Andrew Breitbart Unleashes A Torrent Of Invective Against Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Legacy On Twitter
Andrew Breitbart Unleashes A Torrent Of Invective Against Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Legacy On Twitter
Early this morning, news broke that Sen. Ted Kennedy had passed away after serving in the U.S. Senate for nearly 50 years. Soon after, conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart began a sustained assault on Kennedy’s memory, tweeting “Rest in Chappaquiddick.”
Over the course of the next three hours, Breitbart unapologetically attacked Kennedy, calling him a “villain,” “a big ass motherf@#$er,” a “duplicitous bastard” and a “prick.” “I’ll shut my mouth for Carter. That’s just politics. Kennedy was a special pile of human excrement,” wrote Breitbart in one tweet.
When Politico’s Michael Calderone highlighted Breitbart’s attacks in an article called, “Not all Kennedy critics hold fire,” a pleased Breitbart tweeted:
When a fellow conservative tweeted to Breitbart asking him not to treat Kennedy like they believe some on the left treated the passing of Tony Snow and Ronald Reagan, Breitbart responded “How dare you compare Snow & Reagan to Kennedy! Why do you grant a BULLY special status upon his death? This isnt lib v con.” Despite his claim that his attacks weren’t about “lib v. con,” Breitbart repeatedly justified them in ideological terms.
“Look, this man was granted absolution for nothing. Class, life station played a part but PARTY was everything. GOP couldnt get away with it,” complained Breitbart in one tweet. “IF a GOP possesses 1/100 of human failings of T. Kennedy he/she is TOAST,” he claimed in another. “In this moment I cant but recognize absolute backwardness of media & society. Bush=EVIL. Ted Kennedy=SAINT. Im gonna keep fighin’, folks,” Breitbart said in another tweet.
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Breitbart is a neo-con hack whose comrades backed the disastrous Iraq mess, while keeping their own families far away from the fighting.
Who cares about Breitbart?
He is just a smelly heep of dog doo.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:32 pmThis fellow certainly has a way with words – NOT!
He sounds like a psychopath.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:34 pmAt least have the decency to let the man be buried and for his family to have closure Breitbart before you go off half cocked and fully spiteful. OK?
August 26th, 2009 at 5:35 pmAnother commentator trying to make a name for himself in hopes of getting someone to pay him big bucks like Rush Limbaugh. Being Racist and Evil pays well by the Republican Party. John Boehner is willing to give money for any and all racist comments and attacks. Rush is getting so fat he might not be around long so Breitbart is looking to replace him or even Glen Beck.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:36 pmCan these guys sink any lower? Limpballs gave himself kudos for predicting Kennedy wouldn’t live to see the Health Care Bill passed. this guy is just a slime. God, my head is spinning. The Shock Jock who called the victims of Katrina ‘debris’ It just goes on and on. Decency is dead my friends.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:36 pmFurther proof that those who scream for Freedom of Speech most usually just want to justify sounding like A-Holes.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:39 pmBreitbart, the man is gone from this earth and the things your saying are moot and for GODS sake, dont let your emotions run your mouth.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:39 pmWhat a dick.
RIP Ted. I miss you already.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:39 pmWhat passes for “conservatism” these days is uncouth behavior, loutishness, ignorance, bullying and anti-intellectualism.
Is it any wonder that the repiggies are being further reduced to a screaming minority of bitter and twisted psychotics?
August 26th, 2009 at 5:39 pmDUHHHH!
Not a surprise at all that these scumbags would begin there hate attacks…nope, not even surprised.
It simply shows again, that there is something wrong with these hate and fear mongers that spew vomit.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:41 pmLaura Ingraham was also showing her true pig colors – literally bashing T Kennedy and he is not even buried yet.
I will bet this attitude and style is in the talking point marching orders for today brought to us by the GNOP.
This crude ill mannered behavior will certainly bring down the approval ratings of these freaks.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:45 pmPlease keep Breitbart’s comments front and center during the upcoming local elections this fall.
I will not vote for any repiggie, no matter how nice they might sound, or how pretty their family picture looks.
The whole repiggie party is essentially on par with Breitbart and the rest of the neo-con trash.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:45 pmIt’s been less than 24 hours since the announcement of Senator Kennedy’s death and the attacks against Kennedy from the wingnuts are arising. The barn door was left open and the wingnuts are running wild. Do wingnuts have the sense of common decency of humanity?? I think not. Senator Kennedy’s legacy will live on in this country and around the world after I am gone and Breitbart will still be a nimrod and his 15 minute fame in the spotlight will be here today and gone tomorrow.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:45 pmnever heard of the guy.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:46 pmjust who is this andrew beerfart arsshole?
The GOP would be toast? Really?
So Laura Bush was toast after her DUI killed her boyfriend?
Rumsfeld was toast after giving Saddam the gas he used to kill tens of thousands, and then using that same weaponry as an excuse to kill hundreds of thousands?
Reagan was toast after funding Central American death squads by selling missile technology to Iran?
Rush was toast after being convicted for drug crimes, and being found with someone else’s Viagra during a trip with a bunch of guys to an island known for underage prostitution?
Vitter, Sanford, Ensign … all the rest are toast?
Did I miss something somewhere?
August 26th, 2009 at 5:47 pmEven in war they have cease fires for holidays like Christmas.
I guess asking for even a moment of reflection from scumbags is way too much to even expect nowadays.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:47 pmThis guy reminds me of someone…from when I was a kid..Batman arch enemy..King Tut
August 26th, 2009 at 5:47 pmI never heard of this guy. Is this post a productive use of time for TP or its readers? Is TP unwittingly boosting his profile with this post?
August 26th, 2009 at 5:48 pmI actually prefer it this way. Constant reminders to the voters that the wingnuts are raving lunatics make the good senator’s work easier to advance.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:50 pmAndrew Breitbart Unleashes A Torrent Of Invective Against Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Legacy On Twitter
– - Nope, ain’t gonna read it, especially not today.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:50 pmOk, teabaggers, you not only lowered the bar, you have removed it all together. You have proven to be classless scum. Next time one your filthy heroes passes into the gates of Hell, you can no right to complain with the Left launching a full out assault.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:51 pmGood news for Breitbart! When the Kennedy Heath Care plan passes there will be a opportunity for him to receive the mental heath support he so desperately needs.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:51 pmhad enough says:
Laura Ingraham was also showing her true pig colors – literally bashing T Kennedy and he is not even buried yet.
Some guys don’t even get through their first date with her and regret the opportunity to have unprotected sex with someone named Poodles from craigslist.
It is very hard for Laura to look down on “the rest of us” from a peak that is already two feet under.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:52 pmI bookmarked this from a previous thread.
http://welcomebacktopottersville.blogspot.com/2009/08/class.html
August 26th, 2009 at 5:52 pmAre you offended? Maybe you could go talk to andrew, wouldn’t that make more sense?
Or are you upset that your people on the right have 0 class and are being exposes as dispicable human beings and you feel guilty by association?
August 26th, 2009 at 5:53 pmIt used to be in poor taste to say bad things about a man after he passes. Conservative values, I thought that might have been one. Guess not.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:55 pmNo and you know we won’t. If you can’t understand why this creates so much anger then maybe you will when you grow up.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:55 pmWhy would anyone care what Breitbart says and thinks? I don’t.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:56 pmBreitbart is just one more corpulent wingnut who revels in his own lack of class.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:57 pmI find Breitbarts rants to be nithing more than sensationalism.
PASS!
August 26th, 2009 at 5:57 pmErick Erickson:
Right Wing Nuthouse:
Powerline:
RedState:
http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/26/right-wingers-trash-ted-kennedy-while-his-body-is-still-warm/
August 26th, 2009 at 5:58 pmSo you think it’s OK for the ENTIRE reich-wing to go down to this guy’s level?
August 26th, 2009 at 5:59 pmThese people are practically dancing on this poor mans grave for God’s sake! Remember when that one senator had a brain anyrism and Liddy Dole was practically salivatiing the fact he wouldn’t be able to come back to the Senate? WTF is wrong with these people?! Back in the day, people thought the Republican Party had strong leaders, that is way they believed in them. Now, these days, they have been replaced by cruel, indifferent, power hungry dirt bags who care nothing for the average American. Disgusting.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:59 pmConservatives have so much class, what upstanding symbols of society they are.
(Hauck, spit)
August 26th, 2009 at 6:00 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
#15 MarkD says:
The GOP would be toast?…
the power of racism, white rule, corporate greed and $$$$ do seem to out weigh dignity,justice and sense of humanity concerning these reptiles.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:01 pmHere is yet more from the reich-wing teabaggers:
Roger Kimball:
The Anchoress:
Dan Riehl:
Roger L. Simon:
August 26th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Tracy__5 says: So you think it’s OK for the “Left” to go down to this guy’s level?
There is no down to this level. There is only an idea that what Senator Kennedy stood for for almost 50 years is less than American. If anyone thinks this is so, congratulations. You have succeeded in destruction.
Be proud.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:03 pmConservative@36, Why don’t you leave this site? You won’t be missed. As for kennedy, he was a champion of the Average American. You? You are just a boot lick for the Repug Party.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:03 pmtRacist_5….are you going to condemn Breitbart and the reich-wing for going down to “this level”.
Waiting…..
August 26th, 2009 at 6:03 pmThe wingnuts hang onto sins of forty years ago while trying to act morally superior. They have three leaders today who have moral failings and refuse to admit they have done anything wrong! The Senator repented and admitted his failings. An alcoholic who admits he has a problem and corrects the problem is normally deemed recovering. The difference in the rethugs is that they can never admit they have a problem. They can never admit they have failed. It is as simple as this: If you cannot admit you have done something wrong, how do you expect to be forgiven? If God knows you have failed but you cannot admit it, how do you expect him to forgive you? Rethugs need to learn humility.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:04 pmWho is Breitbart calling a “big ass motherfu<ker?” Look at ‘im!
August 26th, 2009 at 6:04 pmFor the trolls who hold that fighting for the rights of average Americans is bad, you have won a victory in the loss of Senator Kennedy.
Also, for the trolls who think this is a good thing, may you enjoy serving under your corporate masters. I am sure there will be a special bread crust tossed.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:05 pmmore negative from this loser. Surprise!!!
Enjoy your time in exile. Dems rule!!!!!
August 26th, 2009 at 6:06 pmconservative guy says:
Ted Kennedy will not be missed.
Actually, conservative guy, you’re the one who won’t be missed, if only you would leave.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:06 pmCG, do you pull over to the side of the road for funeral processions?
August 26th, 2009 at 6:07 pmFolks, never, EVER forget these comments made by the teabaggers about Senator Kennedy. The teabaggers have gone down a path that they never can return from. They have undoubtedly and definitively showed the world they are the biggest scumbags walking the face of this planet. They have zero class and are incapable of ever claiming to be morally superior. They are 4th rate citizens.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:07 pmI bet his shirt has meatball stains on the belly. You just know it does.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:07 pmWhy is it that trolls just love to grovel and squirm? What has happened to America that there is even a small percentage of people who think the rich will give them anything?
When did America learn to breed such pathetic slaves?
August 26th, 2009 at 6:09 pmOnce again, tRacist_5, are you going to condemn Breitbart and the reich-wing for going down to “this level”.
We presented countless pages of despicable and classless quotes from your heros. Where is the condemnation?
Still waiting….
August 26th, 2009 at 6:10 pmThese are the same stupid people at the townhall meeting.
What has this ahole done for the good of humanity?
August 26th, 2009 at 6:11 pmThe right hates the Kennedy family because they are everything the greedy GOP is not. The right wing is not for helping anyone and the Kennedy tradition was to always consider those who had less than they did. The lived a life of considering the needs of the least of us. They showed compassion. They hated the Senator after he went to So. Africa during Apartheid and came back and got sanctions against them for the discrimination and it was against Ronnie Raygun’s wishes. Kennedy was a good man. Everyone has human frailties. Being able to recognize our own shortcomings is a strength not recognizable is most republicans.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:11 pmIt seems the anti-American teabaggers are having a contest on who can be the biggest pathetic loser.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:12 pmOnly idiots consider exposeing the facts to be smearing.
What you do is smear. Funny thing is that you don’t even know the difference. You are a robot.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:13 pmwatchpoop must be very sad that he has never, not once, ever had anything positive to contribute to TP, or to society at large.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:14 pmtRacist_5, are you going to condemn Breitbart and the reich-wing for going down to “this level”. You are fixated on my comments, but you haven’t said anything about the endless comments from the reich-wing
Where is the condemnation?
Waiting…..
August 26th, 2009 at 6:14 pmIt is amazing how the vultures bring out things now that the lion is gone.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:14 pmFred, when you talk about smearing, are you talking about watchpoop’s comments, or his underwear?
August 26th, 2009 at 6:15 pmWhere and when? Prove it
Still waiting,…..
August 26th, 2009 at 6:15 pmKeep digging that hole, Republicans…
August 26th, 2009 at 6:15 pmThaaaat’s the way….
This kind of crap from the neocons doesn’t even surprise me anymore. I’m willing to bet that Fox is drawing up a contract for this asshat right now.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:15 pmtRacist_5, let’s see your public “condemnation” and “outrage” over the comments made by your fellow teabagging reich-wingers.
Waiting……
August 26th, 2009 at 6:17 pmtRacist_5, this thread is about Ted Kennedy, not Novak. Attempt to stay on topic and relevant.
Where is your “condemnation” and “outrage” over the comments made by your fellow teabagging reich-wingers.
Again….waiting…..
August 26th, 2009 at 6:19 pmIt shows the fine, upstanding qualities of the Right that they bring out attacks when the defense has no voice. They are jackals and vultures, carrion eaters.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:19 pmFail.
Sack up….post your “condemnation” and “outrage” over the comments made by your fellow teabagging reich-wingers.
…waiting……..waiting……..waiting……..waiting…..
August 26th, 2009 at 6:20 pm***
“fightin’”?
***
andrew breitbart,
no military record,
just another conservative
chicken hawk.
