Kennedy
Sen. Ted Kennedy died after a battle with brain cancer. He served the people of Massachusetts for over 4 decades. Only Sen. Robert Byrd has served longer in the US Senate. Kennedy was a hardcore liberal and, in my humble opinion, should have been charged in the Chappaquiddick fiasco. I know it's not kosher to talk bad about the dead, but what about trying to score political gains by using the dead?
Sen. Kennedy was not even dead for half a day yet and already Sen. Byrd wants to name the health care bill after Ted Kennedy. When Ronald Reagan died, I don't remember Republicans trying to push a tax cut bill and dubbing it the Ronald Reagan tax reform bill.
He was a bleeding heart liberal that, while he was still physically able, drove the Senate with Sen. Harry Reid to the left - fast. He convinced the Massachusetts legislature to change a law that stopped then Gov. Mitt Romney (R) appointing a Republican to the Senate if Sen. John Kerry would have won the Presidency. Just days before Kennedy's death, he penned a letter to the Massachusetts legislature to reverse the very law that they enacted not 5 years ago. Gov. Patrick (D) is inclined to support Kennedy's wishes of changing the law.
This is the real legacy of Ted Kennedy. Himself, politics and career above the life of a young woman.
We'll have to see what the fallout of Kennedy's death will be. No doubt the left will name the health care bill after Kennedy to try to garner some sympathy. Most likely, some will take off across the country and invoke his name at town hall meetings and other speeches. Kennedy's unfortunate death leaves the Democrats in the Senate short of the 60 votes to break a filibuster. As a result, the chances of a reconciliation vote in the Senate just increased. Here in Illinois, we'll have to see if Chris Kennedy reconsiders his recent decision not to run for Senate. Finally, when the funerary plans are complete, how many of those delivering eulogies will draw politics into their speeches instead of honoring their friend and colleague's life.
Sen. Kennedy was not even dead for half a day yet and already Sen. Byrd wants to name the health care bill after Ted Kennedy. When Ronald Reagan died, I don't remember Republicans trying to push a tax cut bill and dubbing it the Ronald Reagan tax reform bill.
He was a bleeding heart liberal that, while he was still physically able, drove the Senate with Sen. Harry Reid to the left - fast. He convinced the Massachusetts legislature to change a law that stopped then Gov. Mitt Romney (R) appointing a Republican to the Senate if Sen. John Kerry would have won the Presidency. Just days before Kennedy's death, he penned a letter to the Massachusetts legislature to reverse the very law that they enacted not 5 years ago. Gov. Patrick (D) is inclined to support Kennedy's wishes of changing the law.
This is the real legacy of Ted Kennedy. Himself, politics and career above the life of a young woman.
We'll have to see what the fallout of Kennedy's death will be. No doubt the left will name the health care bill after Kennedy to try to garner some sympathy. Most likely, some will take off across the country and invoke his name at town hall meetings and other speeches. Kennedy's unfortunate death leaves the Democrats in the Senate short of the 60 votes to break a filibuster. As a result, the chances of a reconciliation vote in the Senate just increased. Here in Illinois, we'll have to see if Chris Kennedy reconsiders his recent decision not to run for Senate. Finally, when the funerary plans are complete, how many of those delivering eulogies will draw politics into their speeches instead of honoring their friend and colleague's life.
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