NBC's Brian Williams, during NBC News' live coverage of the President's remarks about the passing of Ted Kennedy on Wednesday, cited what sounded like a spam e-mail rallying support for health care reform, as a way to remember the Democratic Senator. Quoting from his in-box Williams suggested: "In lieu of flowers, pass health care reform." Responding to a question from "Today" co-host Ann Curry on the effect Kennedy's death will have on the chances of a health care bill passing through Congress, Williams offered the following "theories":
BRIAN WILLIAMS: Number one, that it could lose momentum with the death of its great champion. The other theory, of course, is that in the memory of Senator Kennedy, perhaps it will get a needed shot. There is already an e-mail circulating that I've received today that reads simply, "In lieu of flowers, pass health care reform." [audio available here]
The following exchange was aired during the August 26, "Today" show:
ANN CURRY: Brian a lot of discussion, it's interesting the President did not bring up health care, since of course, Senator Kennedy was a important voice. In fact this was something he cared so much about, in part he said to President Obama, during the campaign, that this is something he wanted the President to talk about, bring up and the President has done that. And now, ironically, Senator Kennedy has passed and even in his last weeks wanted to try to create a way for
his agenda to be pursued. Interesting that the President did not bring that up today.
BRIAN WILLIAMS: It is and there are two theories. Number one, that it could lose momentum with the death of its great champion. The other theory, of course, is that in the memory of Senator Kennedy, perhaps it will get a needed shot. There is already an e-mail circulating that I've received today that reads simply, "In lieu of flowers, pass health care reform." Ann?
CURRY: Alright Brian Williams this morning. Thank you so much Brian. And one of the comments that President, rather Senator Kennedy once made. He was quoted, talking about his legacy. He said, "We know the future will outlast all of us and I believe all of us will live on in the future that we make." I'm Ann Curry in New York.
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.





his agenda to be pursued. Interesting that the President did not bring that up today.














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The Ted Kennedy Memorial Bill
August 26, 2009 - 17:25 ET by allanfDidn't Limbaugh catch all sorts of grief for predicting this would happen.
As far as Williams and Curry, what more can we expect from these two faux journalists.
As far as Williams and
August 26, 2009 - 18:02 ET by ThisnThatAs far as Williams and Curry, what more can we expect from these two faux journalists
You know, I was reading what Mathews said today about Obama being "the last Kennedy brother" and thought: This has got to be the bottom of the barrell.
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Bottom of the Barrel? I
August 26, 2009 - 18:30 ET by G. MayBottom of the Barrel?
I have a sickening feeling that this is just scratching the surface.
williams
August 26, 2009 - 18:10 ET by countryfirstI didnot know anyone still listened to that idiot williams as for matthews , he is need of sciological treatment,I pray for the day when NBC and MSNBC are not longer part of our viewing
And it's already started.....
August 26, 2009 - 19:33 ET by motherbeltWin One for Teddy!! say Dems (h/t Drudge)
Gawd, I wish he'd lived long enough to see this go down in flames.
Yes, in Teddy's memory, we must all embrace socialism....oops...."his dream of quality health care for all Americans."
Why the heck should the country have to live Teddy's dream!?!?
mb... A case of duct-tape
August 26, 2009 - 19:36 ET by bigtimermb...
A case of duct-tape isn't going to help with what all we are in store for on down the road, this is just the beginning.
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
→ Win one for Teddy
August 26, 2009 - 19:36 ET by Cool ArrowCNN is the channel this week at work in the cafeteria.
Blitzer was unabashedly asking his guests how the Democrats can use Sen. Kennedy's death to the advantage of the slaveowners, er, I mean Democrats.
We will Barry you! - Russian prophecy
And it's already started.....
August 26, 2009 - 19:40 ET by motherbeltWin One for Teddy!! say Dems (h/t Drudge)
Gawd, I wish he'd lived long enough to see this go down in flames.
Yes, in Teddy's memory, we must all embrace government-run health care...oops..."his dream of quality health care for all Americans."
Why the H should the country have to live Teddy's dream!?!?