:|
August 26th, 2009 at 6:20 pmExcuse me, Righty types, but Ted kennedy was around for 50 years. He could have answered your questions. Why have you waited until he can’t to attack?
Go eat a dead squirrel.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:20 pmFLAGGED. Vulgarity and profanity.
P.S. Still waiting for your “condemnation” and “outrage” over the comments made by your fellow teabagging reich-wingers.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:22 pmtRacist_5, we still haven’t seen your public “condemnation” and “outrage” over the comments made by your fellow teabagging reich-wingers, you coward.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:23 pm***
#72,
someone’s losing their cool.
**
got a gun?
:)
August 26th, 2009 at 6:23 pmJust another hannity follower..all losers.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:23 pmHopefully tRacist_5 doesn’t go Plaxico on herself.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:24 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
These people are the epitome of ugly.
You stay KKKlassy, Repukkkes. Stay KKKlassy.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:25 pmStill no “condemnation” and “outrage” from tracist_5 over the comments made by your fellow teabagging reich-wingers.” How telling.
P.S. We are still waiting….
August 26th, 2009 at 6:25 pmBreitbart. Looks to be older than 40. Just what has this individual contributed to society? Anything that comes close to 50 years of service in Congress?
August 26th, 2009 at 6:26 pmTracy__5 says:
So you think it’s OK for the “Left” to go down to this guy’s level?
Well I certainly don’t. And you haven’t said anything vile about Sen. Kennedy, it should be noted.
There’s really nothing to argue with you about in this thread, so I don’t know what the rest of these people are freaking out about.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:27 pmtracist_5, you can’t repeate [sic] something if you never did it in the first place. So, before you repeate [sic] yourself, you can begin by posting your “condemnation” and “outrage” over the comments made by your fellow teabagging reich-wingers.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:27 pmYes, I am waiting….so, where is your “condemnation” and “outrage” over the comments made by your fellow teabagging reich-wingers?
August 26th, 2009 at 6:28 pmCome on Tracey. Just what has your poster boy contributed to the benefit of society? I’m assuming he is still alive.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:29 pmTracist__5? Hello? No “condemnation” and “outrage” yet? Come on, coward, sack up. Let’s see what you’re made of.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:30 pm***
#88,
hiking the old spam trail.
:)
August 26th, 2009 at 6:30 pmkasinca says:
The right hates the Kennedy family because they are everything the greedy GOP is not.
The right can’t stand a wealthy family who cares more about their fellow citizens than they do about their rich friends. The Kennedy’s have devoted their lives to public service trying to make this a better place for those who don’t have the same privileges they have. That really pisses off the GOP who care nothing about their fellow citizens, unless that citizen happens to be wealthy.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:38 pmOh no, I accidentally his a Vote up for T5 instead of down on one comment. The horror.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:39 pmTracy__5 says:
Matt where was your condemnation of the Leftwing loons about Novak’s death?
You mean the traitor to this country named Novak who outed a CIA agent and quite possibly got other CIA agents killed by also outing her cover agency.
You really have the nerve to compare that scum of the earth to Ted Kennedy.
You are a vile human being. There’s a special place in hell reserved for people like you.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:40 pmThe Shadow, some words just get you sent to moderation automatically and there is probably nobody around to get them out.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:41 pmI’ve seen Drudge’s propaganda protege Breitbart appear on various shows. He is a hateful, ignorant pig.
There are a lot of reasonable Republicans, but it seems like their voices are being drowned out by rabble-rousers and bigots like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, or Andrew Breitbart.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:42 pmMental illness takes its toll on the re=Thug party and their shills.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:42 pm*
Why would we expect anything more
from mudslinging neocon media whores.
They have no compassion or honor.
Let them waste their pathetic lives tweeting lies and hate.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:43 pmThey deserve it.
I don’t know why you guys even bother with this bitter Tracy troll.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:43 pm***
#99,
and more spamming.
:)
August 26th, 2009 at 6:45 pmAndrew who? Who cares what drunk has to say?
August 26th, 2009 at 6:45 pmReagan kept the cold war going 8 years after the Soviets were waving a white flag so he could waste money on weapons making his friends richer. You people are such fools. The history books will show that Reagan was the most overrated president ever. That GHW Bush was complicit in all the wrong doing starting with the JFK assassination if not before. That GW Bush was the worst president ever. AND it will note the contributions made on behalf of the real people of this country by Senator Kennedy. And it really doesn’t matter what a brain dead dittohead like your or Breitfart says because you are both scum.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:46 pmInterestingly, we’re finding out now that he also proved that certain capitalist ideas don’t work.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:46 pmIn the old days you didn’t have to be stupid to be a Republican. Those days are over. Of course lots of idiots call themselves libertarians and love Ron Paul but that’s a whole other issue.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:47 pmYou gotta love T5 falling back on the GOP stalwart of “but you guys did it too so it’s ok for us to do it”. Just like it’s a 5 year old. And there is zero comparison between Novak (a traitor to this country) and Kennedy who many people view as a hero to this country.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:47 pmYeah, sublimated guilt over the consequences of one’s ruinous political philosophy might tend to do that.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:48 pmBrianFL says:
There are a lot of reasonable Republicans, but it seems like their voices are being drowned out by rabble-rousers and bigots like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, or Andrew Breitbart.
Most reasonable Republicans gave up the party some time ago. That’s why only 20% of Americans admit to being a Republican and that’s down from 20% last month. At this rate they will be in the low teens by the end of the year. And being the vile people they are by spewing hatred at someone who has died is certainly not going to help their party in any way.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:48 pm… ugh.
wish i’d found this earlier… i have a sincere question (or 2):
why?
what is the hate based on?
i just never got it…
August 26th, 2009 at 6:48 pmit can’t be just the death of one girl… but that’s all i’ve heard…
Those are some pretty dirty cracks he`s using.
oh speaking of dirty cracks just how is your mother andrew scum sucker she must be proud giving birth to you so what they do with the body as it looks like they named the afterbirth
coward
August 26th, 2009 at 6:52 pmI know this isn’t going to make me very popular here but Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs did make an honest effort to police his blog today.
I’ve never posted there but do keep an eye out on what is happening there.
Many of the same trolls that foul this site are also doing the same thing at LGF.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
This peice of sht breitbart will die someday and no one will even give a sht. So let him keep spewing his hatred like every other wingnut. The repugs and wingnuts are becoming obselete and they know it. Fck em.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:53 pmTracy__5 says:
“That really pisses off the GOP who care nothing about their fellow citizens, unless that citizen happens to be wealthy.”
I find that rather odd considering conservatives tend to give to charity more on a regular basis than liberals.
The only reason why the rich give to charity is for a tax write off. I also suspect that any statistic you can come up with says that includes money given to churches as “charity” and since Republicans seem to be very generous with their mega churches, that would really skew any statistic that says who gives the most.
And how many rich people do you know who dedicate their life to helping people less rich than they are? I know of none.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:54 pmI will admit that I comported myself no better on hearing the joyous news that Ronald Phuquing Reagan had finally departed this mortal coil…I capered with pleasure.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:56 pmTracy__5 says:
and i bet you believe that ronnie won the cold war right?
well heres news for you ronnie had very little to do with the falling of the USSR.
the Saudis had a larger part in there down fall.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:57 pmI love how the Reagonites take credit for the collapse of the Soviet Union. The USSR was slowly collapsing because it was trying to use military and economic pressure on too many countries while their own country was dying.
Sound familiar.
The USSR was doomed, already dying when Reagan took office. If Carter had another term, the collapse might have been more beneficial to the rest of the world. As it was, the government collapsed and Caponism set the rebuild because the US was too busy thumping their chest.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:57 pmAnd for anyone with even a modicum of interest in history, the same process that led to the collapse of the USSR is very active here in the US.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:57 pmThis is what the GOP now stands for double standards and rabid hatred for any opposition. Ted Kennedy never claimed to be a moral standard barer just an American doing what he could for the common good I never trusted Snow and didn’t get why Reagan was such a conservative hero when the larger GOP and “moral majority” hated him but their passing mattered to not just their political followers or detractors but their families and I don’t feel that those who oppose should die nor do I celebrate their deaths but this is what we have a rabid unreasonable group that celebrate the death of a Senator that is well respected and loved. I’m done with the conservatives they hold no-further interest for me
August 26th, 2009 at 6:57 pmNice T5, the truth hurts doesn’t it? If you’d read some history and not base everything you know off Fox lies you’d know what I’m talking about. I’d find links for you but I don’t care enough about you to put myself out.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:58 pmThis tart only gets any attention at all for 2 insanse reasons: Matt Drudge loves him & Fox News watch him. This is classic typical nasty brainless chatter from what remains of right-wing pundits.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:59 pmBreitfart: Bush=EVIL … Hence, you see, rightw-ing nuts like Breitfart just hate all things Dem & Obama because 70% of Americans hate his hero, W Bush. This is REVENGE!
August 26th, 2009 at 7:02 pmThe final collapse of the Soviet Union was due to ignoring the economic turmoil at home, believing that military intervention would bring other countries under their belief umbrella and that spending money generated at home was best invested in their overseas commitments.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:02 pmhttp://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2416
Ronald Reagan also was popular and charismatic and is overrated by the public and experts alike. During his presidency, public opinion polls regularly found Reagan more popular than his policies.
After leaving office, he attained almost mythical status among conservatives and even won praise from liberal historians and journalists, despite selling arms to sponsors of terrorism to ransom hostages and his secret undermining of the major remaining constitutional power of Congress—the power to fund federal activities—during the Iran-Contra affair.
Reagan also cut and ran from Lebanon after a suicide bomber killed 241 U.S. service personnel. And he doubled the size of the federal government, most of it—contrary to popular belief—with increased domestic spending.
Yet Reagan’s carefully cultivated conservative image—a western cowboy on horseback, funny for a man from Illinois—has endured, mostly because, as luck would have it, the overextended and economically dysfunctional Soviet Union collapsed soon after Reagan left office.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:03 pmCindy McCain has done more for charity and poor people than anyone personally know.
That is one. Of course she is secondary, not primary.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:04 pmTracy_5, are you still waiting? Please do us all a favor and hold your breath while your waiting.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:04 pmIf the regulations are not enforced of course capitalistic ideas won’t work. Where is you campaign to “go the opposite direction”?
August 26th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
The idea that unbridled, unregulated, predatory kapitalism is a good thing is one welcome casualty of the demise of Raygunism…
August 26th, 2009 at 7:05 pmHoodathunk says:
I love how the Reagonites take credit for the collapse of the Soviet Union. The USSR was slowly collapsing because it was trying to use military and economic pressure on too many countries while their own country was dyin
yuppers all those reagonites think there gipper was so good.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:05 pmhell they call him the great communicator LOL he was as boring as they came.
Unregulated capitalism is based on greed and profit. No society can stand on those principles.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:06 pmCindy McCain has done more for charity and poor people than anyone personally know.
I guess you mean when she’s not busy ripping off their prescription meds?
August 26th, 2009 at 7:06 pmhttp://www.spectator.co.uk/alexmassie/3250076/the-most-overrated-us-presidents.thtml
Here then, are the results in the Over-Rated category. As you see there is a clear 1,2,3 followed by a pair at 4 and 5 and another couple at 6 and 7. You will also note that the top ten is in fact a top eleven. A reminder: ballots were scored on a 3,2,1 points system. If no order of preference was specified, each nominee was awarded 2 points. The results are given thus: total number of points collected, then, in brackets, each presidents’ ranking in the Wall Street Journal’s 2005 survey of historians.
THE MOST OVER-RATED PRESIDENTS:
1. 111 (6) Ronald Reagan
August 26th, 2009 at 7:07 pm2. 92 (15) John F Kennedy
3. 67 (11) Woodrow Wilson
4. 45 (22) Bill Clinton
5. 41 (3) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
6. 29 (10) Andrew Jackon
7. 23 (4) Thomas Jefferson
8. 17 (5) Theodore Roosevelt
9. 11 (34) Jimmy Carter
10. 9 (2) Abraham Lincoln
10. 9 (18) Lyndon B Johnson
Tracy crossed the line with comment 116 and everyone should take the time to flag him.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:08 pmI am going to take it a step further and write a letter to Faiz asking that Tracy be banned.
Sorry, Tracey but it isn’t a myth. Ronnie had nothing to do with the collapse of the USSR. We could have put Bonzo in the White House and it would have happened just as it did.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:09 pmShayne, I would put Lincoln at #2.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:10 pmI always thought that Brietbart was a loathsome piece of slime.
I don’t have to think that anymore. The idiot just went out and proved it beyond the shadow of a doubt.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:11 pmTotally agree, Reggie.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:11 pmYou called a female blogger a c*u*n*t
Have you no shame?
August 26th, 2009 at 7:14 pmOnce again, the U.S. sets a record. A new all-time low in human relations. Disrespect, blatant racism, deceit, wanton greed, lying criminals in high office, unpunished war crimes, illegal wars, torture, religious zealotry and intollerance are just a few of America’s best known qualities of today. It’s only going to get worse because those in power do nothing to quell the hollow fears of the irrational dregs of the far right. But, we can all rest easy because we’re the greatest nation on the Earth, right? I guess by our present standards all other countries should be a living hell.
So for all you conservatards out there that are against the betterment of your fellow countrymen, that equates to you being against your country. Senator Kennedy wasn’t perfect but, who among us is? At least he tried to help all of us have a better life, a better country, a more perfect union.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:18 pmShayne,
Interesting list Shayne. The WSJ had Lincoln as the second most overated president? What’s up with that? And while I wholeheartedly agree Reagan should be number one, how could Kennedy be number 2?
August 26th, 2009 at 7:19 pmcite some evidence that Ronnie had nothing to do with the collapse of the USSR? How about you cite one teeny bit of evidence that an actor president had some sort of impact on the collapse of a major government that had been around for some 80 years?
Get over your US exceptionalism crap. They screwed themselves and Ronnie just happened to be in office when it happened.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:19 pmHave you no shame?
