Posted on 03/24/2010 7:51:28 AM PDT by Zakeet
The political odyssey of health care reform in many ways is the story of Ted Kennedy, and as President Obama signed the historic bill into law Tuesday, Kennedy's gravesite was a place of quiet celebration and poignant reflection.
The late senator's widow, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, spent hours Sunday at the simple white cross at Arlington National Cemetery marking where her husband was laid to rest only seven months ago. Ted Kennedy's youngest son, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.), visited on Monday morning and left a hand-written note that read: "Dad, the unfinished business is done."
And on a dreary Tuesday morning, dozens of school children and health care advocates paused at Kennedy's tombstone to commemorate the man who for decades made overhauling the nation's health-care system his life's mission.
Kennedy's legacy was not lost on anyone who filled the East Room of the White House for Obama's bill-signing ceremony. Members of Congress wore blue "TedStrong" wristbands in his honor and posed for pictures with Patrick Kennedy. Caroline Kennedy, the senator's niece, sat in the front row, with other members of the storied family. Vicki Kennedy walked into the room with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.).
Obama received a thunderous applause when he evoked the ghost of Ted Kennedy near the climax of his speech.
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When Obama sat to sign the bill, Patrick and Vicki Kennedy stood behind him. Finally, Ted Kennedy's dream became the law of the land.
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They forgot to show the rest of the note. Meet me for happy hour tomorrow. We’ll do a waitress sandwich...
“Looks as if a 4th-grader wrote it.’
It’s the alcoholic shakes...the DT’s. You should have seen him during the Healthcare fiasco on CSPAN the other day. His hands were shaking the paper he was holding like he was in full tremor mode.
See the tree how big it’s grown, but it hasn’t
been that long, since I (hic) went away ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1swk0fcIIsk
“Declassified papers report that John Kennedy was taking eight different medications a day. He was so wasted, his Secret Service code name was Ted Kennedy.” —Craig Kilborn
“Hillary Clinton was shown at a bar in Indiana drinking a beer, and doing a shot of whiskey. Hey, and it worked. Today, Ted Kennedy switched back. ‘I’m for Hillary now!’” —Jay Leno
“You see Barack Obama at that rally surrounded by all those Kennedys? Man, I couldn’t tell if he was running for president or bartender.” —Jay Leno
“Ted Kennedy called for Rumsfeld’s resignation. This is interesting. This marks the first time Kennedy has ever come out against anything with rum in it.” —Conan O’Brien http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/tedkennedy/a/kennedy-jokes.htm
“Patrick Kennedy crashed his car and said he doesn’t remember anything about the accident, except a huge sense of relief when he came to and he wasn’t soaking wet.” —Bill Maher
As far as I am concerned, old Teddy took a shit and then left it for us to clean up.
Andy WIlliams singing the Patrick and Edward Kennedy Theme Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGA6b-DoX4c
This Ted Kennedy-health care schmaltz is making me puke.
Next stop for Patrick is Lenin’s gravesite.
Just barf.
Interesting you say that. It’s obvious the kid isn’t right in the head and it wouldn’t at all surprise me to see him take his own life at some point.
Beautiful!!
Patches Kennedy motivational video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61DicNOvS0M
Uh no uh Patches, you uh fuggot about the uh Immigration and the uh Cap and uh Trade bills. And uh then there is the uh 20 cases of uh Scotch uh out in the uh boathouse under the uh TARP (ha, ha, good one, huh?) in the uh cornuh.
That’s funny.
I think “Fatboy” was the name of the bomb they dropped they dropped on Hieroshima or Nagasaki.
OMG..That’s hysterical! ROTFLOL!!
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