I don't owe Ted Kennedy anything...neither do 300 million Americans...and if our representatives think they do, let them find another way to memorialize him!
Build him a monument, for crying out loud, and leave us out of it!!!
Don't have to think long on this one.
August 26, 2009 - 17:29 ET by FeynmanFanSend flowers. It says you really care, and it's a heck of a lot less expensive in the long run.
"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde
Send Scotch
August 26, 2009 - 17:40 ET by BlondeI'm sure the clan could use a drunken brawl about now. They can invite Joe Klien for the cannibis contingent.
I hope he fails, too.
Blonde - Scotch is good
August 26, 2009 - 17:51 ET by FeynmanFanMaybe they could start with a football game on the lawn and let the brawl start from there...
"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde
LOL! Yeah, I was thinking
August 26, 2009 - 17:42 ET by Chris NormanLOL! Yeah, I was thinking flowers or destroy the health system. Flowers or destroy the health system? Hmmmm. Which one? Which one?
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Chris ~
August 26, 2009 - 17:47 ET by FeynmanFanOn second thought, I'm sure Hallmark has the perfect card if you want to add a personal note.
"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde
If they pass the healthcare
August 26, 2009 - 18:06 ET by Kat Outta the BagIf they pass the healthcare plan, then there will be a huge need for flowers for the funerals of the ordinary citizens who had to wait too long to see a doctor.
If I were going to send flowers......
August 26, 2009 - 21:16 ET by pantrymanto anyone, it would be to Mary Jo's family for this slob's behavior.
Yeah, right, Chris...don't
August 26, 2009 - 19:01 ET by motherbeltYeah, right, Chris...don't you know, because Ted Kennedy died, the entire country should now live according to his socialist vision.
These people make me sick!! Who the hell do they think they are!?!
Who do they think they are
August 26, 2009 - 19:12 ET by bigtimerWho do they think they are indeed mb!
It is unbelievable at times.
Silent NO More!
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
BT - it's an ugly combination
August 26, 2009 - 19:18 ET by FeynmanFanIt's an ugly combination of an entitlement mentality, a huge ego and a fawning press.
"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde
Yep... Agenda...anything
August 26, 2009 - 19:25 ET by bigtimerYep...
Agenda...anything to get OK-Care passed.
For those of you in Rio Linda...that's Obama-Kennedy Care.
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
The Anchoress on Kennedy
August 26, 2009 - 20:24 ET by motherbeltThe Anchoress nailed it (as usual) this AM (all bolds exept the first line mine):
But Kennedy’s death -outside of the coastal enclaves-
will not have the drama and sentimental heft some might expect. Given a
grim diagnosis in May of 2008, Kennedy managed, with the help of some
of the best care available, to see another Christmas, another spring
and even another summer. It’s entirely possible that what Kennedy’s
death will really do is bring into stark relief the fact that
under Obamacare, this overweight 77 year-old man with liking for the
drink would probably have faced treatment rationing and an offer for “physician aid-in-dying”.
Ted-Care
August 26, 2009 - 17:33 ET by TexndocHuff Po named it "Ted-Care" before I even left for work at 7 am this morning.
(ps - congratulations for being able to stick through Ann Curry and Brian Williams together. You've a stronger stomach than I have.)
My own personal opinion is we knew he was "going" and thankfully it was an off-month and not when they are up there "in session". Surely they cannot drag out the funeral until after Labor Day. If that's insensitive or incorrect..... I don't care.
Huff Po named it "Ted-Care"
August 26, 2009 - 20:21 ET by motherbeltHuff Po named it "Ted-Care" before I even left for work at 7 am this morning.
And tonight it's being called "Kennedycare."
I wonder what The First One thinks of that? I mean really, inside, when the cameras aren't rolling.
God rest her soul...
August 26, 2009 - 20:31 ET by BarkerA more appropriate name would be "KopechneCare".
Brian's email was forwarded
August 26, 2009 - 17:37 ET by d1carterBrian's email was forwarded by Jeff Zucker...
Oh gag......
August 26, 2009 - 17:41 ET by superconThe Democrats are like the damn Donner party. Teddy's body isn't even cold yet and they are already serving him up for political gain. Where is the shame ?