Shame, a term seldom heard and not a term of endearment to the current state of the republican party and it’s followers.
Shame is non existent to republicans, birthers, tea-baggers etc.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:21 pmReggie,
Thanks for the heads up. I usually just go past voted down troll shi*. But I went to 116 and voted t5 down too.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:22 pmNever heard of this guy, but he and people like Rush Limbaugh that are delighting in Kennedy’s death are small men who have really never accomplished anything of import. Ted Kennedy used his life for good and changed this country for the better for the people that had no voice. What have these con talk-show hosts accomplished in their life other than getting paid to spout their vile?
Who will pick up Kennedy’s mantle?
August 26th, 2009 at 7:25 pmRich H says:
Voting down is not enough, please take the time to flag the troll and include a brief explanation as to whu the troll should be banned again.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:28 pmThe right hates the Kennedys because they are extremely popular despite their faults. Republicans resent the high esteem that the Kennedys evoke in the court of public opinion. The Kennedys will forever be associated with helping the civil rights of people much like Lincoln. The GOP is dominated by venal people who stand for nothing other than their self interest. The Bush family had no cause that they as a family advanced other than the interests of the wealthy and corporate interests. When history is written, it will be kinder to Ted Kennedy than GWB.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:29 pmToday’s Repuke Party is nothing but the Black Plague – without the buboes.
But then again, Rush is nothing more than a giant buboe – swollen, red and filled with germs and pus.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:37 pmconservaTROLL
YOU wont be missed either if you ever find the decency to do the right thing and just kill yourself. Your mother and sister/wife will take turns pissing on your grave
August 26th, 2009 at 7:39 pmthis dickheads brother is in charge of the holocaust museum in los angeles.
they are total homophobes.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:39 pmFunny thing is, Reagan wouldn’t even spit on Breitbart’s arse if his guts were on fire. I believe Reagan would be appalled by all these vicious, childish personal attacks against Senator Kennedy.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:44 pmTracy__5 says:
YOu are an ignorant piece of garbage Trace. It isnt Zooeys fault that you are so stupid it is easy for her to slap you around. You are a moron who THINKS he makes decent point while showing just how stupid you are. You call Zooey a disgusting name because YOU are low haning fruit and she is ten times smarter than you will EVER be? You are a punk
August 26th, 2009 at 7:45 pmAs far as I can tell, the only research done on charitable giving in terms of demographics was done by Arthur Brooks in his book, “Who Really Cares?”. One piece left out by conservatives in touting this study is this:
Concerns about Brooks’ data and the way he used it, including the fact that he apparently ignores “moderates” entirely, thus skewing his data were raised by Jim Lindgren at the time, but it doesn’t appear that anyone has followed up over the years, and the conservative press and blogosphere gleefully touts the study, although few probably even bothered to read the book.
It should be remembered that Brooks is the president of the American Enterprise Institute, which has a clear hyperconservative agenda.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:45 pmAs a point of fact, stupid trolls, I don’t denigrate dead people and I’ve politely challenged more than a few “libruls” who step over the lines of decency. SO, if you must insist on using the words of others to excuse this tasteless schmuck? Leave me, and most decent people, out of it.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:51 pmgummble-bee-itch says:
The methodologies of the studies used to make those claims are more than flawed they are ridiculous. The one study only checked specific charities. Well one of the groups I give a lot of money too the Heifer foundation is international and wouldnt have shown up. Also it doesnt take into accout money given to local charities or people just on the street. The other study was laughable they put a kiosk for the Salvation army in North Dakota and one in San Fransisco. This was shortly after the Salvation Army had a very public fight to be able to discriminate against gays and because more money was given to the kiosk in North Dakota they thought that showed something relevant. The studies are a joke and I find them counterintuitive
August 26th, 2009 at 7:52 pmAndrew who?
I’m sorry, but I’ve never heard of this guy before. Has he done anything involving health care reform or international negotiations?
No?
Well, then this Andrew guy is insignificant.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:55 pm“villain,” “a big ass motherf@#$er,” a “duplicitous bastard” and a “prick.” “a special pile of human excrement”
Sounds like just part of a list to describe Breitbart himself. Right-wing extremist Republicans like Breitbart are so completely filled with hatred & anger it’s a wonder they don’t explode. Hopefully this venomous man doesn’t think he’s a Christian or ever prays to Jesus.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:01 pmReggie,
I meant to say I flagged it. I did -
August 26th, 2009 at 8:07 pmsince when did the morton’s salt girl become involved in politcal commentary? dude seriously needs to rethink that hair
August 26th, 2009 at 8:09 pmBozo,
Good comparison, I was thinking he looked like a totally deranged John Lithgow character with a page boy haircut.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:19 pmNote to the group:
August 26th, 2009 at 8:19 pmHere at the Institute, we don’t normally allow our patients to ingest dangerous mind-altering drugs. In this case however, one of our staff inadvertently hooked Mr Breitbart’s IV line up to a keg of Thorazine and Crack. As a result, his blog was rambling and incoherent.
Please be advised that this will not happen again as he has been transferred to a maximum security outreach mental facility located in hell.
Ted Kennedy killed one person UNINTENTIONALLY. George Bush killed hundreds of thousands in Iraq INTENTIONALLY!
August 26th, 2009 at 8:31 pmWhy is anyone giving any of these people ANY attention. They thrive on it. They’re emboldened by it. IMHO, not one more article should be written about these scum and not one more of their dirty little insults should be repeated. Let them all wither and die from lack of light.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:41 pmhey, i was serious with those questions – why the hate?, what happened?
only thing close to an answer was from pags2 – thanks for that…
i even checked out the tracy trooll… nada…
but, for my effort IT got another vote down, each time…
i just thought so much venom and hate would have some basis…
August 26th, 2009 at 8:54 pmsilly me – these are “republicans”… ugh… not really…
my dad was a “republican”, a real one, who did get ugly in his late life
listening to limpballs… but not that ugly…
not breitbart ugly…
It is indeed distasteful, ohsuzanna. However, I think that the creeps who champion the Reichwing agenda need to be exposed at every opportunity. Disrespect for the dead is something that just may resonate with someone who is, otherwise, consumed by “the dark side”.
Plus, I must confess, I get a certain guilty pleasure when the trolls are provided an opportunity to fabricate “noble” reasons to defend these chuckle-heads.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:56 pmHello, katy.
I believe that you had asked about Senator Franken’s position on health care reform? He gave his most unequivocal answer that I’ve seen reported here. I’m not sure how much the most junior Senator in Washington will drive legislation but it’s nice to see clear support for a public option.
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/55020517.html
August 26th, 2009 at 8:59 pmAndrew Breibart’s petulance (a destructive form of narcissism which is usually eliminated by competent parents before one’s tenth burthday) reveals him to be nothing more than a tiny boy in the crowd saying “Look at me!! Look at me!!” while the funeral of a real man draw past.
When finally he himself dies, no one will notice, since his curriculum vitae will only consist of his efforts to detract from the real accomplishments of his betters.
His self regard (purchased at the expense of another’s reputation) will perish with his body, leaving no trace in society or history. However annoying its sting, no one misses a mosquito.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:01 pmThese stupid teabagger are fuming because healthcare reform is a comin.
I’ll tell you what you slimy teabaggers, keep your insurance or do without insurance while the rest of us enjoy a more healthy life with dollars in our pockets.
Kara is a bytche, so watch out teabaggers. HAHAHAHA
August 26th, 2009 at 9:02 pmrich h – don’t insult lithgow! … but i thought so too…
really bad hair cut… but matches his sophomoric attitude…
mk3872, above, called him a tart… ha! love it… so fits.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:03 pmthank you, pete! i’ll check it out, next commercial…
watching the Kennedy Brothers on msnbc… just started…
heard the other day that klobuchar has also voiced support
August 26th, 2009 at 9:08 pmfor the public option…
It is getting a little out of hand the whole thing is getting like the Jerry Springer show except the people are dressed like the came form the Price is Right, and it seems to be working somewhat…
August 26th, 2009 at 9:12 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
The Randall Terry thing is silly and Im waiting for someone to outdo his theatrics.
Better than breaking windows I guess.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:13 pmI didnt say anything about Novak being bad..in fact I never said a thing about his passing. I thought at the time he was a decent reporter and had some inside contacts…much better at his job than these pundits/ghostbookers posing as ‘newsmen’
August 26th, 2009 at 9:18 pmDebate rule BR549: No sweeping people into camps of your making.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:21 pmpete – this part was no surprise:
Minnesota GOP Chairman Tony Sutton criticized Franken for not holding open meetings on health care. “By holding only private events, Franken gets exactly the feedback he wants,” Sutton said in a statement.
more whining… like he couldn’t just find some youtubes to know what “open meetings on health care” would bring…
August 26th, 2009 at 9:21 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
this chris matthews kennedy show is so… chris matthews…
jeez…
i heard him say earlier on hardball that he thought barack obama was the last kennedy brother…
how stupid was that??? i don’t even know why he would say such a stupid thing…
i suppose he thought it a compliment, of sorts, but it was just so off the wall, devoid of logic… so… chris matthews…
August 26th, 2009 at 9:25 pmdumb.
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I took it to mean when you say this crew here you were talking of posters to this site.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:30 pmSenator Kennedy made a series of bad judgments in a space of a few hours about 40 years ago. For whatever reason he was never convicted of any crime. The few times he ever mentioned his accident, and let’s be crystal clear that no one has ever established it was anything but an accident, he expressed profuse remorse.
Since that accident, Senator Kennedy has been a tireless and unapologetic advocate for his chosen causes. Even when I’ve disagreed with him I’ve never thought he was being illogical or driven by dogma (Trust me. That’s VERY high praise from me.).
Among his many accomplishments was his ability to bring Democrats to vote, for better or worse, in favor of Republican proposals. He had an ability to get things done so it’s not surprising that many regret he didn’t do more to stop Bushco but, he wasn’t an obstructionist.
Perhaps that’s why the Reichwhiners hate him so? Their, self-proclaimed, outrage over a car accident doesn’t wash when one looks at the records of some of their heroes.
Nope. It has nothing to do with the damn accident. What has always had their undies in a bunch is that Senator Kennedy had a (D) after his name and he made government, for better or worse, actually do things. And that’s the unforgivable sin to a Reichwhiner. They only follow those who proclaim that government can’t work and revile those who make it work despite their fearful protests.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:31 pmCrew and bunch in the same sentence…thats a broad brush where I come form.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:32 pmHi Campesino:
August 26th, 2009 at 9:39 pmShould I be clicking some glass bottles together?…
katy,
Believe it or not, Tony Sutton was the lesser of two evils. One of the other candidates for party chair ran on the platform that the GOP just isn’t conservative enough and everything will be great once we beat the “Love of Jesus” into the hearts of the unbelievers. Plus, Crazy Shelly is their “rock star”.
Sigh… I gave up on Minnesota’s Republicans before I gave up on the GOP nationally.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:40 pmafter whay they had to say about Robert Novak last week
August 26th, 2009 at 9:43 pm–
I Know what I said. Do you? See the thing is what I said doesn’t fit the pattern you seem to to need. That is why you will ignore it…
Maybe this will get through?
Hey! Stupid troll! I always condemn speaking ill of the dead! Anyone who does so does not speak for me! Most of the time, I extend that protection to those who are still alive but unable, for one reason or another, to defend themselves!
Please! With all due respect! Take your big wide brush, light it on fire, and ram it up your Southern orifice!
Thank you!
August 26th, 2009 at 9:48 pmP.S.
The only comment I’ve ever made about Bob Novack was when he was first diagnosed, after his car accident, and I pondered whether he may have been of diminishing capacity, which would explain some stuff that didn’t fit his profile.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:51 pmCampesino says:
Thanks for the posting. Too bad you’re too stupid to understand that these people’s deaths don’t equal a hill of beans compared to Sen. Kennedy.
But thanks for the reposting cause I never realized that my words were so eloquence.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:51 pmPlus campy you must live a dull, repug life to cut and paste words long spoken.
August 26th, 2009 at 9:56 pmIs that one of those Izod shirts? What century is this bozo from? Please tellme that he doesn’t have the collar up. I am afraid to scroll up…
August 26th, 2009 at 10:11 pmEventually, reality will beat you, numbnuts….
August 26th, 2009 at 10:11 pmall in all, a pretty good show… have always been a kennedy fan…
JFK was special, at a special time in my young catholic girl life…
his murder was devastating…
and bobby came at an even more influential time, though i was only 15 and unable to vote… very hurt by his murder…
knew ted only for his determined work in the senate, mostly of late…
each made a permanent mark on history, mine and the world’s…
which is why, when i heard the president’s statement earlier, i was saddened even more… so moved, yet heartened:
Since Teddy’s diagnosis last year, we’ve seen the courage with which he battled his illness. And while these months have no doubt been difficult for him, they’ve also let him hear from people in every corner of our nation and from around the world just how much he meant to all of us. His fight has given us the opportunity we were denied when his brothers John and Robert were taken from us: the blessing of time to say thank you — and goodbye.
well said, mr. president… thank you for that…
they were “taken”, suddenly and cruelly…
and, unfortunately, the ugliness remains…
August 26th, 2009 at 10:22 pmseems someone doesn’t get the Warriors reference and I am pretty sure I know who the individual is. See the thing is that ideals don’t trump cultural awareness…
August 26th, 2009 at 10:29 pmTwenty years from now, no one will know who Andrew Breitbart is or was; but, they still will know who Ted Kennedy was and what he did for our country.
August 26th, 2009 at 10:38 pmToo bad teabaggers can’t OD on stupid.
August 26th, 2009 at 10:47 pmA little late to the party, but just wanted to drop in and say my condolences to Ted’s family, and extended family here at TP.
And to see what sick fcks would pop their heads our of the scat pile long enough to spew their hate before they resume the shit consuming.
Hola Campesino. Chinge tu madre en el culo. Otra vez.
