Kennedy's Support for Kerry Thrills G.O.P.

[baby_bear]

I don't buy this myself - I think Ted is marvelous.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/politics/campaign/11TEDD.html?hp

~snip~
With careers and lives that have intersected across 33 years, including 19 together in the Senate representing Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Kerry have indeed forged a special relationship. And it reached a new level this year with Mr. Kennedy's pivotal role in turning around Mr. Kerry's once-struggling primary campaign with behind-the-scenes advice and spirited public appearances.

Now that bond has some Democrats nervous that Mr. Kerry is making it easier for Republicans to paint him as a member in good standing of his party's most liberal wing by accentuating his connection with Mr. Kennedy, whose image is firmly fixed in the minds of those who admire him and those who do not.

Republicans, on the other hand, are happy with Mr. Kennedy's involvement. "The more Teddy Kennedy on the campaign trail, the better," said Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, the House majority leader.

...
Mr. Kennedy says he recognizes that he plays better in some parts of the country than others and will take that into consideration in the months ahead.

~/snip~
It's a fairly lengthy article, and I think pretty balanced. I expect we will see less of Ted once a VP candidate has been chosen, though I never tire of hearing Ted's fiery speeches.

s_m

[The Land of the Free]

1. Don't mind Ted

But you can see why the other side hates him. If some Rethug let a woman die in his car and could have easily saved her, we would be pretty polarized against him too. Also, if the rethug were super right wing, we would hate him even more. It's all politickin' babe

[patricia92243]

4. As Georg Bush put it "Nothing counts before age 40"

[oneighty]

10. I sure am surprised and pleased that

you were there so that all these years later you are able to give us a first hand account of the happening.

180

[schultzee]

12. rePIGS have had female aids die in their offices!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

15. Right. Whatever you say. Hey, maybe you can tell us where...

...her body was found in the car.

Speaking of thugs, how's it going over on Free Republic?

[The Land of the Free]

20. Don't get mad.

I guess I don't get as fired up as you guys do. This is where I read about it.
It may be b.s
http://www.ytedk.com/chapter5.htm

[lumpy]

24. Jesus Christ,

you can rely on the Republicans to drag out the 1969 tragic event of the Chapaquidick accident on a regular basis to try and throw mud on Ted Kennedy. The cowards have no other mud to throw. I had always thought Laura Bush's tragic car accident should not be used as a political tool, but I guess all is fair in love and political war.
There is plenty of mud to throw around when you think of the adultry, DUIs, drug allegations, AWOL allegations, assassination allegations, wife beatings, etc. and other scandals committed by politicians. The worst scandal of all is the illegal war based on proven blantant lies conducted by the man in the WH that has resulted in untold deaths and mutilations of innocents.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

34. Here's a few great websites for you...

..show them to all of your friends:

<http://www.awolbush.com/>

<http://www.kings.edu/twsawyer/awol/awol-bush.html>

<http://bushwhackedusa.com/awolpage.html>

[The Land of the Free]

36. I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU

I WAS JUST SAYING YOU CAN SEE WHY REPUGS HATE HIM. THEY DON'T LIKE HIM BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS AND KILLING SOMEONE JUST KIND OF TOPS IT OFF FOR THEM. EVERYONE NEEDS TO RELAX AND REREAD MY ORIGINAL POST

[lumpy]

40. You erred by saying "let her die in his car"

as though it was deliberate. Kennedy did make several attempts to save her and could not succeed in doing so.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

49. Continuing to make comments such as...

..."KILLING SOMEONE JUST KIND OF TOPS IT OFF FOR THEM", as if Kennedy deliberately killed the girl, is just adding fuel to the fire that's rapidly consuming your credibility.

Maybe you should try rereading your comments before you post them and quit trying to blame others for what you personally failed to make clear.

[The Zanti Regent]

21. Is Land of the Free giving Laura Bush a pass for her murderous ways?

Or Joe Scarborough,

How about Bill Janklow??

Need I go on, O Land of the Free?????