" if Republicans are able to stop Barack Obama on health care, 'it will be his Waterloo, it will break him...." -Sen. Jim DeMint
Oh gag......
August 26, 2009 - 17:42 ET by superconThe Democrats are like the damn Donner party. Teddy's body isn't even cold yet and they are already serving him up for political gain. Where is the shame ?
" if Republicans are able to stop Barack Obama on health care, 'it will be his Waterloo, it will break him...." -Sen. Jim DeMint
Oh gag......
August 26, 2009 - 17:42 ET by superconThe Democrats are like the damn Donner party. Teddy's body isn't even cold yet and they are already serving him up for political gain. Where is the shame ?
" if Republicans are able to stop Barack Obama on health care, 'it will be his Waterloo, it will break him...." -Sen. Jim DeMint
supercon
August 26, 2009 - 19:14 ET by well99"The Democrats are like the damn Donner party. Teddy's body isn't even cold yet and they are already serving him up for political gain. Where is the shame ?"
Well done.Shoot knock it out a few more times.That says it all.
Oops...sorry.
August 26, 2009 - 17:45 ET by superconI got impatient and starting tapping the enter key.
Please ignore all the dupes. My bad.
" if Republicans are able to stop Barack Obama on health care, 'it will be his Waterloo, it will break him...." -Sen. Jim DeMint
TedCare for everyone, free
August 26, 2009 - 17:48 ET by 10ksnookerGive everyone the same health care that Teddy and his millions gave himself.
No I am not talking about what Ted gave Mary Jo either.
The U.S. healthcare system
August 26, 2009 - 18:00 ET by ThisnThatThe U.S. healthcare system is so broken that Ted Kennedy had brain surgery right here in the good ol' USA.
So, since it's so good, what do we want to do? -- Reform it, of course!
Can someone, anyone, please explain the total illogical thought processes of the progressive socialist communist democratic party?
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he didn't pay for it
August 27, 2009 - 08:24 ET by jacktheripperWE DID
"The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can
bribe the people with their own money." – Alexis de Tocqueville
The Last Brother?
August 26, 2009 - 17:56 ET by MNDougOh BROTHER. Chris Matthews, go away and tingle yourself.
I'm bracing for
August 26, 2009 - 18:01 ET by acumenanother Wellstone memorial slash campaign rally scenario.....on steroids. Nothing says party to a leftist like the death of a lib politician.
I wonder if Dubya will get as warm a reception as Trent Lott did by Wellstone's death panel/mourners?
The Republicans should write an ammendment to the Dem government dictated healthcare bill against politcians using taxpayer dollars to campaign at politicians memorials. Nah, it would be voted down by the Dems, just like every other common-sense ammendment. Maybe if the Repubs named the ammendment, The Kennedy Memorial Ammendment.....
Acumen,
August 27, 2009 - 11:24 ET by UpNorthit's a lose-lose for Dubya, if he shows, he'll be booed. If he stays away, he'll be "cold, detached and downright mean-spirited". I wouldn't go within 1000 miles of this circus in the making, if they were giving away cases of Teddy's stash of scotch at the door.
Maybe they'll have rides in the Oldsmobile for any Republicans who show up.
In lieu of flowers,
August 26, 2009 - 18:01 ET by BarkerKill the Bill.
(meanwhile, Barney Frank slobbers over a Senate seat)
"In lieu of flowers, order pizza..."
August 26, 2009 - 18:05 ET by vrwc13...pizza? Yep, check out the latest U.S.S.A. ordering system...
v
...pass a slice please
lol! Thanks vrwc13, I'd
August 26, 2009 - 18:52 ET by mastersofdeceitlol! Thanks vrwc13, I'd forgotten about that. But if I'm not mistaken that was done by the aclu during the Bush admin. You know to warn us all of the coming Fascism and how Bush was going to attack Iran before the election, call marshall law, suspend the election and be dictator for life. Wonder what happened to that. Funny that it's closer to the truth now.
" We were to learn all the insignificant trash that had obtained the name of education. " -Rousseau
The Converse...
