"Out of respect for his family," Hannity has decided not to "bring up Mary Jo Kopechne" or Kennedy's "radical socialism"
August 27, 2009 9:46 pm ET
From the August 27 edition of Fox News' Hannity:
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Your fire fighters comparison is ridiculous. First off, fire fighters are sober and don't cause the fires they are fighting.
What a pathetic comparison.
I LOVE the sound of that!
Ted Kennedy was Irish and he was no dru------. Oh crap maybe you have a point afterall. The fact is by failing to mention the defining point of Kennedy's life, Hannity is not respecting Mary Jo and her family.
You people come on here spewing out garbage all over place and thinking you're so smart, what you don't realize is that it makes you look like idiota and only reinforces my view that all conservatives are either; Extremely unintelligent, Religious zealots, Dangerously Naïve and/or Soulless, directionless pawns in the GOP Machine. So, congrats!
Second, regardless of what you are anyone else (including the Kopechne Family) thought the punishment should have been, it's undeniable that he went on be one of the most successful and well respected senators in history. Also, his great works did not just impact the state of MA, the legislation that he authored and influenced had benefits across the American landscape.
You can choose to have selective memory and ignore everything that happened after 1980, anyone can, but it doesn't make it any less real.
One more thing, so you think the guy was a jerk, maybe he was (Who cares?) that doesn't make him a murderer.
Unless you can prove he willingly killed Kopechne? Go to it, gumshoe!
Forty years ago, Ted Kennedy did something very stupid and a woman died. You can't erase that, but what you can do is look at how he grew over the years to eventually become a better man than he was then. I judge a man not by who he was in his youth, but by the man he became.
The Wellstone story is just so stupid and false that it's hardly worth talking about. What I will say is that the right wing's lies and the actual event have nothing in common.
And I think enough of Tony Snow to know that could he offer an opinion, he'd tell the right to stop dragging his name into this. Tony Snow, no matter what you thought of him politically, was a decent guy. Ted Kennedy was a political icon.
First, your name shows that you don't know anything about Obama or socialism and that you're only here to whine because you're not getting your way without regard for whether you make sense or not.
Second, Kennedy spent the last 40 years taking responsibility for his actions. He was found innocent, remember? He also publicly asked the citizens of Massachusetts if he should resign; their response was "NO!" Your can claim anything you like, but you've already given yourself away.
Sen. Kennedy's life work was health care for all Americans. That goal was not exactly a secret. Unfortunately for all of us, he has passed on before it could be achieved. Now there are Great Americans who want to see that work continued - in his memory and because it is the right thing to do and because we're all going to be better off once the job is done.
Just exactly what the heck is wrong with that?
Have you no shame, Mr. InSannity? Have you no shame?
But this like waterboarding will never happen...
Good for him..stay inside and dream of your nights with Billy Bob? Cyrus, or maybe his daughter.
That was terrible of me. I should have never tried to make light of something like Seannie going after some underage girl even if he knows her father. I will not say that Seannie may like this child abuse ever again. It was wrong for me to mention that Seannie may have evils thoughts about an underaged girl. For this, I apologize. Seannie, I do not think you would go after a young teenager. Sorry again.
Well, out of respect for Hammity's respect, I'M not going to bring up his associations with such avowed racists/anti-semites as Hal Turner and Andy Martin.
OOPS!
Of course, if that were the case, Hannity would have nothing to say anymore...
I was not a fan of the Senator's. I feel that his tenure was too long, and perhaps he should have retired a term or three ago. Having said that, his passing also seems to be the end of an era. And while I'm not a fan of class distinction in America, but the Kennedy brothers did seem to represent the idea of the philosopher king, or the noble class raised from childhood to lead with wisdom and compassion for those they governed. What a contrast to the current concept of thinking a short sighted simpleton like Sean is a great American, or that Sarah Palin would make a great president.
Are you being satirical, or stupid? You're not too good at satire, so the perceprion of stupidity is the only one coming through clearly.
Check out the LA Times article below. It details how the senate removed the death panel provisions from the house bill. I am behind Sarah Palin for president because she is the only person in the political scene that is part of a blue collar union household, which gives her a more mainstream prospective.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-health-end-of-life14-2009aug14,0,4670272.story
The idea that you wouldn't want this consultation about living wills, Advanced Directives and so on is truly amazing. And the fact that Sarah Palin used the false frame "death pannel" is the most cynical kind of politics. She has no credibility. Zero.
You're the one who doesn't understand even basic concepts. Get help, please.
Sarah Palin is not part of a blue collar union household. She is a retired public servant, which is white collar. He is indeed in a union, and went back to BP in a non-management position, but he was in management, or white collar, before she got elected.
Her perspective is not mainstream. She can see Russia from her house? She's going to fight for Alaskans by quitting halfway through her term a governor? She thinks Africa is a nation? No. Many things she might be, but mainstream is not one of them.
You know, I think my Dad would make a great President too, but that doesn't mean he has what it takes to be President.
Explain to us which piece of legislation Palin affected. And what she had removed from it.
Plain can't walk and chew gum at the same time, what makes YOU think she's qualified to be President?
And Palin didn't have the Senate remove death panels BECAUSE THERE WERE NO DEATH PANELS IN THE FIRST PLACE!
I'm sure you'll want to ask Plain about her own endorsement of "end of life" counseling back in 2008!
On April 16th 2008, then Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed some of the same end of life counseling she now decries as a form of euthanasia. In a proclamation announcing “Healthcare Decisions Day,” Palin urged public facilities to provide better information about advance directives, and made it clear that it is critical for seniors to be informed of such options.Sarah Palin endorsed some of the same end of life counseling she now decries as a form of euthanasia...
You stay classy, Sean.
By of course... "bring(ing) up Mary Jo Kopechne" AND Kennedy's "radical socialism"
All you hear from them is Communism, nazism,socialism,fascism;tired old overused scare labels that have no real basis for any current issues.....Does anybody really believe the US would be any of those things with our form of Government.Of course having elements of socialism in our capitalistic society is nothing new...Public schools,fire depts., police depts.,Military,highways,etc. It is radical to cling to this "Real America","Give me back my country as in the constitution"..ok..here it is..paternalistic,white supremecist,chauvinistic society where only white men can vote!!!!!Carrying loaded guns to public political meetings ..how civilzed!!!Indeed we see a lot of radical stuff these days but its mainly from Hannity's "right" America.Did the founders condone being"strapped " when they met publicly to discuss the social/political issues of the day???Might have made sense in 1700's but now????
Elections are the voice of the people ..the American people spokein 2006 and 2008 that the radical conservative agenda is the way they wanted the country to go!! Hannity& Co..Grow up.... stop acting like spoiled children who can't get their way!!!