Ted Kennedy, Losing It (Long may he stagger!)

Washington Post ^ | 9/26/03 | Krauthammer

[pabianice]

"There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud."

-- Sen. Edward Kennedy on Iraq, Sept. 18

The Democrats have long been unhinged by this president. They could bear his (Florida-induced) illegitimacy as long as he was weak and seemingly transitional. But when post-9/11 he became a consequential president -- reinventing American foreign policy and dominating the political scene -- they lost it.

Kennedy's statement marks a new stage in losing it: transition to derangement. As such, it merits careful parsing:

(1) Imminent threat? How many times does one have to repeat this: When Bush laid out the case for the war in his 2003 State of the Union address, he deliberately denied imminent threat. "Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent," he explained, but this president disagreed.

[pabianice]

Kennedy is everything wrong with Limosene Liberalism wrapped-up in one bloated, alcoholic, senile, criminal package. I hope he lives to be 130, every day making the world cringe at the Democrats' transparent Marxism.

[.cnI redruM]

It's a duplicate, however it does give me another opportunity to rip on Scuba Ted, Admiral of The Oldsmobile Yacht Club.

[Helms]

A Dynasty the Kennedy never had and the Bush family now has.
Ted is the last of the Joseph P. Kennedy genome and Hitler sympathizer.

[evad]

I hope he lives to be 130, every day making the world cringe at the Democrats' transparent Marxism

Absolutely.

With the Kennedyites, Clintonites, Dasholeites and all the other idiotites running this party there very well may not be a RAT party in 10 mores years.

They've lost the presidency, majority in both houses of congress, majority in governorships and this bunch is gonna make sure they never get it back.

[americanbychoice]

Isn't his liver giving up yet? It has been long enough?
That man has no respect for his organs at all. :) (Is the brain an organ?)

[Steve_Seattle]

My dad detests Krauthammer, but I think he's one of the best columnists around, and this one is a good example.

[paul51]

Kennedy's rant reflects the Democrats' blinding Bush-hatred, and marks its passage from partisanship to pathology.

There's a good line

[CSXT]

I love it when Charles Krauthammer shreds Mara Eliason's arguments on Fox.

[geaux]

I like the Brit v. Juan battles.

[TomHarkinIsNotFromIowa]

Mara's got some big ears. If anything bad happens to NPR (hope,hope,hope) she could get a job in the circus.

[Calvin Locke]

Ted is the last...

I'm sure "Patches" is happy that you consider him chopped liver.

Okay, so they [Kennedys] bought his House seat in RI.

Okay, so US Congressman "Patches" likes assaulting up a [black] woman doing her airport security job.
(as much as I despise Rep. Dingell, he didn't assault the screeners when challenged.)

Come to think of it, I think you've clued me in to Hitlery's "real" running mate.

[cajungirl]

Ted,,The Captain of the USS Oldsmobile