August 26, 2009 - 18:08 ET by slickwillie2001So I suppose conversely, if you think Teddie was a corrupt criminal and demagogue, you should vote against 'health care reform' in any form, in his dishonor.
The Vultures are Out
August 26, 2009 - 18:19 ET by richb313I knew this would happen. The political vultures are at it again. They will make every Kennedy family member play politics and not let them grieve with thier family. They could have waited until he was buried. I fully expect the news cycle for the next week or so to be dominated by this. Obama must be overjoyed that attention will be diverted from him for a short time.
It's "Weekend At Bernie's" with Kennedy's dead body...
August 26, 2009 - 18:26 ET by SlyrrThe libs are acting like the con men in "Weekend at Bernie's", who used the dead body of a rich guy to take a free vacation using the dead guy's money and mansions.
Liberal media practically have Kennedy's still-warm corpse propped up in their guest chairs with puppet strings all over him, making him dance and jump to their tune, with wires rigged in his jaws and mouth to make him 'speak' about how his voice from beyond the grave is demanding Communist medical.
It's like watching a bad ventriloquist act, hearing these Obama media slaves trying to make him say what they want to hear. 'Look - it's my little friend Mr. Kennedy! Hi Mr. Kennedy!'
'Hello Chris Matthews!'
'Say Mr. Kennedy, do you want Communist Medical?'
'Why SURE Matthews!'
I think they're running the risk of yet another "Wellstone Memorial".
Slyrr... Perfect! Speaki
August 26, 2009 - 18:32 ET by bigtimerSlyrr...
Perfect!
Speaking of communist.
Letter of offer to the USSR from Teddy-Boy.
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/kgb-letter-details-kennedy-offer-to-ussr
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
BT....I'm glad you picked up on that too.......
August 27, 2009 - 11:02 ET by BEGRUNTIt's the giant jackass in the room.....no one wants to touch it.....when it came out in 06....the MSM quickly buried it......they didn't want their "hero" being exposed as a treasonous Bast*rd. He actively worked with the KGB to purposely undermine the Reagan Administration and their policy towards the USSR. The text of the released USSR archive document says it all!!!!
This clown belongs with the likes of Bennedict Arnold!!
" A country can suffer it's fool's, but cannot survive the traitor"
Cicero
I couldn't take the talking
August 26, 2009 - 18:29 ET by bigtimerI couldn't take the talking heads today on the boob-tube...can't here either.
This is going to go on forever...and ever and ever.
TeddyCare come hell or high-water...the leftists are gleeful.
Disgusting...despicable, deplorable...all of them...nothing but walking disgraces.
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
BT - I'm with you
August 26, 2009 - 18:31 ET by FeynmanFanI've been avoiding the news all day - except for Beck.
"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde
FF... Same here, that's a
August 26, 2009 - 18:33 ET by bigtimerFF...
Same here, that's a given for me...plus like I posted here Monday, I knew Rush was going to be on, plus I got to catch Seton Motley.
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
Re News
August 26, 2009 - 19:04 ET by slickwillie2001Lou Dobbs was preempted for an hour-long special, mostly old footage. Ugh.
slick... I didn't even
August 26, 2009 - 19:16 ET by bigtimerslick...
I didn't even check there today as I usually do a five my time, but he hasn't been there this week, so I figured he would be on vacation still...and no matter what it being CNN, it would be mostly a continuing love-fest for Teddy.
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
I caught a little of Fox
August 26, 2009 - 18:59 ET by ThisnThatI caught a little of Fox News at 4:00pm today. The anchor (what's his name) was interviewing a previous Dim congressman, and asked him about the stimulus checks that are being sent to prisoners. The dim's response:
I almost threw my favorite brick through the tube at that point. At a time like this???!!!
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Oh man TnT...glad I didn't
August 26, 2009 - 19:04 ET by bigtimerOh man TnT...glad I didn't see that...another reason why I have had the TV on mute today...and will for days to come.
May try BOR and Hannity soon...don't know if I can take much of them either...we shall see.
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
TnT- That's it
August 26, 2009 - 19:58 ET by FeynmanFanThe Democrats are going to be using Teddy Kennedy for cover for the next 3 or 4 months. Watch for them to frame any debate about healthcare in terms of Kennedy's memory. It'll be just that much more BS to wade through in this whole mess.
