Senator Ted Kennedy steps to the rostrum in prime time and gives a stem-winder as memorable as his 1980 speech all in support of the Democratic Nominee — and ripping the Republicans a new one for how they have treated the nation he and his family have had such an integral part of — in triumph and tragedy. Passing the "torch to a new generation".
"The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die."
There will be few dry eyes in the nation. And, as will be stated more than a few times before the convention, on August 28, 2008, the nominee will give their acceptance speech on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s "I have a Dream Speech".
I believe the Democratic Presidential Nominee may be able to do something with that.
And here is something we never need to see happen again…to anyone.
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Zed…Zed is dead…long live Zed and Ted Kennedy!!
Zed is dead, and this is what he said, “Don’t want no shortnin’ in my bread.”
Good morning all. Thanks for the post Attaturk.
I personally can not shake the sadness over Teddy’s illness. So much of my politics were shaped in the ’60s. The Kennedy family playing a very large role. I will never forget this most moving and my fondest recollection of Senator Kennedy. I would cherish the opportunity to see one more speech from him like that.
I became a bit fan of Jack Kennedy when I heard him speak at the ‘56 Dem convention. It was kind of like Obama today: the guy made sense.
I just want to see the GOP beaten into a vague memory of it’s bloody, hypocritical self. I want to see them shunned for at least a generation. I want the word “republican” to become a slur like “nazi” has today.
….the speech idea is good too.
I suspect that JFK is the only Dem my parents ever voted for. They are life long hard core R’s. Maybe that is part of the reason I am such a DFH. I often wonder what our country would be like had Jack and Bobby both served 2 terms. (hey….a hippie can dream, right?)
1,850 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…
Citizens cbl2 and wigwam:
Imdeed, all of us even those young ones of us who don’t know it yet have lived a history that the Kennedy’s made more than real. And if you take Attaturk’s post to heart, and I really do, I believe that history is not done with Ted Kennedy yet. I think Obama’s opponent in the primaries jest got permanently upstaged at the convention…don’tcha jest LOVE it??!!! (Good God that woman has become a parody of herself and she’s now got Sid the Shill Blumenthal out hawkin’ McCain talkin pointz!)
KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE FUCKIN’ AMMUNITION, AND REMEMBER IT’S ABOUT US AND NOT ABOUT HER!!!
Doooood!! That is exactly what it should be, and I’d give anything to see it there. Ein Volk. Ein Reich. Ein Fuhrer.
“lived a history that the Kennedy’s made more than real”
You got that right but it wasn’t always good.
1,850 AND THE KILLIN GOEZ ON AND ON AND…
Yeah Brother Raven, but in the end they never shoot the good guys…they only shoot the ones that are too rich ta be bought or too stupid ta know better.
KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION, THIS IS ABOUT US AND NOT ABOUT THEM!!
Hmmm, I’ll have to chew on that for a bit.
Good morning, pups. Mr. Kristof is alone today, since we are blessed with La Collins being off. His column, datelined Beijing, is titled “Earthquake and Hope,” and he says the Sichuan earthquake may be remembered as a milestone in the peaceful evolution of China toward capitalism and democracy.
http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/
The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready, and there are fresh blueberry muffins. Since they changed the policy on “banking” time off at work I’m going to use some of that and take tomorrow off. Two 4-day weeks in a row… life is good!
If you do the Facebook thing, there’s a card for Sen. Kennedy that Sen. Kerry will deliver to him. You can add a personal message to the Senator.
It seems to be the case this year that the nightmare will never leave. When will that damn clinton2 go back to shilling for wallmart and leave us alone.
Good Morning, Firepups!
It’s cool and overcast in central Jersey. We’ve got another day of showers in the forecast, then sunny weather for the holiday weekend. I’ve been lurking for many weeks, recuperating from a broken wrist [which had to be reset with surgery and a metal plate], and doing no extra keyboard work other than what was needed for my job.
My earliest political memories are the 1960 campaign. We lived in Des Moines, and my parents took my sister and I to rallies for both Kennedy and Nixon. And I remember waiting in line with my parents when they went to vote that year [they both voted for Kennedy].
I’m looking forward to going to an Obama rally this year.
I’ve made a big pot of coffee, and there are fresh bagels and cream cheese. There’s hot water in the kettle for the tea drinkers. Help yourselves.
Work for peace, every day.
You got that right but it wasn’t always good.
Was it a net good? Is there among us just one that truly is, at her/his core, more than a deeply flawed human being? Isn’t our only hope really to effect a net good for any and all we encounter?
Irrespective the purest of intention life has a way of injecting the unintended.