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Campesino says:
So you thought you should post that twice? Shove it up your tarhole you worthless coward
August 26th, 2009 at 11:02 pmcampesino,
why are you even here?
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Campesino says:
Bite me you cowardly ignorant hypocritical piece of trollshit. We both know what is being said right now on conservative blogs is ten times worse than anything people said here about Novak. I was here and at media matters when Tony Snow died and not only were MOST of the posts condolences the few outrageous remarks were condemned. When Reagan died I didnt say a word and let the wingnuts go nuts with their adoration. YOU take this opportunity to just screw with us because that is the kind of petulant, petty piece of shit you are. You are stupid, worthless and act like a childish punk. So you can kiss my ass
August 26th, 2009 at 11:13 pm“Im gonna keep fighin’, folks.”
It’s just like a teabaggin repug to keep with failed policies.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:14 pmI see you don’t mind looking stupid and I don’t mind calling you one.
Human beings do not behave this way in the real world–only in their inflated egotistical worlds. They are flies on the s**t they create. Ignore them and all trolls here, for they do not give us hope or strength.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:15 pmLook at what I did teabagger.
Report Abuse:
The stupid troll is reposting his voted down post.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:19 pmA motherfcker and necrophiliac? What a son. She would be proud Campesino.
I can do high minded when it’s appropriate. It isn’t appropriate to respond to some teabagging POS pissing on the grave of a dead man in anything but gutter.
Show some class, show some respect and you will get it returned in kind. Until then, chupalo.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:20 pmraygun was a racist and a stupid repug. And a worse actor.
snow was one of the authors who sent our military into chimpy’s illegal war.
snails are smarter and better acting than teabaggers.
campy, have you teabag today?
August 26th, 2009 at 11:26 pmi just learned one of the big reasons (probably) kennedy is hated -
immigration reform in the 60s… the immigration laws used to favor “northern europeans”… i need to learn more about it…
headliners and legends on msnbc…
August 26th, 2009 at 11:28 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
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Camposino is the same right winger who thinks it’s a good idea to bring guns to town halls.
Still upset I told you to fuc* off?
Too bad, just for fun I just went through all the threads and voted you down so no one else will have to suffer through your bullshit.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:40 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Well, hell. Roll her over and we’ll both take our best shot. Let’s see who’s the numero uno necrophiliac of the crowd. No doubt, Campesino has the most ecperience.
Ok you win Campy. You always do.
I’m off to bed. You stay classy Campesino. Suena con los angelitos. Si no, me llamas che.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:45 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Campy,
I no longer read your posts. I just vote them down.
Get a life.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:47 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
And good night Ted. Thank you for fighting for those who weren’t able to fight for themselves in your arena.
How easy it is to forget that there, but for some shithouse luck, go I.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:50 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Again, I didn’t read your post. But I did vote you down.
Do they give awards for being the biggest as*hole where your from? Because all you do is come here and act like a huge as*hole. I think you should be a shoo in for the big as*hole award. How many times have you won the as*hole award?
August 26th, 2009 at 11:51 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Keep posting campy, let’s see how long you can keep this up.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:56 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Campesino are you here defending the gop the party that is less popular in American than Venesuala. Sad.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:58 pmCampesino, Well if you’re looking to disparage the left who else could you be except a teabagger?
August 27th, 2009 at 12:02 amI see that the stupid troll still can’t distinguish between anonymous posters and the host of a blog. Sigh…
All attempts at communication appear to be in vain. The poor little robot/slave received it’s program/order and all attempts to impinge on that programing result in an error message.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:02 amCampesino, we find you amusing. Who will you vote for when the gop has died?
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My guess, Fred, is that the stupid troll doesn’t vote anyway. How could someone so afraid of the government find the courage to vote? Nah…
Like any good stupid troll he’s really an anarchist at heart. He fancies himself the hero in a Red Dawn wet dream where the dumb jocks finally get a chance to shoot some “commies”.
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Campy’s still working on his award. Keep going Campy, get it out of your system you’ll feel better.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:14 amI imagine you to be a 13 year old with pimples living in your moms’s basement eating cheeto’s wearing a bow tie.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:15 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Here’s the deal, stupid troll.
I don’t usually craft my comments for the satisfaction of stupid trolls. Sometimes they are challenging. Sometimes they are informative. Sometimes they are cryptic. And some are designed only to express the odd thought that strikes me as humorous.
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Campesino, you’re a black hearted bastard.
You got a lot of nerve comparing novak to any liberal.
Why don’t you tell us who made politics so vile. Can we say lee attwater or kkkarl rove?
Who is willing to walk by sick and dying people on the streets and it doesn’t bother them? the right.
When you speak of Ted Kennedy you should show some respect.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:21 amthe troll admits he lives in his mom’s basement and wears a bow tie.
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I say you’re a liar. I say that if you had ever know such people you would be a better person than to come here on a day like this and be such an idiot.
If you want to talk to a real hypocrite look in the mirror and talk.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:30 amPete,
“And some are designed only to express the odd thought that strikes me as humorous.”
Don’t hold your breath on this one. He’s just here to rabble rouse, make points then disavow them, post some drivel etc…
I gave up reading him some time ago. I wouldn’t want to risk killing some brain cells from ingesting his perverted point of view.
I just vote him down and move on. Hopefully he’ll get the hint eventually – but he could just be turning into another T5.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:31 am“People on this site” covers a lot of ground. And I’m not sure that any of their opinions about Novack have anything to do with their opinions about Senator Kennedy. I’m afraid I’ll have to hazard a direct question.
What did Senator Kennedy, or Bob Novack for that matter, do that warrants your belief that the two cases are related?
It wasn’t that long ago that the remaining sane GOoPers gave him a, at least, grudging respect. And, to the best of my knowledge, Republican lawmakers have been universal in their expressions of respect and sorrow.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:43 amBreitbart = loser.
This is merely another Rush/Hannity/Coulter/O’Reilly “wannabe millionaire” playing to an audience who enrichs these clowns.
It smacks of televangelism in its lowest form.
It smacks of humanity in its lowest form.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:07 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I have heard the right’s pure hatred of EVERY Kennedy (there are dozens) ever since President JFK. It is totally irrational. It is viseral. It is hatred for people who try to help their fellow man. A big part of it is desegregation. I have heard them called “traitors to their class”. They are hated for helping the “have nots” instead of only the “haves”.
Ted ACCIDENTALLY killed someone in a car ACCIDENT 40 years ago?! How does that compare to Dubya’s 935 lies taking us into the illegal Iraq War—-killing 4,330 of our own, one million three hundred thousand Iraqis, creating five million refugees, harming our security (according to our 16 intelligence agencies), and costing $3 Trillion?
August 27th, 2009 at 1:20 amHughston, how did he “screw up the country”? By providing healthcare to tiny children? By voting against the Iraq War?
August 27th, 2009 at 1:23 amKeith, you can’t expect someone like Hughston to have sound reasons for opinions he’s given. He’s handed his talking points and he spews them on random lefty blogs.
It’s not rocket science. It’s ugly and it’s stupid, but it’s definitely not rocket science.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:26 amYou’re right ralphie. But maybe Baby Hughie is mad about desegregation.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:27 amI am beginning to think some of these crazy people commenting on Ted Kennedy death have take up a pool to see who can sound more ignorant! To hell with them go ahead and play. By the way here is the finger! I am waiting for a stupid a… comment from Palin next.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:31 amPete & Fred,
Thanks for scaring off campesino. What a total waste of a human life.
In his replacement I see we get Hughston. Any alluding to a city in one of the most racist states in the U.S? I think so.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:38 amSee Tracy pulls the classic right-wing bait…call out the left on their “hate” while refusing to condemn this instance of hate from his side of the political spectrum, until some poster calls him out on it. Then he condemns half-heartedly, but expects us to go all out in condemning our side. If he does so half-ass, how can he expect us to do so with bona fides?
August 27th, 2009 at 1:43 amCampesino says:
Like I said you are a petulant ignorant punk. Acting like a child. I didnt bother with it the first time you posted it even though it is just screwing with us for the reasons I stated already. Then it got sent to the sewer so you posted it again like the punkass troll you are. You confront me with nothing but your abject stupidity. Notice I wasnt in any of your stupid petulant little attention seeking post. You are ignorant and you are a punk. Just face the facts a punkass troll without anything to contribute so you just try to annoy us since that is the kind of worthless a$$hole you are
August 27th, 2009 at 1:45 amHughston says:
You are a liar you are a fool and you are an ignorant brainwashed piece of garbage. We already knew Rush’s opinion BEFORE he gave it to you for you to regurgitate to us. What a pile of dogshit you are
August 27th, 2009 at 1:49 amHere’s a great pic and story of Ted riding a bucking bronco in 1960-
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6399974&mesg_id=6399974
Do you think those fake cowboys, Ron Reagan or George Bush would have attempted this? Not a chance.
What a ride Ted…whatta ride.
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OT
The cheater (sanford)is full of shit, like they all are.
Impeach the lying sorryass.
What a great (South) American.
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the troll admits he lives in his mom’s basement and wears a bow tie.
HAHAHAHAHA
No doubt pubescent and using this site to whack-off.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:20 amIt’s just great that so many hateful and sanctimonious folks dropped by this evening to demonstrate why it is that the “American Conservative” is nearly extinct.
I only regret that I was not present throughout, to offer them the kind of derision and scorn they work so hard to deserve.
Keep it classy Righties – your days are as few in number as they have ever been.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:29 amKeith says:
I have heard the right’s pure hatred of EVERY Kennedy (there are dozens) ever since President JFK. It is totally irrational. It is viseral. It is hatred for people who try to help their fellow man. A big part of it is desegregation. I have heard them called “traitors to their class”. They are hated for helping the “have nots” instead of only the “haves”.
Ted ACCIDENTALLY killed someone in a car ACCIDENT 40 years ago?! How does that compare to Dubya’s 935 lies taking us into the illegal Iraq War—-killing 4,330 of our own, one million three hundred thousand Iraqis, creating five million refugees, harming our security (according to our 16 intelligence agencies), and costing $3 Trillion?
That what makes them teabaggers. They are illogical, pathetic and lost.
This is why they will never see the WH again.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:30 amhighseas says:
Where is your proof that it was a drunk driving crash?
August 27th, 2009 at 2:39 amfreedomin2010 says:
No. You havent. The thing is you are STUPID. Far too stupid to understand, well pretty much anything, but in particular logic. So you come to a site where the conversation is farther above your head than a 747 over a cornfield. Let me make this simple in deference to YOU. You are a moron. You are stupider than hair on a barbershop floor. You have the brains of a fruitfly. So feel free to drop by and share your stupid because we love to laugh at morons as stupid as you. However dont bother to try to understand. You were born a moron and you will die a moron and you will be a moron every day inbetween. That is your sad fate.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:04 amhighseas says:
And George Bush’s family did business with the Nazis and had a lot of their fortune seized by the law after the second world war using the trading with the enemy law. Laura Bush killed her ex boyfriend in a car wreck after he broke up with her and we dont CARE whether you think Politicians should be a carreer. When we want your opinion we will tune into Rush when he gives them to you. Working people and labor had no better friend in the Senate than Teddy Kennedy a very long time. Teddy was a good public servant and we know all about his personal failings. We know about the personal failings of the weasels on your side too.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:09 am.
Q U E S T I O N:
If it were Senator ______(fill in (R)epublican name) who had died and the Liberal voice screamed in the manner of the likes of Glen Beck, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reiley, Sean Hannity, etc. and now Andrew Breitbart…
… What Would Republicans Do(WWRD)?
Just thinking it makes me laugh.
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August 27th, 2009 at 3:20 amPlease don’t make the mistake of thinking that Beerfart, or whatever his name is, speaks for the Republican Party. Clearly he has an ax to grind and he has not the mental capacity to express himself properly. I believe that Ted Kennedy was the poster child for term limits, but I’m sure that the voters of his state appreciated his seniority in the Senate. His death should be treated with respect, even from those who, like me, disliked his politics. That being said, please don’t put him on a higher pedestal than he deserves.
August 27th, 2009 at 4:48 amhistoryteacher says:
I dont think anyone here is putting him on a pedestal. Not like you Republicans did Reagan. Liberals for the most part dont do the hero worship thing. I personally think the whole cult of personality thing is a huge mistake when anyone makes it. I dont like the idea of term limits. I understand the rationale and how incumbents just keep getting elected but as you said YOU didnt like his politics. For me he is the opposite a reason why we SHOULDNT have term limits you punish those who have GOOD representation and want to keep it. The people of Massachutsets just disgreed with you and LIKED Kennedy and his politics they didnt keep voting for him because he had seniority. Like I said before labor and the needy had no better champion in the Senate than Ted Kennedy
August 27th, 2009 at 5:04 amHistory Teacher: As a repug I can imagine the “History” that you teach. Starting with Reagan and let the whitewash begin.
August 27th, 2009 at 5:44 amCheck out today’s health news: new research has shown that as people become more obese, THEIR BRAINS SHRINK! And they lose the most brain tissue in the frontal lobes – where cognitive function and memory reside. Now we know what’s wrong with right wing pundits and hatemongers – look at their waistlines!
August 27th, 2009 at 5:47 amA thousand years from now the name Kennedy will still be known while the name of this vegetable head Mr. Br.. ah, Beti.. ah, heck I already forgot. Oh well wasn’t important, since the jerk does not even warrant a response, he not worth talking to.
August 27th, 2009 at 6:02 amHey highseas, I come from a long line of bootlegger’s and shiner,s that go back to the days of George Washington, My Native American bloodline fought on the side of the Confederacy, my Irish bloodline suffered just as badly from bigotry as any African American’s ancestors have in building this Nation and danged if I aint mighty proud of my ancestors they were all Americans. The loss of any leader who showed the resolve of Mr. Kennedy is a loss to us all.