[The Land of the Free]

22. No

As I have said before I don't give anyone a pass for killing someone

[lumpy]

26. More fun coming into a Democratic

forum and disrupting a thread throwing tired old allegations around?

[AtTheEndOfTheDay]

35. Except Georgie?

[lumpy]

25. He could NOT easily have saved her.

He tried again and again to save her as determined by in-depth investigations and plenty of political heat. Foresight and caution could have saved her, the same as if Laura Bush had used caution & foresight before going on the road. Politicians and their supporters have no problem using death to further their interests. The mocking Bird is singing o're their graves.

[JoFerret]

50. The other side?

Which side might that be then?

[Robbien]

2. If the GOP really liked Kennedy's participation, they would keep mum

No way would they put this statement out in public for the Democratic party's benefit. The GOP wants Kennedy to shut up because he is one of the most high profile critics of Bush.

Wonder if the Democratic party falls for this nonsense.

[Piperay]

19. I agree

they are hoping that the Democrats will get scared now thinking they are happy and pull Teddy out. The GOP are the ones who are worried.

[Cocoa]

3. big flaw in this headline, and in the story

should read "GOP claims to be thrilled..."

The NYT isn't nearly skeptical enough with its republican sources.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

5. Of course you think he's marvelous..

..You're a DU'er!
Most of us love Teddy. A lot of other people, well, don't.

[leftistagitator]

7. That is because we are right

and they are wrong :)

[Sagan]

6. Oh, the Repugs are always saying stuff like this...

When Dean was ahead, it was "Alright, we want Dean"...

When Kerry was ahead, it was "Ha! We fooled you about Dean, we wanted Kerry.."

"Casualties and insurgency in Iraq means we're winning."

They have to pretend loudly and ostentatiously that they're winning, even when their entire party and their entire country is being flushed down the toilet as a direct result of their actions.

The chief cause of this is that they all have very small dicks.

[lumpy]

27. Yes, small Dicks with big buck egos

like Cheney, Armitage, Perle.

[bleedingheart]

8. It thrills me too!

[Jade Fox]

9. Did they expect him to support Bush???

More non-news from the Republicans as they whistle past the graveyard.....

[SOS]

11. That "thrill" will be gone in November!

nt

[Blasphemer]

13. Please...

Kennedy's impact is way overstated by the thugs. Maybe in years past, it would have been some kind of issue. This election season is totally different. The scope of Shrub's failures eclipse everything else. The neo-cons are so radical that EVERYONE else is sane by comparison.

[Democat]

14. NY Times Thrilled To Print Republican Press Release As News

Whatever happened to reporting, instead of just printing right wing propaganda and calling it news?

[Rex]

16. Tom Delay isn't worthy to drink Ted's bath water.

DeLay should be heading off for prison by this time next year. The GOP hates anything that reminds them of JFK. I'm surprised they didn't try to off Teddy too.

[lumpy]

28. Oh yes, Doomsday Delay

a real work of psycho art.

[goforit]

17. Will Kerry ask Kennedy to be VP????

Hmmmm.............

[absolutezero]

51. he can't

they're from the same state, the favorite son clause in the US constitution prevents delegates to the electoral college from voting for a pres and vp from their own state

[leesa]

18. It scares the shit out of them. Guess what folks. People are figuring

out that "liberal" is not a bad word.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

23. Also, Kennedy is great because he can MOBILIZE the base of....

the Democratic Party and that scares the crap out of them!

[lolly]

29. Old trick

It's the same trick they used in 2000 to scare Gore away from letting Clinton campaign for him. Convinced him that being connected to Clinton would ruin his chances . . . and it worked. Gore seemed to forget that Clinton had already beaten these guys twice, and let himself be deprived of a good campaigner.

[loudsue]

30. You've got that right, lolly!! Gore fell for it....

I hope Kerry has sense enough not to!

Teddy Kennedy kicks butt! He's a REAL Democrat!