Today preznit travels to Ft Bragg to support (NC-8) Robin Hayes’ attempt to defend his seat from Larry Kissell (D-ActBlue).
Hayes is currently polling 2 points behind Kissell. Wonder if he’s pleased to have the support.
Awe shit…I been workin all night I meant ta say “…they never shoot the bad guys, they only shott those who are too rich ta be bought or too stupid ta know their options.”
I’ll try and make it through the shift without shottin myself in the foot er sumpthin…see ya all later “pups
I believe that the NYT is also correcting past garbage from krystalnacht and bobo today?
(((njprogressive))) Sorry to hear about your wrist… You were missed.
OOOH… lemme go check… right back [poof]
njp!!!
Not that I could find with a quick scrounge. They usually have them do their own corrections at the end of their columns. The best correction they could offer would be to dis-invite them from their pages, but that’s a pipe dream.
Ooooops It was yesterday sorry.
pretty much all of msnbc is an unwarrented cheap shot
They printed the corrections in yesterday’s Times.
We are frequently a day behind in NH.
[sorry, little slow on the keyboard still!]
It’s great to be back. But now it’s off to the showers and time to get to work [by train, thank you for asking].
Thanks! Kristol is such a schmuck. KO raked him over the coals about the primary vote clanger too.
here are just a few of the congressional hearings scheduled for today:
Apparently McThuselah is pondering his veep choice. What a stellar lot they are, too!
There all outstanding (Crist probably makes the most sense but even he’s a problem outside Florida).
But if Jesus, or “North American” Jesus loved me enough, he’d pick Mitt Romney.
I’ve seen polling that shows McCain literally sinking in the polls if he picks him. IMO Romney is the most transparent fraud I’ve ever seen out of either party. Which is really saying something.
“there”?
I really need more coffee.
Morning pups. I’ve been away from the Lake for a couple of weeks sunning on the Amalfi Coast and talking with British conservaties — the true blue kind who would be happy enough to see the Anglican Church back under the papal fold provided the Queen kept her pre-eminence. They abhor Bush. As to the news: it doesn’t seem like much has changed in two weeks. Which just goes to show. Life goes on after internet.
Buenos dias Attaturk and pups!
What a wonderful way to start this day, with such an inpsiring speech. Thank you.
perhaps ted would like to deliver yet another key note speech
I think it will be well recieved
who cares to argue the point?
Wouldn’t Christ be a bit problematic for the reight wing?
Good mornin’ all.
I’m with you on the MSNBC invasion of privacy. Good Grief, have they no shame? Never mind, I know the answer to that.
he surely would elliot, he sureley would
I think they would call him a socialist, a fascist, an appeaser, a wuss
of course. hew would be a democrat, I don’t think even the christian reicht wing would try to make a case otherwise
but I give them too much credit, of course they would
Attaturk, thanks for the post. From your lips to God’s ear.
ps
someone left the bold tags open, all the responsed are in bold now
That would be delicious. As a special bonus, if memory serves, there seemed to be some rather bad blood between them during a few of those appalling debates they held. My guess, if it’s one of those 3, is that he’ll go with Crist. Jindal doesn’t look “Murrican” enough…
I doubt mitt would hurt the republican ticket, the only people voting for mccain outside the base want someone with a little more charisma and style because it surely seems a good bet mccain will not serve two terms, and he might even retire during his first
as far as losing the base, that can’t happen, they’ve tied their horse to the repukes and with mitt they still can’t get off their ride home
mitt is a good choice for them
I thought someone had refilled the “ink” at FDL. :D
ah, that explains it then
sounds to me like you use a community printing calculator at work
just a guess though
IMO, they’re considering Jindal just to show how inclusive they are. He doesn’t really stand a chance.
Shame on the people who are invading the Senator’s privacy like this. Would that their cravenness turn back on them tenfold.
What I want to see…Teddy Kennedy at the inauguration of the Democratic president elected after two terms of the Democratic president elected next November.
Yeah, that was pretty bad. I think they’ve heard the criticism, though, and hopefully, no one will ever do that again.
My money says this will be akin to Darth’s search for the best possible candidate. Ultimately, it’ll be Lieberschmuck.
btw, here’s what’s on Washington Journal this morning:
7:30 am – Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Ways & Means Committee, Chairman — H.R. 6049 [158pp pdf]
8:00 am – Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Budget Committee, Ranking Member — Op-Ed
8:30 am – Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) 18th District, Judiciary Antitrust Task Force, Member
9:30 am – Kip Hawley, Transportation Security Administration, Administrator
if krystol has been right about anything at all it is the decisions his party will make
he really doesn’t repeat something from his own head he repeats the talking points and the consensus of the pnac
I think liarman is the vp with hopes of being quickly inserted after mccain retires while in office
oh beutiful
as their tax gifts have proven they cannot possibly work they now want to make believe the gifts were a good thing, they don’t want to return the assets to fix the problems they themselves broke
and america will fall for this crap too
They won’t pick Jindal for a number of reasons, the most relevant is that he completely undercuts the “Obama is not experienced enough” argument. A 72 year old man in bad health cannot choose a 37 year old governor with little experience and then attack a 47 year old man for the same problem.
elliot, can you fix the bold tag?
it’s open somewhere, I think since the response bug was fixed it’s probably in the main piece
Dial-up. Please to explain?