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To freedom,
Ever heard of the aphorism “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones?” Learn to spell, proofread, and punctuate before you call others undereducated, silly troll.
freedomin2010 says:
August 27th, 2009 at 6:55 amI have perused over this site and found it mostly to be filled with the mindless ramblings and divel(SIC) of the undereducated and ignorant. Please fix this problem soon. Sites like this allow senseless people to find others like themselves and procreate (COMMA needed) thus further bringing down this once great nation.
To overthetop,
August 27th, 2009 at 7:09 amWhat an appropriate troll name. Obviously you are unaware that the ACLU has taken on some conservative causes and has had Bob Barr, a former GOP Congressman who tried actively to get Clinton impeached, working for them.
Really, there are no saints here neither the Dems or the GOP.
August 27th, 2009 at 7:10 amIm a Dem and was appaled at the attck on Tony Snow and Ronald Regan, and I am at the attack on Ted Kennedy, all honorable men. These men all served their country and deserve better. Right or wrong, they did what they though best for our country. We can agree or disagree but do not tear thier lifetime of servce apart. Have some respect, these men can no longer rebut thier critics. (I tend to agree more with Regan than Kennedy.) But this kind of treatment makes us seem less civilized.
However, now, a scoundrel like the living George W Bush is fair game!
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overthetop29m says:
It is certain that the only good an ignorant brainwashed moron like you could POSSIBLY do for the country is to kill yourself. You are ignorant, you are a punk and you are a pile of dogshit. So do the world a favor and just go kill yourself. Go suck on a tailpipe you ignorant weasel
August 27th, 2009 at 7:48 amkbulls says:
I have to say after reading your posts that you are an IGNORANT man in all respects. . I despise the hate America policies of conservatives that are only really concerned with getting as many Americans killed as you possibly can. I know its party time at your church when you can get some more Americans killed. I dont care if is because of your evil twisted soulless psches or your monumental stupidity. Since you are a liar a fool and a brainwashed piece of garbage I hope you die face down in the gutter with rats gnawing on your ears and may God have mercy on whatever you have in place of the soul that must have run screaming from you or dried up and blown away
August 27th, 2009 at 7:55 amamusedbyhypocrites says:
We are even since I am amused by morons and love to laugh at people as stupid as YOU. We often get ignorant brainwashed trolls like you dropping by to proudly show us just how stupid you are and how little you understand about, well, ANYTHING. Good luck with your abject stupidity.
August 27th, 2009 at 7:57 amThe vitriol that the right has unleashed on an American icon is unconscionable. Do not have to like his politics to respect him as a legislator and as a major figure in American history, the very symbol of what was once good about Washington.
http://www.political-buzz.com/
August 27th, 2009 at 8:17 amBreitbart? Why soesn’t somebody just take care of this guy?
August 27th, 2009 at 8:18 amTo unamusing hypocrite:
I am a published writer and have worked also an editor of books and a weekly journal. The quotation marks should be placed after the period, comma, or question mark, unless there is some confusion about the origin of the statement, which there shouldn’t be in this case. Funny that you both claim to be amused by hypocrites, while hypocrtically admitting to enjoy aiding Grammar Nazis.
Actually I only commented on the freakdom2010 troll’s spelling and puncutation–not his/her/its grammar. In any case, you are not the first troll to call me a “Grammar Nazi;” the term only reveals the inferiority complex people like you have about your lack of education.
amusedbyhypocrites says:
August 27th, 2009 at 8:23 amTo Lora:
For someone correcting punctuation, you might want to move your misplaced question mark outside of your quotation marks (otherwise your quoted statement becomes a question). No need to thank me for doing you a service. Always glad to aid the Grammar Nazis.
To Kbullsh..,
You seem to want a one-party government, so please move to North Korea or China.
kbulls rants:
August 27th, 2009 at 8:35 amI wish that all lliberal democrats would be gone from our government: That includes the Republicans who are really liberal Dems in Conservative clothing. That also includes the “closet pervs” and anti-Americans in both parties. I would like to see our illustrious president disappear from office.
To “You’re Cute When You’re Angry” Lora:
Exactly which of your dictionaries contains the word “hypocrtically”?
Always glad to aid the Spelling Nazis, too.
You also need a comma after “actually”…not to be nit-picking.
Troll? Oh, so original! How about “droll”?
You’re a published author? Oh, wait…you publish in “The Vanity Press”. How poignant!
August 27th, 2009 at 8:42 amP.S. To Lovely Lora:
In my experience, it is the people who have an “inferiority complex” about their own lack of education who feel the need to cite their qualifications.
Much better to just spell and punctuate correctly. My advanced eighth-graders did better proofreading than you.
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I wouldnt be surprised if he is really a democrat.
I hear you all like to fake hate crimes. I wonder if he is from Denver.
August 27th, 2009 at 8:54 amTo unamusinghypocrite,
Whether a comma is needed after actually is debatable. However, when you are addressing a person, such as below, a comma is definitely needed between the end of the statement and the name of the person you are addressing. I will not apologize here because I am not nitpicking, nitwit. By the way, in American English “nitpicking” is not hyphenated. And “hypocrtically” is the adverb form of “hypocritical”–sorry you haven’t heard of it, unamusing hypocrite.
I have no intention of giving you my real full name. However, if you googled it, you would find dozens of pages referring to my publications–none of them in a vanity press. But if that is what you want to think, it really does not matter to me, as the only thing “poignant” here is your ignorant arrogance.
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August 27th, 2009 at 8:58 amTo “You’re Cute When You’re Angry” (comma needed) Lora:
Exactly which of your dictionaries contains the word “hypocrtically”?
Always glad to aid the Spelling Nazis, too.
You also need a comma after “actually”…not to be nit-picking.
Troll? Oh, so original! How about “droll”?
You’re a published author? Oh, wait…you publish in “The Vanity Press”. How poignant
amusedbyhypocrites
I think you meant “Lovely sentiments such as yours ARE…”
IDIOT!
The pendulum is swinging nowhere, son. Nobody likes a bunch of whining little obstructionist beeotches, the self-proclaimed “just say no” party. Just say no to everything! Great! Governing at its finest. Dude, you need to get real. And get a life. Your “party” is a joke – a bunch of racist, war-mongering, cheating, extremist, torturing, eavesdropping, law breaking phonies who could give two s**ts about America. You’re looking at the beginning of a LONG run of Dem rule, pal. Get over it. And you really are an idiot.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:01 amCalm down, Lora! You must be stressed out from “working” that editor so hard.
Once again, I ask: Exactly where can I find the word “hypocrtically”? And how is it pronounced?
Wanna buy a vowel?
August 27th, 2009 at 9:04 amCK Philly,
Haha, your descriptive words could easily be turned around on your party you partisan hack.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:06 amWhy am I not, or why will I not, become also swept away by the ‘rush to litigate’? Why am I also not a victim of every ‘fad’ that comes and goes? It is perhaps, only because I know myself, and that I choose to be well; I am not afraid of standing for something worthwhile, in order to survive!
August 27th, 2009 at 9:06 amTo unamusinghypocrite:
My only apology to you is to note that I made a typo or error by carelessly leaving out the “as” between “worked also” and “an editor.” But I will leave the rest to your clearly filthy mind. And if you really teach eighth-graders, as you state (in listing your own qualifications), no wonder the state of education in the US is currently so bad.
amusedbyhypocrites says:
Another funny from Lora:
“I am a published writer and have worked also an editor of books and a weekly journal.”
Just how hard did you work that editor, Lora
August 27th, 2009 at 9:09 amlilrascal
I know you are but what am I!
Grow up, monkey.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:10 amTo CKPhilly:
No, cuz, I meant exactly what I said. “Lovely sentiments such as yours is exactly why…” (I noticed that you took the part of the quotation you used out of context). The predicate nominative “why” is the same as saying “the reason (why)”. Subject-verb agreement requires the subject (or, in this case, the predicate nominative) closest to the verb to agree with that verb. You wouldn’t say, “The reason why ARE…”, would you?
Now, being a hatemonger, I won’t nicely imitate you & call you an IDIOT!!!! (nice use of caps, there. Ever engage in ‘net conversation much?). Rather, I will simply say that you forgot your rules of grammar taught in elementary school.
I’m sorry that you feel that all independent voters are racist, war-mongering, cheating, extremist, eavesdropping, law breaking (sic) phonies”.
If these posts are indicative of the blood pressure level of radicals (as well as their lack of adherence to facts), I fear that you are an endangered species.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:13 am“Second, with the logic the democrats are trying to push does that mean if Kennedy was a pervert who preyed on children that we should pass a law in Congress making preying on children legal burun estetigi?”
No, in that case it would be named after Mark Foley.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:13 amHey, Lora…
“Clearly filthy”???
Dudette, I wasn’t the one who was bragging about working the editor hard!
By the way…evidently your fevered imagination equates “work” with sex.
You really should get out more.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:16 am“This is NOT an honorable family: Edward’s father was a bootlegger…”
Better than his grandfather being, oh, say a Nazi financier making money off concentration camp slave labor, someone who then tried to overthrow the government in a fascist takeover. How do you like them apples, moron?
August 27th, 2009 at 9:18 amCK Philly,
Wow, a post where you didnt use the word racist…congrats.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:20 amTo the Inestimable Lora:
Just to actually throw in a little substance (not that it will be appreciated here), the state of education in the “US” (sic) is “currently so bad” because petty bureaucrats keep interfering with the teaching process…which is one reason why over half of all teachers leave the profession during the first five years of their short ‘careers’.
I am currently retired from teaching after 30 years in the trenches. Perhaps those who reside in the ivory towers and comment from afar should get involved & try to improve public education.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:24 amTo unamusinghypocrite,
Nor did I boast about working the editor hard. Give your joke a rest already; it’s getting stale.
Anyway, I am glad you learned here to put a comma between your statement and the person you’re addressing. But unless you have anything to say about the actual topic of this thread, Senator Kennedy or Breihart, don’t expect me to reply any more. I am, in fact, about to go out.
amusedbyhypocrites says:
August 27th, 2009 at 9:30 amHey, Lora…
“Clearly filthy”???
Dudette, I wasn’t the one who was bragging about working the editor hard!
To lilrascal:
CK Philly may not have used the word “racist”, but he did call you a “monkey”.
And we all know what that term is ‘code language’ for.
Time to shake out the hoods & braid the ropes!
August 27th, 2009 at 9:30 amPoor Luckless Lora.
You didn’t realize that the post addressed to “You’re Cute When You’re Angry” Lora was assigning a new nickname (you’ll get a new one every post to correspond with the alert color level of your last missive). How in the world could you think that someone would be addressing you (thus requiring a comma)? That would make no sense whatsoever (it would sound as if the post was addressed to a third party & being forwarded to you). Tsk, tsk, Lora Darling. Sloppy reading.
Are you certain that you have edited publications? What were their print runs? Did anyone besides your relatives receive a copy?
August 27th, 2009 at 9:34 amamusedbyhypocrites
Has anyone besides YOUR relatives received your wee-wee? Isn’t that how they do things in your parts? Oh, sheep too, right? Do they count as relatives?
August 27th, 2009 at 9:40 amYou are so funny, Lora. You keep making mistakes. For instance, you refer to “the actual topic of this thread, Senator Kennedy or Breihart,….” Is that one topic or two? You should either say, “topics” or you should say “Senator Kennedy AND Breihart” (thus linking the two names into one topic). If you want to nit-pick (the hyphen is correct, despite your preference), your wording would suggest to someone unfamiliar with the personages that both Kennedy and Breihart were U.S. (not US) senators.
By the way, why didn’t you point out the lack of commas in “Luckless Lora”, “Inestimable Lora”, etc. if you truly thought that you were being addressed (hey, if you don’t like your nickname, just say so…don’t ascribe it to a non-existent punctuation error)? Try reading it out loud…”To the Inestimable, Lora”. Do you understand now (I can be patient and explain again; remember, I taught middle school).
August 27th, 2009 at 9:44 amHey, CK Philly…you’re one funny dude (or dudette)!
I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.
Do you mail your wee to people? Our local UPS, FedEx, and USPS people frown on that (nothing liquid, fragile, hazardous, or perishable). I would think that your “wee” would qualify on all counts.
Unless you disguise it as part of French dip for your cheesesteak.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:47 amTo unamusinghypocrite,
“The New Lexicon Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language” lists “US” as an acceptable abbreviation of the “United States,” smarty-pants ex-teacher. Who is the Grammar/Spelling Nazi here? It also seems that you can’t make up your petty mind whether I am in an Ivory Tower or uneducated, because you simply want to throw out whatever insult you think works best.
And yes, I have edited publications, one of which was the one of the publisher’s best sellers that particular year. Frankly, I don’t care whether you believe me or not, because I have no intention of listing my real full name here.
amusedbyhypocrites says:
To the Inestimable Lora:
August 27th, 2009 at 9:49 amJust to actually throw in a little substance (not that it will be appreciated here), the state of education in the “US” (sic)
Andrew Breitbart is what El Rushbo BOSS Limbaugh and Glenn Beck scrape off the bottoms of their shoes when they STEP in it while walking the dog.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:51 amamusedbyhypocrites
Shouldn’t you be whacking off to old re-runs of the Glenn Beck show right about now? Isn’t that your normal morning routine before you take your sister on a date to the rodeo?
August 27th, 2009 at 9:53 amTo unamusinghypocrite,
You seem to have a lot of free time. Sorry, but I have better things to do than quibble with you endlessly. So I will say in my somewhat polite Japanese “saynonara, aho?(??????????”?(I wrote the transcription in Roman letters, as the Japanese characters are not likely to come out.)
August 27th, 2009 at 9:57 amawww, bye-bye amusedbyhypocrites! Thanks for the entertainment! Have fun with Glenn and your sister today! Toodaloo!
August 27th, 2009 at 10:16 amJudging from this, I am confirmed in my avoidance of all rightwing nutbag media. I never heard of this guy until today.
August 27th, 2009 at 10:37 amI have no particular love for anybody in the old Kennedy Clan but give the family time to grieve then do your attacking. Personally I don’t see a reason for the family being treated as royalty by the people of the Northeast but this is up to them. They have the right to subordinate themselves to whomever thay choose. Clintons included. There are many more legitimate reasons to poo than to praise but save that for later.
