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2010-02-13 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2010-02-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 The 42-year-old son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy does not give a reason for the decision but says it has been a difficult few years for many people and he mentions the death in August of his father

I think we can rule out "spend more time with family."

Posted by badanov 2010-02-13 00:23|| http://www.freefirezone.org 2010-02-13 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 It is a step up not to have a Kennedy in Washington. The good news keeps on coming.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2010-02-13 00:35|| 2010-02-13 00:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't think we are rid of them this easy. Do I detect the "Innsmouth Look" about them

Posted by Don Vito Anginegum8261 2010-02-13 01:01|| 2010-02-13 01:01|| Front Page Top

#4 A Washington without Kennedys

It's a start.

Posted by gorb 2010-02-13 03:06|| 2010-02-13 03:06|| Front Page Top

#5 I can't figure it out. Must be, someone showed him the tapes and told him to retire, or else. Has to be the first time in ages that a Kennedy has taken the classy way out.

Posted by gromky 2010-02-13 06:01|| 2010-02-13 06:01|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm beginning to get somewhat concerned about the increasing number of these beltway vermin jumping off the ship. Do they know something we don't know?

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-13 06:06|| 2010-02-13 06:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Daddy is not around anymore to protect him.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2010-02-13 06:45|| 2010-02-13 06:45|| Front Page Top

#8 Auto Insurance rates should go down in Washington DC

Posted by airandee 2010-02-13 07:56|| 2010-02-13 07:56|| Front Page Top

#9 --and don't forget cousin Caroline's failure to secure that vacant NY Senate seat.

Posted by Tom-Pa 2010-02-13 09:34|| 2010-02-13 09:34|| Front Page Top

#10 Besoeker: A much worse problem is relatively invisible. That is the "K Street" lobbyists, lawyers, consultants and Hill Rats that make up the Beltway Bandits. Average pay in the 1980s was over $100k.

The only comparable organisms are the Futurama brain slugs. But these are the people who actually write the laws, and shovel the pork for their elected and appointed bosses.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-02-13 10:20|| 2010-02-13 10:20|| Front Page Top

#11 I'll start to get worried about this situation when the ex-politicos move outside the USA.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-02-13 12:10|| 2010-02-13 12:10|| Front Page Top

#12 Do they know something we don't know?

They believe in AGW, why shouldn't they believe in 2012? Would you really want to be caught there? You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-02-13 12:23|| 2010-02-13 12:23|| Front Page Top

#13 I'm beginning to get somewhat concerned about the increasing number of these beltway vermin jumping off the ship. Do they know something we don't know?

Seems fairly obvious to me, the Democratic Party is crumbling, they figure to get out before the final disaster ans claim "NOT MY FAULT" as loudly as possible, Many sheeple will believe them.

I won't.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-02-13 15:12|| 2010-02-13 15:12|| Front Page Top

#14 Either The burg has a glitch , or the Comments are very slow, there's a 20 second delay between pushing the Submit button and anything happening, I thought it didn't work, and clicked again.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-02-13 15:15|| 2010-02-13 15:15|| Front Page Top

#15 RJ,

When they leave office the money in their campaign fund is theirs. They've spent the last 15 months shaking down contributors. Now the fund is fat. Spend it on a campaign that will be a probable loss or spend it on a nice villa for retirement? Hmmmm.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-02-13 15:25|| 2010-02-13 15:25|| Front Page Top

#16 A Washington without Kennedys...
Is like a day with sunshine.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-02-13 15:46|| 2010-02-13 15:46|| Front Page Top

#17 It's like having a permanent disease clear up. Think Herpes

Posted by Frank G 2010-02-13 16:23|| 2010-02-13 16:23|| Front Page Top

#18 FrankG: Are you suggesting that all the herpes cases in DC have cleared up in the last 24hours? Because there are alot less manageable diseases out there. Like Barney Frank.

Posted by Charles 2010-02-13 17:59|| 2010-02-13 17:59|| Front Page Top

#19 I was only referring to the Kennedy parasite

Posted by Frank G 2010-02-13 18:05|| 2010-02-13 18:05|| Front Page Top

#20 Just like herpes, we need to be on the lookout for the next round of herpes, er kennedys, flairing up.

Posted by 49 Pan 2010-02-13 21:35|| 2010-02-13 21:35|| Front Page Top

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