"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde
Feynman,
August 27, 2009 - 11:28 ET by UpNorththey'll also fast-track Amnesty for Immigrants. It'll be, "we have to pass this, because it was what Ted wanted". Get that out there so they can get the bounce they think they'll get.
UpNorth,
August 27, 2009 - 11:35 ET by FeynmanFanAs I was thinking more about this I was wondering if their audience for getting any "bounce" from Kennedy's passing is the same audience that, for the most part, isn't going to be influenced by that kind of pressure. In the end, isn't it just another attempt to use a pressure point, like calling people racist or any of the other slurs being used against conservatives?
Just say no. Don't have to argue with them. Don't have to let them make us feel guilty. Just say no.
"I support the President but not his policies" - Blonde
Like other males of the
August 26, 2009 - 18:37 ET by celatorLike other males of the Kennedy clan, Ted could not keep his pants on or whiskey from his mouth. He caused so much political damage to this country we may never recover from his political madness (open borders, etc.)
But the waitress sandwich incident he and that other wastrel Chris Dodd were involved in will be what I always remember him for. It perfectly defines how he lived his life .
http://www.freerepub...
Other than that, RIP.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
cel... ...and that
August 26, 2009 - 18:40 ET by bigtimercel...
...and that waitress sandwich matter won't be brought up now will it, after-all Dodd is having enough problems.
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
bt.. Yes, you're right. I
August 26, 2009 - 18:43 ET by celatorbt.. Yes, you're right. I hesitated before writing about this episode, but I asked myself, "What would Teddy do to a deceased political enemy?"
So I did what he would do.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
cel... After all the
August 26, 2009 - 18:47 ET by bigtimercel...
After all the phony adulation today, since I heard the news at 2:30 this morning, like we knew it would be when the time came... posting the truth is the truth...I don't feel guilty.
The left of all venues make me sick, they are soulless creatures, anything, anyway, at any cost for their endless agendas.
Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh
Cel, I like the first
August 26, 2009 - 19:02 ET by ThisnThatCel, I like the first comment from your link: She should be grateful that Kennedy didn’t heave her into an Oldsmobile! LOL Ain't it the truth!
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TnT.. yes, it is "+} No
August 26, 2009 - 19:37 ET by celatorTnT.. yes, it is "+}
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
In lieu of...
August 26, 2009 - 18:39 ET by BKeyserpoliticizing the death of a career politician by way of passing health care reform, I send my sincere sympathies to all of his friends and family along with these. God bless and rest in peace. ~Bob
Are you kidding me?
August 26, 2009 - 18:48 ET by awffp1890I just threw up in my mouth.
"Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity. But in simple obedience to duty." - From the barracks at Ft. Benning
I like what Rush said on his show today:
August 26, 2009 - 18:56 ET by BO STINKS(after he justifiably crowed about his prediction that the fascists would use Uncle Ted's death to promote the death care bill). Rush said that we should give Teddy praise for his fight to live. Yep, he used the best health care available in the US in order to fight his brain cancer. Very good, Uncle Teddy fought the good fight! Cool.
Every American deserves the SAME opportunity to have the best health care available in the US. Yep.
Great, actually brilliant argument against the socialists agenda. In fact, the pigs at the trough should be on social security as well, rather than their piggy retirement plan. GO RUSH!!! (h/t to my hubby about social security)
"...it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." G. Washington
Teddy on ObamaCare
August 26, 2009 - 19:18 ET by needle"Every American deserves the SAME opportunity to have the best health care available in the US. Yep.
Great, actually brilliant argument against the socialists agenda."
You BETCHA!!!! And the first to agree most emphatically should be Fat-@ss Teddy himself!
You see, if there really were some “death panel” in charge of rationing out our health care, almost all Americans would deserve BETTER care than what Teddy got with his thoroughly scotch-soaked brain.
- Relying upon the State Run Media for your information is like relying upon an embezzler for your portfolio management.