August 27th, 2009 at 11:08 amLora – kudos to you!! Awesome smackdown.
Trolls just plain suck, don’t they?
~A (another editor/writer/grammararian)
August 27th, 2009 at 11:16 amThanks, Annie.
August 27th, 2009 at 11:33 amIt is interesting how the unamusinghypocrite troll disappeared after I actually cited Webster’s, isn’t it? I only regret not doing so earlier.
Lora, if you need someone cursed out in Japanese, I will gladly rip a new ana in this guy’s oshiri.
August 27th, 2009 at 11:46 amOk to those of you who think cons yell a lot….i’m gonna speak softly….ted kennedy was a pile of do nothing serving special interests eg…baby killers,gays,anti-gun activists,…..and on and on….whatever would keep his lard butt in office….and to reply to the thought that the GOP needs great white hope…won’t need one the nigerian national will/is slowly going under
August 27th, 2009 at 12:06 pmStay classy Breitbart/ What a hater. This guy probably has not been laid (by a women) in years that he did not pay for.
Glad to see his picture. He is well on his way to being another bald, fat white guy with an irritability disorder secondary to low Testosterone
August 27th, 2009 at 12:14 pmI am comforted that a man I regard highly is so hated by a man I feel is the lowest of humanity. It means that Sen. Kennedy was doing everything right. Bless him.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:15 pmThe comments made by this person are so typical of what the GOP and far right wing have become. They are angry racists jealous of a black man as POTUS and will carry that anger as far as they can even toting pistols, rifles to POTUS meetings while just a short year ago they would have called protesters with guns attending POTUS meetings terrorists and Un-American.
The examples of Newt, Rush, Beck, Orally, Palin, Cheney, etc should be an education for all Americans. Some of these people are unhinged, have lost their grasp on reality, and obviously should not be taken seriously.
They are also angry of people such as Ted Kennedy, contributions to America noteworthy, acknowledged leader by both sides of aisle. What does the GOP have? They have no leaders and are in fear of Rush. How far the once powerful have fallen.
They are also fearful that in 10 years whites in America will be the minority with Hispanic, Latino, Asians the majority. I welcome the change and so do all current minorities who have been savagely mishandled by the white majority for far too long. Soon all people will be treated equally in this country beginning with Health Care reform.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:16 pmflitermedic, you’re talking too softly.
We can’t hear you.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:32 pmThis gentlemans comments are right on the mark. Ted Kennedy was a prime example of rich liberal politics. Kennedy was a drunken murderer that if he were not rich would have been put in prison. He was a drunken womanizer throughout his political career that took financial support from any entity he could take money from. It is all history and is there to see, if you will just look. I am not a republican and I am old enough to remember the truth. Money and influence can get you anything but death will eventually claim even the rich and powerful. The world is a better place without people like Ted Kennedy.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:48 pmI hope A-Hole Breitbart dies a long, painful death. Preferably starting soon.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:48 pmRepublicans are evil pieces of trash!
August 27th, 2009 at 12:54 pmThe best way to deal with them is to stop reporting the garbage that comes out of their mouths.
When President Obama gets healthcare passed, Kennedy will be dancing in his grave.
Rest in piece Edward Kennedy.
Well our Mr. Breitbart has given America yet another shining example of “Republican Rhetoric” and the ignorance that will someday render the “grand old party” invalid. To quote Mr. Breitbart…he is a “pile of human excrement” with a mouth…and not very special at that.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:55 pmUm, Allen?
Money and influence didn’t claim Ted Kennedy’s life.
Cancer doesn’t care if you are rich or poor, powerful or weak.
It doesn’t care how you voted in the elections or how pure a life you have led.
It’s a disease that knows no stereotypes.
And it took Ted Kennedy’s life.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:03 pmhe is the voice of the “great white hope”—-so was Hilter
August 27th, 2009 at 1:09 pmBrietbart is right.
Kennedy has always been scum.
The people who elected him are morons.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:09 pmI am not going to read all the comments because I am just to furious to go through the 300 plus before mine.
Laura Bush killed her boyfriend by driving her car at a high rate of speed, running through a stop sign with which she was well familiar and T-boning the car said boyfriend was in. I can only hope he died instantly because it must have been horrific.
She was never charged, she was never given a blood-alcohol test, and the boyfriend’s name has not been mentioned by reporters, journalists, pundits, commentators every time her name came out of their yap.
LAURA BUSH KILLED HER BOYFRIEND AND GOT AWAY SCOT-FREE.
LAURA BUSH TOOK ANOTHER HUMAN LIFE AND WALKED AWAY.
LAURA BUSH IS A MURDERER.
And of course, also completely banned from polite conversation is the fact of GEORGE W. BUSH’S WELL-KNOWN COCAINE USE IN THE SACRED WHITE HOUSE WHEN HIS FATHER WAS PRESIDENT.
And of course, no one is allowed to mention the fact that George W. Bush was AWOL from his National Guard service or the fact that it was through his father’s political connections that he was given that opportunity in lieu of, you know, actually serving his country with his life, unlike so many thousands of other Americans who were shipped off to Viet Nam, many never to return alive, whether they liked it or not.
Yes, let’s talk about how terrible Teddy Kennedy was. I’m sure it made Republicans a lot uncomfortable when he stood up in the Senate and pointed out what disgusting little toads they were for opposing a raise of two dollars fifteen cents over two years for minimum-wage workers who not only had received no raise in the previous ten years but whose purchasing power at that minimum wage had declined significantly over that period of time.
But, no, let’s talk about Chappaquidick because that makes Republicans feel like heroes.
I would like to say a very bad word but I will have respect for the thread and refrain. I think you all know what that word is.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:19 pmBravo Karen Marie!!!
August 27th, 2009 at 1:30 pmIdiots like Breitbart are not speaking to the public at large because no one takes them serioulsy. His comments are directed at the slavering, gun toting, hard drinking, bible thumping, flag waving, gay hating, xenophobic, paranoid incompetents that infest the hard-whacko-right like sucking parasitic worms. Let him rant, maybe he’ll pop a blood vessel in his eye or something.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:54 pmRepublicans are a breed of animal all by themselves. Anything rotten, ugly, sorry, odious, odoriferous, low life, no account, despicable, wrecked, beneath contempt, bald faced lie, can be traced to republican filth. Democrats have some things they should have to pay for, and you can be sure that some hypocrite republican will make mountains out of molehills when that happens. In the last century, the repigs presided over every economic catastrophe, plotted against FDR, just picked the wrong Marine to lead it, and pissed away the regulations placed to protect us small guys against what we see today on Wall Street, and the mortgage “bubble.” They have no shame. They’ve walked away from the greatest crime in United States history and so far, no one but Vince Bugliosi has made an effort to bring charges against these rodents before they scurry back in to the dark, dank woodwork, and sewers that vomited them forth. With the help of some sorry democrats that, like John Conyers said, “don’t read the bills,” they pissed away thousands of BILLIONS of dollars that the Late Senator Edward M. Kennedy explained in clear simple terms what the money COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR. IF there is a god, these roaches are in deep doo doo. Satan will have a HELL of a time finding horrors appropriate to these bugs. Damn them all straight to hell.
tedbohne
August 27th, 2009 at 1:57 pmPeople like this roach never cease to amaze me. Can always find some phlegm to expectorate even at times when a kind word will do. Some rat up above ranting on about his father the “Nazi bootlegger” instead of looking it up to see if there’s any truth to it. Joe Kennedy Imported spirits from northern Europe during Prohibition, a pathetic example of American stupidity by the “temperance ladies.” Reformed whores. The Kennedy family paid dearly for any transgressions they may or may not have committed. I say, “Rest in Peace Senator Kennedy. You’ve earned it!”
August 27th, 2009 at 2:04 pmWho IS this idiot anyway? What a nasty, nasty, bitter man. I feel sorry for him. That kind of vileness only makes life worse. I wonder what he has ever done in this world to make it better. Obviously not much. And let’s be clear about one thing: any Republican/conservative web site that calls itself “Think Progress” is an oxymoron.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:14 pmto tedbohne:
Unfortunately, the “mob mentality” kicks in and the media contributes (understatement!) to misinformation and mis-direction. People get caught up in the mass hysteria and do not research the facts for themselves…illustrative of the all too prevelant human malady of lazy indifference to truth. That ilk cannot be reasoned with…they just “go with the flow” and cling hungrily to every word the Breitbarts, Palins and Limbaughs say, thinking it actually has significance.
The Republican party is fighting for its very existence, but given the tenor of their “spokespersons”, they will become extinct. It is a tragic indication of affairs when Rush Limbaugh is the strongest voice for the GOP!!
August 27th, 2009 at 2:30 pmTo Poor, Deluded Lora (and her loyal sidekick, Leftside Annie):
Thanks for the additional chuckles through her self-congratulatory note regarding your wielding of Webster’s. Hate to disappoint you & Leftside Annie (doesn’t that make you wobble quite a bit, Annie?), but I ‘went away’ to do productive work. I just check in here now & then for laughs (unlike some who…to paraphrase a familiar wag…have a lot of extra time on their hands. Evidently they spend most of their time consorting on the internet with like-minded fellow travelers for comfort…when they are not editing “major publications”).
I do find it terribly amusing that you felt constrained to reply AFTER you had vowed not to do so. Just couldn’t avoid taking the bait, eh? Well, that’s not surprising…liberals have never made a promise that they couldn’t break afterward.
Meanwhile, back to Kennedy and his legacy of “Borking” Supreme Court candidates…
(I haven’t even noted his hypocrisy in opposing ‘clean energy’ wind turbines that would have marred the coastal view from his home. Sort of like the liberals who want to mandate housing projects in every neighborhood..except their own).
I would think that Edward Kennedy, being a man of the common people, would have left instructions for his family NOT to lionize him by having his body lie in state for several days so that admirers could file by. Perhaps one day we will see a well-respected & admired politician who will shun such “royal” trappings & demand to be buried in a quiet ceremony outside of the public eye. Despite an earlier poster’s unintentionally hilarious remark, evidently SOME liberals DO put their heroes on a pedestal.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:33 pmThose predicting the demise of the conservative movement (who cares what happens to the GOP? To paraphrase Edward M. Kennedy, it’s time for conservatives to remember who they are, what they stand for, and to behave appropriately.
What short memories posters here have. Does no one remember the predictions of many pundits after the Republican Revolution & the election of G.W. that it would take generations for the Democratic Party to recover (if it ever did)? A year is a lifetime in politics. How many would have predicted the rise of Obama even six years ago? Constituencies of all stripes would do well to note what happens to those who grow arrogant in power…which seems to be just about anybody & everybody who occupies high office these days.
Of course, CK Philly could have put it much more eloquently (since he seems obsessed with incestuous relations).
Have you been in therapy much over your childhood molestations, CK?
August 27th, 2009 at 2:41 pmI would think that Edward Kennedy, being a man of the common people, would have left instructions for his family NOT to lionize him by having his body lie in state for several days so that admirers could file by. Perhaps one day we will see a well-respected & admired politician who will shun such “royal” trappings & demand to be buried in a quiet ceremony outside of the public eye. Despite an earlier poster’s unintentionally hilarious remark, evidently SOME liberals DO put their heroes on a pedestal.
Yeah well, what’s wrong with that? Politicians always claim to be a man of the people, but it’s what they do for the people that counts. Sure he wasn’t perfect, of course he wasn’t.
I’ll let Fox News do the talking, since they aren’t tainted by liberal bias…
1964: Head Start
– Provided meals and early education to pre-school children through the Employee Opportunity Act.
1965: Hart-Cellar Act:
– Changed immigration policy to abolish quotas and lift a 1924 ban on immigration from Asia.
1968: Bilingual Education Act
– Mandated for schools to provide bilingual education programs.
1970: Voting Age
– Lowered the age to vote to 18.
1971: Federal Cancer Research Program
– Quadrupled the amount of money spent by the federal government to fight cancer.
1972: Meals on Wheels
– Strengthened the federal program offering nutritional meals to homebound seniors.
1972: WIC
– Offered food, nutrition counseling and health services to low-income women, infants, and children.
1972: Title IX
– Demanded equal funding for men’s and women’s athletics on college campuses.
1974: Campaign Finance
– Imposed limits on contributions to political candidates and set up a public financing option, post-Watergate.
1975: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
– Guaranteed free and appropriate public education to children with disabilities.
1978: Civil Rights Commission Act Amendments
– Expanded the jurisdiction of the Civil Rights Commission to protect people from discrimination on the basis of disability.
1978: Airline Deregulation
– Allowed airlines to choose their own fares, reducing costs for consumers.
1980: Refugee Act
– Established a U.S. policy for providing humanitarian assistance, admission and resettlement to refugees around the world.
1981: Fuel Assistance
– Provided home heating fuel for low-income and working poor families.
1983: Martin Luther King Day
– Established a national holiday to celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday.
1984: Improved Access to Polling Stations
– Required polling stations to provide physical accessibility for physically disabled and elderly people on federal election days.
1986: Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act
– Allowed disabled workers to receive SSI benefits and Medicaid coverage.
1986: Anti-Apartheid Sanctions
– Banned the purchase of gold, coal, iron, and other goods from South Africa to protest apartheid.
1987: Even Start
– Offered early education, family literacy and related services to disadvantaged parents and their children.
1988: Fair Housing Act Amendments
– Prohibited discrimination towards people with disabilities in the sale or rental of housing.
1989: National Military Child Care Act
– Established the Department of Defense child care system.
1990: Americans with Disabilities Act
– Prohibited discrimination against any qualified individual with a disability in job application procedures, hiring or discharge, compensation, advancement and training.
1990: Ryan White CARE Act
– Provided assistance to states to develop effective and cost-efficient AIDS care programs, aimed particularly at early diagnosis and home care.
1991: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
– Halved the world’s nuclear arsenal through cooperation with the U.S.S.R.
