I would imagine he "has some 'splaining' to do.
Posted on 08/26/2009 5:17:57 AM PDT by bmweezer
“If we couldn’t say anything bad about the dead there would be no history.”
Indeed. People didn’t stop pointing out the evils that Hitler did just because he died.
All day long, we’re going to hear nothing but the media having orgasms about how “great” Ted Kennedy was until we want to puke. I understand that some here think we should respect the dead - I say if the dead wanted respect, they should have earned it in life.
I would argue that his betrayal of the South Vietnamese was the greatest evil.Up to a million dead and many millions more suffered terribly.
May he receive his eternal reward. I never liked him but I will not, in the end wish him ill. I will pray that the rest of the Kennedy clan finds some kind of solace that his suffering is ended.
I should feel badly about this, but - I don’t.
To be absolutely cold-blooded, this takes away the 60-seat margin that the Democrats have enjoyed since the seat in Minnesota was “adjudicated”.
Teddy had the opportuntiy to resign some time ago, and go home with dignity. Instead, he held on grimly, like a death’s-grip, to the very end.
How does God feel about lapsed Catholics-in-name-only? Teddy now knows.
I heard him lauded as a “champion of the poor and downtrodden” -
well, he, typical of most liberals, certainly didn’t sacrifice any of HIS lifestyle in order to help out the poor and downtrodden,
but he sure pointed the guns of government at a lot of people who actually were EARNING their wealth instead of inheriting it,
and made THEM “care” about the poor.
I would imagine he "has some 'splaining' to do.
Sorry, I shed no tears at the passing of this unrepentent murderer!!!
Hopefully, he is on his on his knees now apologizing profusely to Satan!
King of Pork and Earmarks Dead.
Next up for Teddy is a resting place in Boston’s Big Dig!
Matthew 7:21-23 (New International Version)
21”Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ 23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
Ted may be saved due to his confession of Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, but he’ll certainly have some ‘splainin’ to do.
I make no apologies using this image. I myself would not have been there to cheer this as those people did, but I understand their feelings. I have waited a LONG time for this day. We desperately need term limits in both sides of congress so this sort of man cannot rule 'till death ever again.
I prefer to think that unrepentant killers wouldn't end up in heaven.......
As one who wears the uniform, I disagree.
He was a liberal. That doesn't make him an enemy.
"They did it too!" isn't a valid argument.
I am sad for the family who liked him. That said, Kennedy was a nasty man. Just because someone dies doesn’t give them a pass from what they were involved in while alive.
I won’t fall into that trap.
I wasn’t making an argument. I was asking a question. Reagan had barely flatlined before they started kicking the corpse. Their standard of decency appears to be in the nanoseconds. My question is what should our standard be?
Also, I wonder how many Democrats will use this as an excuse to cancel any upcoming Town Hall meetings on health care during this "period of mourning."
So are Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, and others. I don't hear you politicking for saying something polite and sympathetic about them!
And before you tell me that they were mass murderers, might I remind you of the millions of Americans who were murdered in the womb due to his diligence to promote "a woman's right to choose" to murder her own child.
While I’m all for politeness and sympathy for the family that is suffering at this time, dying does not change what you did when alive. I don’t find this article offensive. It is actually measured and appropriate. We need to look clearly at who and what Ted Kennedy was, or we play into the hands of the dems that will use a huge sympathy push to try and pass all kinds of socialist legislation in his name, not the least of which will be health care.
Express sympathy for the family, but lets not get caught up in the emotion of idolizing a very flawed individual.
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