...before the Right blames Kennedy's death on his "government healthcare"?

In its present form, I do not think Ted Kennedy, the Lion of the Senate would really like this so-called "health-care reform" bill which is a joke.

Fot healthcare to be Ted Kennedy's "legacy" the public option and single payer must be in it. Kennedy, the Real Liberal would not have liked all the giveaways to the corporate whores.

May Ted Kennedy R.I.P. Forever.....

had many admirable qualities, and since it's the day after his death, I'll gladly concede the healthcare-reform-as-his-legacy point. But the reality is that he only started addressing healthcare reform in earnest three or four years ago. Perhaps if he had begun the fight earlier in his career, we would have a good, or at least tolerable, healthcare system now. But despite his shortcomings, perceived and real, he was a good guy and the last active link to the New Deal and the Democrats' -- and the nation's -- glory days. RIP, Senator.

I was going to say something about faux and what some of their mentally small people will be saying about Senator Kennedy but why..? I know the wreck is coming and if wait long enough, I'll be proven correct.
In the meantime, I'll remember him for his service to this country!

I woke up at three his morning to go to the restroom and for some reason decided to go into the kitchen and turn on the tv. Of course the first thing I saw was the news about the Senator's death. Needless to say, I wasn't able to go back to bed. In these last six hours lots of thoughts have gone through my head about the Kennedy family. I know one thing for sure, that family is the polar opposite of the Bush family.

The Liberal Lion exits and we're left with liberal pussies.

Depressing.

This morning Norah O'Donnell said it is less likely now that Senator Kennedy has died that President Obama will get the health care reform that he wants. I don't know what she was basing that on.

Ted Kennedy on the minimum wage.

Why the hell is the MSM working Ted's health care work in 5 second groups after talking about JFK and his bipartisanship? It’s clear which one of those Ted’s was working the most on and it isn’t Fucking bipartisanship. And on bipartisanship no Ted made sure the public knew when the other side was Obstructing. If the MSM isn't using Ted’s death seemingly to blame the health care stall on a lack of bipartisanship (aka those damn dirty liberals not bending over far enough), There trying to claim some sort of end to an era. Which feels like there trying to excuse the actions of the GOP as "oh that's just the new politics no big deal."

Ted’s death could easily be used to get real health care reform, but how much you want to bet that instead of going for what Ted would real want they will Bullshit and say “this is a new chance at bipartisanship” and piss away such a glorious tribute.

for Spanish radio stations as part of a GOTV effort for the Democratic party in the late 1980's. Senator Ted Kennedy was the voice. He recorded it in sock feet propped up on a coffee table while he lounged on the hotel room couch. He was drinking a Michelob. His Spanish stunk. And we all laughed as he mispronounced name after name, the Senator included. I still have the script he autographed for me.

Viva Kennedy.

I like many mourn the passing of Ted Kennedy. He represented the fact that there are people who will stand for the little guy. FDR and the Kennedys could do no wrong in my parents' eyes. It is because of this that I try to always champion the cause of the people who actually do the living and dying in America, rather than the ones who spend all of their time feeding off of others. I know that Ted Kennedy is finally at peace. I do hope however that President Obama will really embrace the cause of healthcare that Ted Kennedy did not live long enough to complete. Ted Kennedy spoke about a new world last year. Please President Obama make it happen. All Americans need healthcare. Listen to the people, not the special interests and their hired voices. I offer my sympathy to the Kennedy family. Thank you for sharing Ted Kennedy and his brothers with all of us. We are better because they spent their lives here.

How sad it is that Sen. Kennedy has passed on, however I am consoled that he has rejoined his loving brothers, sisters, and parents well and sound once more, never to be separated from them again or compromised by earthly pain or sorrow.

And how sad it is that the US media has already started to sully and compromise his lifetime of work by insinuating that if we were alive, he would seek compromise and bipartisan support for the public option. Bullshit. This is wishful thinking and projection.

With his passing, let us celebrate his life's work of other centered service to the public and carry forward what he thought was relevant and important. I fear however, that I shall never see his like again in service to our country.

For all of us that were inspired by him and his work---"---the hope still lives---and the dream shall never die."

"Win one for the Teddy!"

And then flood congress with Teddy bears with our support for health insurance reform that Congress can in turn donate to area children's hospitals, shelters or homes.

We get our point across and it gives the douchy politicians an opportunity to score points.

Greg Sargent has a great post featuring clips of Kennedy on health care reform. Tragically they are 25 years old and older.

