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2005-01-28 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-01-28 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [11140 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He wants his Mary Jo back.

Posted by Dishman 2005-01-28 12:20:36 AM|| 2005-01-28 12:20:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "Is there any doubt that Teddy Kennedy is totally nuts?"

Yes, there is. There's two other possibilities, stupidity and dishonesty. I think it's dishonesty: he knows damn well that an abrupt pullout would be a disaster, a victory for the jihadis a thousand times greater than Mogadishu, and irrefutable proof that bin Laden was absolutely right about America when he said we don't have staying power, and that if you bleed us enough we will eventually give up and go home.

I think Ted Kennedy knows perfectly well that what he is advocating would constitute abject surrender to militant Islam, and he doesn't care.

Posted by Dave D. 2005-01-28 6:12:51 AM|| 2005-01-28 6:12:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Nuts? Evil.

Posted by someone 2005-01-28 7:02:29 AM|| 2005-01-28 7:02:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Nuts or beholden tool. I say nuts.

Posted by 2b 2005-01-28 8:21:11 AM|| 2005-01-28 8:21:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I know the SOB has been re-elected umteen times .... but can someone have this wretch committed or something ? What the hell is wrong with the voters of Massachusetts ?

Posted by tex 2005-01-28 8:40:41 AM|| 2005-01-28 8:40:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 maybe they have balloting practices similar to Washington State.

Posted by 2b 2005-01-28 8:53:07 AM|| 2005-01-28 8:53:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I lived in Boston for two years (1991 and 1992) and it amazed me the degree of resignation the people had about the state and local government control over everything. I had spent the two previous years in Portland, Oregon and the contrast was startling. I hadn't really known just how much influence the Kennedys had over Massachusetts politics until I lived there. The take I got was, "Yeah he's a sonofabitch but he brings a lot of Federal money to the State so we'll keep voting for him".

Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-01-28 9:03:48 AM|| 2005-01-28 9:03:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 # 7 you are right about the family name - having money = power etc. I think the U.S. has to re think a strategy with that country. I know that many spouse's and loved ones back home- NO LONGER CARE and want their sons and daughters, wives, husbands, BACK HOME. Especially all the children who have parent's that are serving in the military. SO once again, there are two sides to the coin. **

Andrea

Posted by Andrea 2005-01-28 9:36:56 AM|| 2005-01-28 9:36:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 I think we'd all like to have everybody home. What Teddy is calling for is the complete abandonment of the Iraqi people to totalitarianism. He says the insurgents are fighting for the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people same as we are. That's absolute bullshit and he knows it. That's the same as saying the KKK was only trying to win the hearts and minds of the people they brutalised. He hates George Bush so much he doesn't care how many people die in order to achieve his aim of destroying the President. He has just given hope to the terrorists that if they can hold out a little longer we will pull out and they will win. I think he knows that and doesn't care. I have very dear friends in Iraq and have lost some already and if any more of them die or are maimed because of this sonofabitch's political grandstanding I will forever hold him responsible. He's lost influence in the Senate and he knows it. He's becomming increasingly irrelevant and I think he's throwing a tantrum for the attention and to hell with who it hurts.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-01-28 10:08:27 AM|| 2005-01-28 10:08:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 "That's absolute bullshit and he knows it."

DB, agreed it is bullshit, but the scary thing is, that asshole Kennedy might actually believe it.

Posted by Jarhead 2005-01-28 10:12:50 AM|| 2005-01-28 10:12:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Teddy's plan in a sound bite:
Swim for it...

Posted by Capsu78 2005-01-28 2:00:57 PM|| 2005-01-28 2:00:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 "Yeah he's a sonofabitch but he brings a lot of Federal money to the State so we'll keep voting for him".

Damn leeches.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-28 3:56:43 PM|| 2005-01-28 3:56:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Don't blame me, I'm from Massa- ... never mind.

I did my part to keep him and JF'nK out of the Senate: spitting in the ocean, anyone?

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-01-28 4:55:53 PM|| 2005-01-28 4:55:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 DB, he absolutely believes it. That's why it is not unreasonable to say he is insane. The reality distortion field this guy has been in for the last 40 years would screw up anybody's mind. That's why we dumped hereditary monarchy.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-01-28 5:09:26 PM|| 2005-01-28 5:09:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 # 9 D.B. I see your point of view. History will only repeat itself in Iraq and its people- whether we intervene or not. I think we are fighting a losing battle. I can't count the death toll, neither can Kennedy and does not care.

I can not think of any government official elected or appointed that should be in office for 40 year's***

Andrea

Posted by Andrea 2005-01-28 5:31:11 PM|| 2005-01-28 5:31:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Xbalanke,I didn't mean to portray ALL of the State's residents as taking off the Federal dole. I met some truly great people there and other than the political scene with "the enlightened" who couldn't comprehend that other parts of the country are pretty well educated and politically savy as well, I had a great time. The State income tax in Mass is very high in order to pay for all the social services there and a lot of people really bitched about it but until the Liberals are voted out there really isn't much they can do about it.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-01-28 7:40:50 PM|| 2005-01-28 7:40:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Last week it was the The Bag Lady's turn to get it hole and dig. This week it's Teddy's turn.
Dig, dig, dig, Democrat boys and girls. Deeper and deeper and deeper...

Posted by tu3031 2005-01-28 8:37:29 PM|| 2005-01-28 8:37:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Yes, Andrea, History will repeat herself. Iraq is just a larger, slightly more civilized Afghanistan -- two years later. But try this experiment: write to the soldiers to whom you are sending calling cards and other people's magazines, and ask them for their response to your little idea. And do report back to us, dear, on the replies. We really care.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-01-28 11:48:20 PM|| 2005-01-28 11:48:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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