1991: Women in Combat
– Lifted the ban on women serving as combat aviators.
1992: Summer Jobs for Youth Program
– Appropriated $500 million to give 300,000 youth with summer employment.
1992: Mammography Quality Standards Act
– Ensured the safety and accuracy of mammograms and promoted the use of the procedure
1993: National and Community Service Trust Act
– Created AmeriCorps and the Corporation for National and Community Service to help expand volunteerism and education grants for students who choose to volunteer for service after college.
1993: Student Loans
– Allowed students to borrow money for college directly from the federal government.
1994: Family and Medical Leave Act
– Provided up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for family emergencies or after the birth of infants.
1994: Crime Act
– Secured funding for 100,000 new police officers, imposed new penalties for crimes involving gangs and firearms and authorized the Police Corps, a program to award college scholarships to students in return for a commitment to serve as police officers.
1996: Kennedy-Kassebaum Act
– Enabled employees to keep health insurance after leaving their job and prohibited insurance companies from refusing to renew coverage on the basis of preexisting medical conditions.
1996: Mental Health Parity Bill
– Eliminated limits on mental health coverage that differ from other covered illnesses.
1996: Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Act
– Established Welfare-to-Work Initiatives to reduce the number of families dependent on government assistance.
1996/2007: Minimum Wage
– Increased the minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.15 in 1996, and then again from $5.15 in 2007 to $7.25 by 2009.
1997: State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
– Supported state efforts to provide health insurance to uninsured children in low-income families.
2000: Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act
– Improved data systems and research on the extent and severity of minority health problems, and authorized significant resources to help enhance the delivery of health care to minorities.
2000 Public Health Threats and Emergencies Act
– Introduced initiatives to control the spread of germs resistant to antibiotics, and to protect the country against bioterrorism.
2001: No Child Left Behind Act
– Required more rigorous testing of public school students and permitted parents to transfer their children from low-performing to higher-performing schools.
2002: Bioterrorism Preparedness Act
– Established plan to help the country prevent, prepare for and respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies.
2002: Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act
– Expanded the country’s intelligence and law enforcement capabilities to help identify individuals who have violated visas or have links to terrorist organizations.
2003: Up-Armored Humvees
– Provided funding for additional armor for military vehicles to meet the safety needs of American troops.
2003: PROTECT Act
– Provided funding for AMBER Alert notification systems along U.S. highways and awarded grants to states for the implementation of improved communication technologies.
2005: Gulf Coast Recovery and Preparedness Act
– Provided emergency funding to assist in the recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina.
2006: Family Opportunity Act
– Provided states the opportunity to expand Medicaid coverage to children with special needs and allowed low- and middle-income families with disabled children the ability to purchase coverage under the Medicaid program.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Just a reminder of what a high-minded crew you have around here
Snakeater says:
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If there is a Hell, this Bastard belongs there, GOOD Riddance, I hope his last hours were as painful as can be!
Leftside Annie says:
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Good flarking riddance to a worthless piece of rubbish.
And no, I’m not sorry for either having or expressing that sentiment.
regulararmyfool says:
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Another person that would have been strangled at birth in a just world.
Dammit, Kissinger, just die, die, die.
The Angry Republican says:
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Good Riddance!
He outed an active duty CIA agent against EVERY journalistic mores to further the political agenda of destroying any opposition to I AM NOT A Dick Cheney and his Fascist regime.
Seems to me God decided to judge him early.
Let those who defend his actions await God’s judgment too :)
doghunter25id says:
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To bad Robert “NO-FACTS” Novak didn’t die in prison. While I believe in Freedom of the Press, Mr. “NO-FACTS” should have never allowed his column to be used by Cheney, Libby and Rove as a vehicle to commit TREASON by outing a Covert CIA Agent during War Time. Since his friend and fellow
TRAITOR Kerl Rove talked him into committing TREASON, he should have died in prison. In the arms of his cellmate Bubba.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:01 pmMike Hunt says:
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Good. Too bad it didn’t happen before this despicable bastard had done so much damage. Rot in hell you bastard.
I had never even heard of this Breitbart douch– er, fellow, before. I can’t say my life is any better knowing who he is. I now intend to forget him as quickly as possible. May his own death go completely unnoticed by anyone.
Come on, Progress, you shouldn’t even be acknowledging the mindless hateful babblings of lunatics like this. I know, I know, it’s meant to get us liberals “angry” at the uncompassionate conservatives. But you know what? I’m already angry at them. I’ve been angry at them for years. I already knew they were uncompassionate, and I know that secretly many of them are cheering Kennedy’s death in their minds, just as I’m sure some of them silently praised Oswald when JFK was assassinated. Think I’m kidding? I’m not. These so-called “Christians” delight in the deaths of others, when those others are people they perceive to be a threat to their “way of life”. So how is this news? Especially when it comes from the mouth (or tweets, rather) of someone so insignificant as this Breitbart arse cave?
As for the whole idea that “liberals” danced with joy for the deaths of Tony Snow and Ronald Reagan, or that we would delight in seeing the likes of Bush and Cheney put to death for their crimes — absurdity. I don’t delight in anyone’s death, not even if it means I stand to inherit a great deal of money (which is probably the only conceivable reason I could see to find any delight whatsoever in someone’s passing). On the contrary, I felt bad for Snow and Reagan. Whatever qualms I may have had with their views in life are moot. Just because you disagree with a person doesn’t mean you should HATE them or take joy in seeing them suffer — even if they actually deserve to suffer.
Look, I have no “bleeding heart” about terrorists who want to kill me and my family, but at the same time, I take no pride or joy in seeing them killed or tortured. Only a sociopathic sadist could actually take JOY in such a thought. If those on the right consider themselves to be true Christians, and honestly believe that Ted Kennedy was somehow an evil man (or bully, or villain, or what have you), they should take comfort in the fact that God will judge him now. Just as God will judge them and their ilk when their time comes. How do you think God views people who delight in the pain, suffering, and deaths of others?
It’s sick, is what it is. To dance on the grave of your “enemy”, especially when your “enemy” is a fellow American who fought for the rights of Americans. I would not even take pleasure in the death of Osama Bin Laden! I would be relieved that he was no longer a threat to the country, but at the same time I realize that his death would not signal an end to terrorism or cause for celebration. The fact that Kennedy is dead does not mean the “end” of liberalism, the fact that Reagan is dead does not mean the “end” of conservatism.
All of that aside, while I don’t delight in the suffering of others, it is somewhat cathartic to hurl insults. I prefer to save my insults for the living, and consider it rude to insult the dead, as they aren’t able to defend themselves. So I’m going to purge some of my distaste for so-called “conservative commentators” on this Bratburp fellow. “Big ass m—–f—–”? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Seeing as how you’ve been in “journalism” for quite a while, I suppose I should have heard of you, Mr. Brainfart, but I haven’t. Perhaps you’re just not very entertaining, successful, or relevant. Maybe it’s because you look like the bastard child of Rush Limbaugh and Bernie Madoff, or spew more fecal matter from your mouth than from your opposing orifice. And what’s with the hairdo, seriously? Do your second-rate jobs not pay you enough to afford a mirror? Interesting Wiki article on you… so interesting that they declined to even post your picture. I don’t know if that’s because of how irrelevant you are, or because they were afraid of nauseating the people who accidentally navigated to the page after searching for Bratwurst. I see you refer to yourself as “Matt Drudge’s b—-”. Ah, now see, Matt Drudge is someone I have heard of before. That would make you his b—-. It would also make you MY b—-. I see you also guest hosted Savage Nation and occasionally fill in for Dennis Miller’s radio show. I would argue, however, that you’re probably even too ugly for radio. Ooh, Savage Nation and Dennis Miller. You know, I remember a time when Dennis Miller was relevant. And somewhat entertaining. Just shows how far he’s fallen when he resorts to using the likes of YOU to fill in for him. I see you also had a role in “Michael Moore Hates America” — did you happen to play Moore in that one? Sorry, I love Michael Moore, but he’s almost as ugly as you are. Almost.
Well, I’m glad I got that off my chest. But don’t worry, Bartburt, I won’t be making fun of you when you die. Chances are pretty good that I won’t even hear about it, and no one will care. In fact, shortly after submitting this comment, I will have completely forgotten who you are. Do you think anyone will ever forget who Ted Kennedy was? Hmm? That’s right, Mr. Barnumbailey, Ted Kennedy was a man who held a democratically elected seat of power for almost 50 years, and influenced the world more than you could ever dream of. He was a man known and loved around the world, whom even his own critics admired and respected. Did he have some personal problems? Of course, and I’m not going to defend Chappaquiddick. But if we were to hang everyone who has ever made a mistake in life, we would have a severe shortage of rope, would we not? Your own conservative ilk have made plenty of mistakes of their own, some costing countless lives as a result. The vast majority of Kennedy’s work has helped to benefit people, many in ways that they may never know, particularly amongst young people of my generation who aren’t aware of all the things Teddy was instrumental in passing that we today take for granted. In that respect, Kennedy has actually benefitted the conservative movement as well — can you imagine what the world would be like without any liberal and/or progressive programs in place? People would have abandoned the Republican party EONS ago had liberals not first made their lives tolerable enough to actually worry about trivial things like taxes, defecits, and gun control.
Anyway, the original point of my post was that this Birdbrain guy is a nobody, and it’s not at all surprising that anyone on the right would show a complete lack of respect or compassion to Kennedy’s passing. If anything, it’s more surprising that the likes of Rush Limbaugh actually showed any respect or restraint at all. Probably only because they fear the PR backlash from appearing overly cruel towards the recently deceased, but whatever, at least they have the decency to keep most of their opinions to themselves in the wake of the man’s death. But, is it news that some conservative commentators are uncompassionate a-holes? If you think that’s news, I’ve got another newsflash for you: bears defecate in the woods.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:02 pmdon’t have anything bad to say about Ted Kennedy. But this crew is really a bunch of hypocrites to complain about anyone after whay they had to say about Robert Novak last week
Ms_Joanne says:
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From the “no great loss” file. Outing a CIA agent during a time of war is treason. And we’re supposed to remember him fondly? Yes, sir…you have one heck of a legacy. Whatever good you may have done in perpetuity, you didn’t do much good while you were on this earth.
My sympathies to those who survive him. Other than that…
(spit)
Perry logan says:
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Novak said he wouldn’t have done anything differently. This means:
1) Robert Novak learned absolutely nothing from his life, and
2) Robert Novak died an unrepentant traitor.
mongo says:
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Hope he liked his legacy: outing a CIA agent, then being a pr*ck about his right to do whatever he wanted.
Good riddance to bad rubbish
BobbyG says:
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Traitor.
On the very first page of his book, he made no mistake about his acid disdain for Joe Wilson, prior to becoming involved in outing Valerie. I’d have liked it had he died in prison.
tulsalou says:
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Novak was a despicable human being. The world will be a better place with him gone.
Game of Life says:
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Why not speak ill of a man who caused pain on the living? Death is part of living and his death took too long in coming.
He was a liar and one of the forefathers who torn this nation apart.
Good riddance
August 27th, 2009 at 3:04 pmOk, Tracy_5, watchdog, the rest of the conservatives, I don’t think you’re really seeing why some people are pissed. Maybe just me, but I think there’s some who feel the same way. They’re mad because a family hasn’t gotten the chance to even mourn their loss before slander comes out. It’s not right when it comes from conservatives, it’s not right when it comes from liberals. It’s not right when it comes from that person’s opponents or proponents. It’s just not right. Just once, I would like to hear someone conservative say something completely human, even if it’s neutral or a downright lie. You don’t have to miss him, I sure as hell won’t because I didn’t know him. I didn’t know his redeeming qualities or his failures – despite many Republican attempts to educate me on them. To be honest, I’d give Bush the same respect I’d give Clinton if either one of them died.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:06 pmCampesino, you’re included in that post.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:07 pmCampesino says:
So two wrongs make a right? Why is it that right-wingers always say, the lefties did it as if it excuses their behavior as well? Do you think that works in the playground? Of course not.
The man was NOT perfect, his behavior at Chappaquiddick was indefensible…but of course you don’t condemn the righties for their words. You just pile on the lefties. At least you had the decency not to stoop down to the level of the freepers. I’ll give you credit for that. Perhaps you should be noticing that such words are universal, but you would like to pooh-pooh those words from the fringe right while condemning us fully.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:10 pmQUESTION: has any TK critic actually LIED about him?
ANSWER: no. all the criticism is TRUTH.
that’s what you libs can’t stand – the fact that’s it’s all TRUE & you can’t hide from it.
furthermore, how many of you libs here came out in defense of TONY SNOW who actually was lied about?
moot point. it doesn’t even matter because you are so blinded by bitterness you can’t see straight because you can’t think straight.
how very very AMAZING that you rebellious libs who don’t want anyone to tell you what to do are so ready to follow tyrants.
perhaps it’s because you can’t help but follow men who represent your innermost selves.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:14 pmTonybd07 says:
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Ok, Tracy_5, watchdog, the rest of the conservatives, I don’t think you’re really seeing why some people are pissed. Maybe just me, but I think there’s some who feel the same way. They’re mad because a family hasn’t gotten the chance to even mourn their loss before slander comes out. It’s not right when it comes from conservatives, it’s not right when it comes from liberals. It’s not right when it comes from that person’s opponents or proponents. It’s just not right. Just once, I would like to hear someone conservative say something completely human, even if it’s neutral or a downright lie. You don’t have to miss him, I sure as hell won’t because I didn’t know him. I didn’t know his redeeming qualities or his failures – despite many Republican attempts to educate me on them. To be honest, I’d give Bush the same respect I’d give Clinton if either one of them died.
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Thank you. I feel the same way!
August 27th, 2009 at 3:19 pmTO: Tonybd07
Tonybd07 said:
#1 I don’t think you’re really seeing why some people are pissed.
#2 I would like to hear someone conservative say something completely human, even if it’s … downright lie.
me, rezi:
YO! TO-ny
#1 you people are ALWAYS pissed.