What is striking is that the terms of the debate remain the same,
but the quality of the journalism has changed...for the worse.
Check it out:

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/health-care...

Ted Kennedy, Senate Lion and Liberal Champion, Dies

The Massachusetts Democrat was seen by many as an American version of a Greek tragedy as his personal tragedies along with his professional triumphs and losses unfolded in the public eye.

FOXNews.com

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

March 8, 2009: Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., right, laughs with first lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, and Vice-President Joe Biden during a musical birthday salute to Kennedy at The Kennedy Center in Washington. (AP)

Sen. Edward Kennedy, the longtime, beloved lawmaker whose personal tragedies along with his professional triumphs and losses unfolded in the public eye, has died of brain cancer. He was 77.

The Massachusetts Democrat was seen by many as an American version of a Greek tragedy. Born into political royalty, Kennedy's triumphs were often overshadowed by those of his brothers, John and Bobby Kennedy. But nonetheless, the younger Kennedy carved his own political legacy as one of the longest serving senators in U.S. history.

Click here for a timeline of Ted Kennedy's life.

The youngest of the nine-sibling Kennedy clan, Teddy had much of his path paved by famous older brothers and father. That created problems as well as opportunities for him.

As a member of a roving family, Kennedy moved around a lot in his youth and made friends easily. He attended Harvard in 1951, playing on the freshman football team before he was caught cheating by having a friend take his Spanish language exam.

Kennedy was expelled and entered the Army, where he served in Paris during the Korean War. and after almost two years was re-admitted to Harvard for demonstrating good behavior.

He went on to get a law degree from the University of Virginia Law School and served as an assistant D.A in Suffolk County, Mass. He married Virginia Joan Bennett, who was introduced to him by his sister Jean. They had three children, the youngest was Patrick, who also would enter public office.

When John Kennedy was elected to the presidency in 1960, it appeared the Kennedy clan had the makings of a political dynasty. At the time, Robert Kennedy was attorney general and Teddy, as he was affectionately known, was elected to the Senate in 1962.

But Kennedy soon found himself alone on the political stage after his brothers were killed by assassins in 1963 and 1968.

Shouldering the burden of a grieving family, Kennedy delivered Bobby's eulogy at New York's Saint Patrick's Cathedral in 1968, attributing to Robert a quote by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw: "Some men see things as they are and say 'why.' I dream things that never were and say 'why not.'"

He added: "Those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today pray that what he was to us, and what he wished for others will someday come to pass for all the world."

But Kennedy's own aspirations for the White House were dashed in 1969 when his car plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick on Martha's Vineyard, killing Robert Kennedy campaign aide Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy swam to safety and only alerted authorities to the accident hours later.

As Kopechne's body was pulled from the dark sedan, the senator told investigators he panicked. "That tragedy will live with me for the rest of my life...every day for the rest of my life," he said.

An investigation later absolved Kennedy of responsibility. He received two months suspended jail time for leaving the scene of an accident, but questions about his character would follow him and haunt his political ambitions for the nation's highest office.

Despite the Chappaquiddick incident, Kennedy decided to throw his hat into the 1980 presidential race, going up against incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter. Kennedy lost his bid for the White House and returned to the Senate -- becoming the lion of the liberal left.

Like his first wife, Joan, Kennedy also struggled with alcohol, and through much of the 1980s was viewed as a playboy with a bottle. That image culminated with the arrest of his nephew, William Kennedy Smith, who was later acquitted on charges of raping a woman he met at a bar while out with his uncle. It also hurt his ability to fight the Supreme Court nomination of Clarence Thomas over allegations of harassment by former Thomas aide Anita Hill.

Kennedy credited his second wife Victoria Anne Reggie with turning him around and redirecting him back to his political career and liberal agenda.

Kennedy served as an ardent supporter for other Democrats seeking the presidency and endorsed Barack Obama early in his campaign -- comparing the Illinois senator with his late brother, John. At times, it seemed Kennedy and his abundant energy would last for years. But last May, he suffered a seizure at his Cape Cod home and was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.

Kennedy stayed active for as long as he could after his diagnosis, offering a key address in support of Obama during the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August 2008. He also attended Obama's presidential inauguration, where he had to be taken away in a stretcher.

Though he was absent from the Senate for much of President Obama's first year, his name was attached to health care legislation, penned a widely read op-ed in support of health care reform and was a critical vote on several piece of legislation.

Kennedy was too ill to attend his sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver's funeral or to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom bestowed upon him by President Obama, both in in August 2009.

FOX News' Molly Line contributed to this report.