three |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #85 |
89. I had forgotten that |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
61. What? |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
69. Most Certainly ! |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
38. i agree, Ted Kennedy is held responsible for what he did |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. True. If a dem woman had the history of Laura Bush |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
59. Ted Kennedy knows he will never escape the Chappaquiddick legacy |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
71. WHO CARES? |
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AGKISTRODON (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. THING IS,I AM REDNECK! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. So you think all liberals are rich? |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
72. That is why I made a contribution to his campaign. That and I've been |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
79. It's because the Kennedys are a dynasty, and they will never |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
81. Most politicians, and HUMANS for that matter, have skeletons in the closet |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. I totally agree with you - why are they hitting Democrats about 35 year |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-26-05 10:42 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. I apologize, I should have worded my statement more clearly. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #84 |
91. Sorry Vector, I knew and said that I know you didn't mean to |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 05:39 PM Response to Reply #91 |
100. No problem. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
86. I think they were just defusing the power of the Kennedy name. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
87. Simple answer. Partisan hatred. It goes both ways. |
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jumptheshadow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
90. Are you kidding me? |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 03:01 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Absolutely outstanding post....(nt) |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 10:20 PM Response to Reply #90 |
101. You said it all |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
95. Is he the "most liberal" Senator again ???? |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. That was based on one year of Kerry's 22 year Senate career. |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-27-05 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
98. Look, Ted has succeeded in becoming one of the finest Senators |
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