#2 you people are willing to hear a lie just to make you feel good.
THAT’S YOUR WHOLE PROBLEM: TRUTH DOESN’T MATTER TO YOU!
that’s why you are
August 27th, 2009 at 3:43 pmA. willing to listen to *liars
*libs who talk real pretty all the while chipping away at YOUR LIBERTY as they pull the us/U.S. away from the consititution which guarantees your GOD-GIVEN liberty so they/libs can gain power over us/U.S. all
B. ALWAYS PISSED
TO: Campesino who agrees w/tonybd07
me,rezi:
SAME TO YOU
#1 you people are ALWAYS pissed.
#2 you people are willing to hear a lie just to make you feel good.
THAT’S YOUR WHOLE PROBLEM: TRUTH DOESN’T MATTER TO YOU!
that’s why you are
August 27th, 2009 at 3:48 pmA. willing to listen to *liars
*libs who talk real pretty all the while chipping away at YOUR LIBERTY as they pull the us/U.S. away from the consititution which guarantees your GOD-GIVEN liberty so they/libs can gain power over us/U.S. all
B. ALWAYS PISSED
If Senator Ted Kennedy had ever stumbled across this forum, he’d have been appalled by the degree of poisonous hatred that emanates from it. There’s not a single one of the regular posters here who has any room to talk about Breitbart, Beck, or any other loudmouthed, sensationalist, neo-con idiot…because you all spit out the same bile as they do, only from the opposite extreme. You even attack moderates with the same vehemence as you would a neo-con, just like a pack of rabid jackals. Ted Kennedy would never have associated himself with the likes of this place; he’d have shaken his head in disgust and moved on to something worth reading.
But unlike Kennedy, I’m compelled to post a comment here…just to point out the fact that the man you hold with such high esteem would have shunned the bunch of you for the hatred expressed in your views.
Kennedy was an icon of democratic ideals; but not yours.
P.S.-Don’t bother banning me…I’m done.
August 27th, 2009 at 4:08 pmSee all the self-righteous here pull the classic bait here. Always cry about the left-wing hate, telling us we should condemn ourselves, but would you see them going to Free Republic and asking them to do the same here? Why is it Shame on you liberals, but never the same to the other side?
August 27th, 2009 at 4:15 pmarcheric says:
Gee, if Ted Kennedy did find this forum, I certainly hope he’d stop by and say hi. Of course, you knew the man personally, it seems.
So tell us why you think you can assume we’re all the same as Beck and…um…that other guy, whoever he is, even though you have never met any of us nor have you seen every single thing written on this blog to make the assumption that we’re all the same.
Oh, you’re not here?
Never mind.
August 27th, 2009 at 4:16 pmApparently Breitbart’s parents never taught him how to be civil.
August 27th, 2009 at 4:38 pmMore like this:
Former President George W. Bush spoke to Vicki Kennedy on Wednesday and expressed his and Laura Bush’s condolences, best wishes and prayers, an aide said.
Bush said that the senator was “a great man who lived a full life” and that he would miss him, the aide said.
Earlier, Bush said in a statement: “Laura and I are saddened by the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy. We extend our condolences and prayers to Sen. Kennedy’s wife, Vicki, and all of their family.
“Ted Kennedy spent more than half his life in the United States Senate. He was a man of passion who advocated fiercely for his convictions. I was pleased to work with Sen. Kennedy on legislation to raise standards in public schools, reform immigration and ensure dignity and fair treatment for Americans suffering from mental illness.
“In a life filled with trials, Ted Kennedy never gave in to self-pity or despair. He maintained his optimistic spirit, his sense of humor and his faith in his fellow citizens. He loved his family and his country — and he served them until the end. He will be deeply missed.”
August 27th, 2009 at 4:43 pmOr this:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) issued the following statement regarding the passing of longtime political journalist Robert Novak:
“Today we pause in memory of Robert Novak, who died of brain cancer at the age of 78. Novak was a Washington institution, the author of a syndicated column that ran for four and a half decades, a familiar presence on television, and one of the nation’s most prominent conservative voices. Naturally, we agreed on very little—but I have sincere respect for Robert Novak’s dedication and prolific career. His lifelong passion for politics struck a chord with many Americans. It was a passion he said began when his father let him stay up late to listen to a radio broadcast of the 1940 Republican Convention, and it carried him to the center of the Washington scene. My thoughts today are with his family.”
August 27th, 2009 at 4:46 pmAndrew Breitbart. Jude.
August 27th, 2009 at 4:49 pmto medic,
Who is the Nigerian national? I thought you birthers were claiming Obama is a Kenyan or British or Canadian national? Has Orly Taitz produced another fake birth certificate tor “prove” that Obama was born in Nigeria. Or is it a matter that all African countries are the same to you?
flitemedic says:
August 27th, 2009 at 6:47 pmted kennedy was a pile of do nothing serving special interests eg…baby killers,gays,anti-gun activists,…..and on and on….whatever would keep his lard butt in office….and to reply to the thought that the GOP needs great white hope…won’t need one the nigerian national will/is slowly going under
Campesino says:
It is only really a reminder of what an ignorant punkass troll and stupid pile of dogshit you are
August 27th, 2009 at 7:22 pmamusedbyhypocrites says:
You dont know anything about sane folk. You arent one of them. You are an ignorant brainwashed piece of sewage. The words stupid and moron are descriptive. Descriptive of YOU. That you dont LIKE being accuratly described means nothing to me. You started the namecalling and rudeness now you want to snivel like the lame punk you are that you are being treated the way you treat us. I am sure you would LIKE us to take your stupid abuse and not return serve. I dont roll that way. You are stupid. You are a punk. You are a liar and a fool and I will just tell the world that NOTHING you have to say about it. Keep telling us about the pendulum except polls keep showing the GOP is STILL losing support. It is because of ignorant brainwashed PUNKS like you. People see your dishonesty and stupidity and they dont thing the country ought to be run by morons like YOU anymore. So Bite my A$$ you piece of filth
August 27th, 2009 at 7:29 pmPurple State, thanks for your offer. But since you obviously know some Japanese, you should also know that I did not curse out the unamusinghypocrite troll. I merely said, “Goodbye, idiot (or a//hole, or however you want to translate “aho”). The deluded troll thinks (in #353) I responded to him again. However, unless his real name is Breithart (admittedly, a possibility), none of my subsequent posts has been addressed to him. Yoroshiku.
Purple State says:
August 27th, 2009 at 7:43 pmLora, if you need someone cursed out in Japanese, I will gladly rip a new ana in this guy’s oshiri.
Sir:
You are the prime example of low a man may fall and yet be counted among the human race.
Could you not at least wait until the man is buried before unleashing your sorry mental offal? What is your hurry?
Is it perhaps your realization that even if you spend every moment of your life cursing this man, you will not be able to achieve a thousandth of what he has, nor will you be remembered for anything other than being the obscene caricature of a human that you are.
August 27th, 2009 at 7:50 pmWhat a JERK you are. What kind of swill must live in your heart to kick a man on the day he dies! Where does this hatred come from? Maybe from a dissatisfaction with your own life. Maybe you have a lot to talk over with a therapist. Most conservatives have enough class to realize that Ted Kennedy did a lot for this country. Some of them, such as John McCain, will even attend and speak at his memorial. I guess your mother didn’t teach you manners. I pity you.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:45 pmI am willing to bet anyone who wasn’t alive when Mary Jo died at Chappaquiddick sure didn’t learn the story this week. The press has been far to reverential.
Did any of us get through the week of Richard Nixon’s funeral without learning about all the details of Watergate? And how about Kennedy’s treatment of Robert Bork?
Andrew is pissed off. But politics is serious business and at least he isn’t afraid to bring a knife to a gun fight. I just spent 8 years hearing my president compared to Hitler … I guess all who said that need not only a history lesson but a lesson in manners, also.
August 28th, 2009 at 1:59 amWell I heard MY president be slandered for 8 years…I’ll have you guess who it was…If there is anyone who needs a lesson, it’s the righties who instead of debating ideas either sought to squelch dissent by calling us terrorists, traitors, you name it.
August 28th, 2009 at 3:00 amBefore I’m called a heartless neo-con, or right wing zealot, let me clarify that I’m an Independent, having tired of the self serving actions of both major political parties. I think the Dems and Repubs tend to put their party before the good of the nation. This said, Kennedy was one of the “worst” of the “party first” politicians.
August 28th, 2009 at 3:47 amI can see the point that the man should be put in the ground before the mud begins to fly, but did any of us really think that would happen? NOT! Ted was too controversial. Most liberals loved him. The right wingers tended to hate him. I have my own reasons for disliking Sen. Kennedy, but I can express that without calling him names, or cursing him. In the near future, we may be “eulogizing” some Republican politician …. maybe a Bush or Cheney …. so don’t get pious. I’m sure the roast will be just as quick and bruising.
I’m a Vietnam veteran … one of those drug adled dudes that feels betrayed by Kennedy. I believe he had a lot of responsibility for bringing about the pathetic withdrawal of our troops which caused great loss of life to our warrriors and also the brave Vietnamese people who fought by our sides. They were slaughtered when we abandoned them. I resent his Harvard cheating escapade … kicked out and then readmitted. Meanwhile, the kid that cheated for him was never readmitted. Shameful. Chappaquiddick? Needn’t be repeated in depth, but he was responsible for a girl’s death and asked a relative to take the fall. What does this say about the guy’s character? Get real, he doesn’t deserve adulation, regardless of what he’s done in politics. He was instrumental for getting the Hart-Celler Act passed in 1965. That legislation is one of the root causes for the out of control illegal immigration that we are struggling with today. His older brother, JFK, had completely different plans for the immigration legislation. He wanted it to be skills based. What a costly disaster Teddy’s course has been! I watched him direct the character assassination of Judge Robert Bork. Bork was a very intelligent, experienced Constitution oriented jurist and it was a tragedy to see him debased for political nonsense. He would’ve been a great SC member who based opinions on our Constitution, not a revisionist politician. Thank Goodness Sotomayor was spared the humility that Kennedy brought upon Bork’s head. Read the hearing transcripts if you doubt me. Finally, the 9/11 blood had barely dried on the sidewalks of NY before Teddy decided to use the disaster to make political gain. How sad …. for a short time Americans stood shoulder to shoulder, but It was Kennedy who began the political attacks shortly afterward. So, I ask all of you, who was quick to walk on people’s graves? I believe the senator was. Therefore, what goes around comes around. I’d wager that his older brothers and father would’ve given him a good thumping if they had lived to see the way he acted and the poor decisions he made. He brought shame to the good family name and ruined his chances to ever hold the office of president. In fact, the only thing that saved him from jail was probably the nation’s respect for JFK and Bobby.
I hope he’s replaced in the senate by a person that will promote togetherness and cooperation of ALL the legislators. I’m sick of the spewing of hatred between parties, left/right/atheists/born agains/races …. whatever. This name calling and divisiveness is ridiculous and makes me wonder if we have much of a future. If there are errors in this thing … tough, I don’t have a proof reader.
I LOVE this website!!!!
I have bookmarked it & will send the link to friends who think that LeftWingNuts don’t exist. They can then see for themselves the foaming-at-the-mouth future Unibombers who are one step away from mob violence (EugeneDeb’s therapist must have earned a fortune by now; he/she has earned it by protecting society thus far).
Don’t you rabid leftists here realize that you are tools of these organizations who use your donations for their livelihood? Undoubtedly they mock you over their caviar & champagne dinners while they enjoy their ‘escorts’…all paid for by your $.
Even worse, you don’t seem to realize that websites such as this are godsends to people like Glen Beck & Bill O’Reilly. YOU keep them in business through your invective, obscene comments, intolerance of any views but your own, and threats of violence toward dissenting views. Congratulations! You are the best friends that right-wingers ever had!
Every time you type in Repiggies, Rethuglicans, Repukes, etc., you should hear FoxNews (excuse me, FauxNews…how original!) coffers going Ca-Ching!!
I have many friends of all political stripes…independent, Democratic, Republican, and others (no anarchists, admittedly), and NEVER have I seen anything like the bile spewed here. Do you people even KNOW anyone who doesn’t share your views, much less interact with them?
I visit many websites and have many heated but respectful debates with others (some whom have become internet friends). The difference is that those sites welcome opposing views & intelligent conversation. Moderators prevent insults and “voting down” unpopular views. If someone DARED to refer to opponents as(I’m going to make up a few in the spirit of this site) Dimwitcrats, Demoncrats, Democraps, Dumb****crats, etc., they would be BANNED.
(Sigh) I guess a cesspool has to exist for people to indulge their inner demons.
August 28th, 2009 at 7:00 amTo Eugene:
“I don’t roll that way”.
Bwahhhaaaahhhhhhaaaahhaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep ‘em comin’, man. I gotta wipe the tears outta my eyes, I’m laughing so hard.
I can cancel cable as long as you’re around.
Your comments are like a cross between Dirty Harry & Forrest Gump…uttered in a Jerry-Lewis-type voice.
You, EugeneDebs…you are a national treasure!
When you leave this mortal coil, may your body be taken on a grand farewell tour around town to your favorite pubs & landmarks (maybe stopping at a bridge)nad then have your body lie “in repose” so that people may visit to pay their respects. You’re doing a lot of good for the country, my friend. Keep up the good work.
Signed, Whitaker Chambers
August 28th, 2009 at 7:10 amI heard Kennedy speak in person only once. I did not like him and found his ideologies odious, but it was a compelling speech. And, he did a lot of great things that helped to better the lives of many. He also did a lot of creepy things that worsened our nation. I wish he had not been a senator. His personal flaws aside, I understand he was deeply loved by those around him, including people like Cal Thomas or Orrin Hatch, certainly not political soul-mates. Condolences to his family and friends.
August 28th, 2009 at 3:45 pm382, at least you have the class that others don’t portray.
August 30th, 2009 at 11:08 amvery thanks for article!
August 31st, 2009 at 11:19 am