OR
August 26, 2009 - 19:08 ET by JustAlBrian Williams: In Lieu of Objective Journalism, Please Accept This Tripe
→ OR
August 26, 2009 - 19:16 ET by Cool ArrowBrian Williams: "Remember how glorious that Paul Wellstone memorial was?"
We will Barry you! - Russian prophecy
Coverage
August 26, 2009 - 19:16 ET by NonanonIf Obamacare had been in place, how long ago would Kennedy have been started on pain pills rather than being approved to have the surgery he actually received under the current system? Surely he would have been advised it was his duty to die rather than make taxpayers fork over more money for the surgery. After all he was 76 (I think) when he was operated on, well past his prime.
send flowers with a note
August 26, 2009 - 19:30 ET by JAJTsend flowers with a note that says "i want the healthcare Kennedy had". no doubt, he received the best care,topnotoch treatment, best team of doctors and specalist on demand.
regardless of his political afflilation, the death of Kennedy is like an end of a golden ERA that fascinated everyone, my consdolence to the Kennedy Family
JAJT
Hummmm
August 26, 2009 - 19:35 ET by SkipperMLMI'm sure Tedd would agree that's not important now.
This is going to be worse than the Wellstone Memorial
August 26, 2009 - 19:40 ET by R D HelmThese people are utterly shameless, not to mention classless.
-Dave
→ No kidding, RD
August 26, 2009 - 19:47 ET by Cool ArrowBut will there be anything even approaching that glorious scene in the stands when Bill Clinton and Walter Mondale embraced?
I was cracking up reading an imaginary cartoon balloon over Bill Clinton's head
We will Barry you! - Russian prophecy
I've already had enough of
August 26, 2009 - 19:42 ET by ConservativeRexI've already had enough of lionizing this drunken old sot.
He was a nasty drunk who I didn't give two craps for while he was living and couldn't care less now that he's worm food.
They should have formally called Massachusetts the Kennedy fiefdom. It must have been against the law in that state for those idiots to elect anyone that wasn't named Kennedy. The people who kept electing them were almost as dumb as the entire family themselves.
For nearly 100 years these jokers pulled the wool over the eyes of nearly the entire country. Hopefully that's come to an end.
Yeegads, I'm glad I don't watch this guy. I've seen...
August 26, 2009 - 19:44 ET by jawebster1him when he was MSNBC and I watched his show for a few moments while channel surfing during Fox commercials (not necessary now that I have DVR) and he seemed fairly normal at the time, but since he's gone over to NBC, I've seen his quotes here and elsewhere and I can't help but think he's made a conscious decision to pander to the left and in some instances, the far left. So sad. He could have been big, really big, with no competition from the other networks, even Fox (I can't stand "Shemptard"). Now he is just another one of them, stuck in the muck. Jim Webster
wait...
August 26, 2009 - 19:49 ET by candanceConservies are supposed to be nice and not make political comments about Ted Kennedy - but the left is allowed to shamelessly turn him into a political martyr? His body isn't even cold yet and they're taking advantage of sympathy for a political agenda?
And WE'RE the insensitive ones???
thank you, candance, for saying exactly what i was thinking.
August 26, 2009 - 19:59 ET by BO STINKS"...it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." G. Washington
In lieu of flowers...
August 26, 2009 - 20:02 ET by M.Lucatrato Michael Jackson, maybe repeal child protection laws in his honor?
Also in lieu of flowers to Walter Cronkite, maybe they could try doing thier jobs...?
Touche!
August 26, 2009 - 20:10 ET by BlondeOr in Uncle Joe style (at Blackfive...a la...don't be a DouChe!)...
TouChe! (h/t motherbelt).
Excellent thought, actually....let's memorialize all creeps, crooks and liars by "legalizing" (or promoting) that which they debased. I like it!
I hope he fails, too.
Old fashioned joy...
August 26, 2009 - 20:12 ET by m4ster chief...or, a happy drunk, as we used to call them.
Well, cocktail waitresses around DC no longer have to take Tasers to work with them to ward off the old pervert.
"Allies to Land at Normandy Tomorrow!" New York Times headline; June 5, 1944 (h/t M. Malkin)
In lieu of flowers, drown
August 26, 2009 - 20:14 ET by GhostbusterIn lieu of flowers, drown your girlfriend.