Hell! The DLC'ers are the ones who AREN'T real Democrats....we need regime change within our own party, too, and we need to kick all those bought-and-paid-for-Joe LIEberman-Zell Miller types OUT OF OUR PARTY!!

:kick:

[yardwork]

31. The Republicans try to scare people with Kennedy

but it just doesn't work anymore.

The people who hate Kennedy would never vote for a Democrat anyway. Kennedy is known for being a champion of health care, and that is a huge issue right now that the Republicans are completely ignoring.

Americans can be self-righteous, but we are also a forgiving group. Kennedy's past is not enough to demonize him. People are a lot more upset about Iraq, the economy, loss of jobs, and lack of health care.

[54anickel]

39. Yep, my sister is a fundie repug hated Kennedy til after she saw him

shaking his head is disgust at Shrubs SOTU. It hit her then as she agreed with Kennedy on the whole medicare healthcare scam. She said Shrub has got to be pretty bad if I'm agreeing with Kennedy. Since then she's been listening to Kennedy without that old bias and likes a lot of what he says.

Oh, and she will absolutely NOT vote for Shrub this year.

[Matilda]

45. If Americans had forgiven Kennedy for Chappaquiddick,

he'd have been elected in 1980. It's a shame, because his Senate
record is good, and I think he's now well-respected world-wide.

I've wondered over the past couple of weeks whether he could
feasibly be selected as VP, given that he has the social conscience
that Kerry seems to lack. But it would be difficult - I think the
Republicans hate Kennedys the way they hate Clintons (because they're
so successful, and so good at what they do?), and they'd certainly
drag up Chappaquiddick again, aided by the compliant press. Of
course, Bush has plenty of slime attached to him, but given that
the media are largely biased towards Bush, would they ever run with
anything that would really damage him? I doubt it.

[otohara]

32. KKK Support of Bush Thrills

me...

[stepnw1f]

33. Could Ted be the VP?

[LibDemAlways]

37. Ted Kennedy has served with distinction

in the US Senate since 1962. He has endured a broken back, the murders of his brothers, war related death of another brother, plane crash death of a sister, and his son's losing a leg to cancer - for starters. He has buried three nephews and been a surrogate father to all of his brothers' children.

Through it all he's been an effective champion for those too often and easily marginalized. I'd be proud and honored to have Sen. Kennedy on my side.

[lumpy]

42. LibDemAlways

Your last sentence says it all. Thank you. Ted Kennedy is a champion for the American people, a patriot, and like his brothers has always been devoted to bettering the lives of all Ameican people. A true hero to all who value honesty and toil for right and equitable causes.

[Chicago Democrat]

38. The NYTimes lies

[Khephra]

41. This may be a bunch of Republican spin

But it highlights a point that all of us who have been around here on DU for a bit knows:

Republicans -- proud of their RW Conservatives
Democrats -- embarrassed by their LW Liberals.

[Corgigal]

43. The GOP

needs to be concerned with a lot more pressing issues right now. They have their boy trying to fight a war that we are losing daily and with international support going down the tubes. They still think Clinton is in the WH and they need to think differently now.
Kennedy will not win nor lose the WH for us.

[lumpy]

44. Ted Kennedy PFC Army 1951-53

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/956722/posts


Look what Tom 'chicken hawk Delay has to say. Pig!

[DaveSZ]

46. Kennedy has earned the right to speak his mind

Let's give him the respect he deserves.

[JI7]

52. John Kerry defended Kennedy by bringing up chickenhawks

lack of service.

[abracadabra]

47. Shrub thrills the GOP..Cheney thrills the GOP...Oil thrills the GOP

Wheeew !!! THRILLS

[oasis]

48. If Tom Delay and his crowd are trying to get Kerry to dump Teddy, they've

got another thing coming.

[koopie57]

53. Kennedy's support for Kerry thrills me!!!

He is a good man and fights for me and people like me every day of his life. He lost two brothers cuz they cared about those with less than they had. I can't imagine anyone I would rather have fighting for me. But then, the republicans don't respect decency.