Tag: "Ted Kennedy"
Ted Kennedy, Fooled to the Very End
According to Ted Kennedy’s biography (not titled “Swimming to Hyannisport”), Ronald Reagan just wasn’t all that bright. The senator said it had been difficult to get Reagan to focus on policy matters. He described a meeting with him that he and other senators had sought to press for shoe and textile import limits. The senators [...]
Go Ahead, Make Your Jokes. He Would Have Wanted It That Way.
I had planned on writing a long post with my real opinion of Ted Kennedy after his funeral (which, at this point, seems to be going on longer than Wagner’s Ring cycle and is as likely to end with mighty Valkyries whisking him off to Democratic Valhalla). However, that won’t be necessary because Stacy McCain [...]
This Would Be A Fitting Tribute, I Think (Updated with Bipartisanship and Collegiality!)
Wow, this is a funny cartoon. Hey, if the MSM can crown him King of All Bipartisans (seriously, that’s the current Ted meme) when in truth he never compromised a single progressive principle, then we can point out how he got to that position. UPDATE: Wow. Meanwhile, listening to ”Reflections on Sen. Kennedy … Lion [...]
Ted Kennedy is An Example to Us All
I got this note today from the anti-Obamacare group Conservatives for Patient Rights. It is suspending its television ads for a respectful period of time because of the death of Senator Kennedy. “With the sad news of Senator Kennedy’s passing, Conservatives for Patients’ Rights is immediately suspending our ad campaign for health care reform out [...]
R.I.P. Senator Kennedy
Senator Ted Kennedy, the man nicknamed the Lion of the Senate, died today of brain cancer at the age of 77. His career as a politician spanned pretty much his entire adult life. Indeed, it was the only real job he had ever had (and pretty much the only job you could expect him to [...]
Ted Kennedy Diagnosed with a Malignant Brain Tumor
The news is breaking as we speak that the seizure that sent Senator Ted Kennedy to the hospital recently was caused by a malignant brain tumor. Such tumors are frequently untreatable and fatal. Even if they are not, the treatment is very, very hard on the patient. Some of my favorite bloggers on the right [...]
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