-Ghostbuster
OR
August 26, 2009 - 20:32 ET by nadadhimmiOr: in lieu of flowers, drown some kittens in a burlap sack.
→ OR
August 26, 2009 - 20:35 ET by Cool ArrowReinstate "Cash for Clunkers" and run the Clunkers off a bridge, with a grandma in the passenger seat.
We will Barry you! - Russian prophecy
On the bright side, we've
August 26, 2009 - 20:37 ET by RR GOPOn the bright side, we've been released from decades of the kind of power that those of us who are for term limits despise.
We can vilify the man and that would not be unjustified in my book, but I truly despise the millions in Massachusetts who have voted in this guy for what seems like eons.
Tyrants only exist because of the acquiescence if not the out and out support of the masses.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
castrato
August 26, 2009 - 20:44 ET by RousseI wonder if Brian Williams had any idea that when he went to work for NBC, that one day he would become a castrato---such a pretty singing voice he has. He knows when to rise, when to fall; he knows the score perfectly.
August 26, 2009 - 20:59 ET by jessieHDo you send flowers to his widow or to the family members of the woman he killed?
Reminder
August 26, 2009 - 21:02 ET by Kirk HallBrian Williams: You are supposed to be reporting the news. Not reporting on spam you receive. What an ass you have become.
Become? always was...
August 27, 2009 - 11:51 ET by Six String SpiffBecome?
always was...
RIP MJK
August 26, 2009 - 21:04 ET by retroconWhat more must be said.
Walk Away
August 26, 2009 - 23:19 ET by slickwillie2001Let's handle the Obamacare bill the same way Teddie dealt with Mary Jo Kopechne; let's walk away and let it die.
Do it For Teddy
August 26, 2009 - 23:21 ET by yidwithlidThe New Democratic Party Slogan...Lets Kill Grandma For Teddy http://tinyurl.com/m...
Brian Williams
August 26, 2009 - 23:34 ET by BondPlainBondI'm disappointed. Brian Williams didn't wear the clown nose he keeps in his pocket during this report. He supposed to wear it when he highjacks the news to report the importance of his personal agenda.
From the British National Party paper
August 26, 2009 - 23:35 ET by milootooleAmerica’s Greatest Traitor Dies
August 26, 2009 by BNP News
Filed under National News
Modern America’s greatest traitor, Edward Kennedy, has died, after nearly destroying European America. He leaves behind a scandalous political career which was laced with lurid tales of drugs, sexual abuse and moral degeneracy.
Apart from his reprehensible personal life, Senator Kennedy is best known as the "godfather" of America’s immigration policy since 1964, and is possibly the one individual most responsible for the current demographic displacement of European Americans from that continent.
As chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Senator Kennedy had chief oversight responsibility for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which he allowed to degenerate into one of the most ineffective agencies in the Federal Government.
The BNP is an extreme racist
August 27, 2009 - 11:08 ET by Jack BauerThe BNP is an extreme racist group in Britain. I urge NBers not to take what they say seriously about anything, even Ted Kennedy.
Maybe so Jack but...
August 27, 2009 - 11:21 ET by vrwc13Truth is they are right about:
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..they forgot to mention the 40,000,000 unborn souls on 'his watch', probably not getting a chance right now to get to know them though
I want the exact same
August 27, 2009 - 07:09 ET by wiwfI want the exact same health care coverage that Ted got, and that was NOT universal health care
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
Re Exact Same
August 27, 2009 - 11:27 ET by slickwillie2001Information on the level of care Teddie received, or demanded, written pre-death:
Kennedy Illness Symbol in Debate: http://mobile.politico.com
Under Obamacare, any regular Joe like you or I would not come anywhere near this level of care. We would have bneen given painkillers and told to write a will.
Is there anything the left
August 27, 2009 - 11:49 ET by Six String SpiffIs there anything the left doesn't politicize?
I remember Ted saying "we ought not politicize 9/11" a few months after it happened when we were making the case against Saddam. Him shouting against America. That's all I remember of him.
Ted, enjoy your misery to spare.