Good morning.
Why is everything in bold?
He could then pick Netenyahoo as his VP and, by proclamation change the name of the United States to Israel West
the main piece links to a helicopter shot of kennedy trying to relax in the privacy of his home
sad and frightening shot
Little Billy Kristol is the Child King.. His ego keeps him on camera while he tries to hide his true power.. Google his dad Irving Kristol, Leo Strauss, PNAC, and the “neocons”…
But please, Don’t let this research create doubt in your mind that we will actually have a peaceful transition of governemtn on Jan. 21 st 2009.. :-)
They have raped our countries constitution and plundered our national treasury unabated for 7+ years, so they will probably relinquish the carcass of our former homeland. AFTER one last horrendous act of blatant imperialism, probably an air attack on Iran..
I can’t WAIT until President Obama begins the long process of our national healing…
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No way any of them make the cut. Christ has teh gay thing floating around. Soleil is right about Jindal. And Mittster is LDS. He gets Utah and maybe Idaho. Big whoop, while he drags the ticked down everywhere else.
Any one of them works for me :-)
As for Teddy, he was my senator for a long long time and I never felt like I had to ask him to do anything—he was almost always on the right side of the issues. He got burned badly by the upstart in the WH over NCLB and I hope there will be some form of payback and fixing when the dawn of a new era begins. And I pray that Teddy will be there to help make that happen.
I still remember where I was when I heard about JFK and my family was glued to the teevee for days back in Nov. 1963.
The Republican brand has to be made repulsive in the eyes of Americans.
it’s your cofee ecahn, try switching to tea
Morning all. Now on to shower and work. See you later.
Or perhaps mimosas would make it look mellower.
Back to McCain’s veep: Of all the candidates, Romney has always scared me the most. His ties with Blackwater especially. I think he’s an empty vessel (like Bush). Someone the neocons can manipulate. He’s all politician with no smarts. Plus, he’s one of them when it comes to letting the free-market be king. So, I think they’ll force him on McCain. Then try to steal another election. If they succeed, they’ll retire McCain early and have another surrogate in the White House.
Jindal, otoh, seems too smart. Might actually have some views counter to the neo-cons.
your entire post is excellant but I would ask one favor
please don’t use the term “homeland” as part of your own point, it is a term that brings memories of the fascist march for power
It is America as far as I am concerned, not “the homeland”
we are home here, I think it might possibly make sense if we were abroad but even then it is a very distatefull word
progressives should always correct the neo cons when they use the term “homeland” with “America”
and we should even say something like;
“why are you rue to use the name of our country?…this is America and we are home, please use her name and please do not referance fascist terminology when referring to her.”
their head would explode
It’s weird — at home on Firefox everything was fine. Here at work, with IE, the whole post and all the comments are all in bold…
Thanks, I wondered what the fuck you were talking about.
I was referring to flying helicopters over Kennedy’s estate.
I’m with you on that, Perris. “Homeland” smacks of jackboots. What’s wrong with “country?” It used to serve just fine until the fascisti-manqué took over.
I’m not seeing any bold.
did you do a complete page refresh?
and where does it start?
Rangel just ripped the “oil adminstration” a new one on Wash Journal.
Mornin’ all!
No bold here, Mac safari and firefox.
On my computer bold starts with the Late Night post. News box is OK.
P.S. I’m on PC with Explorer.
I’m Win XP w FF
I didn’t see bold at home, I do here at work. Everything. The entire post and all comments. Reloaded the page, still bold. Gremlins? IE?
I refreshed and it is still all bold, it begins right on the top of the thread but it might be carried over from a previous post
Sorry to be a bother; should have clicked on linky first.
Excuse: I now assume almost *everything* is a vid (and *almost* nobody bothers to indicate one way or the other)….it’s a pain to waste the on-line time going there only to find can’t watch. Thankee for the kind feedback…..to solai also.
I launched firefox and there is no bold, it seems it’s just on ie
The post looks OK to me, but at work here on IE the comments are all bold. I just thought we were feeling bold this morning…
That’s what I’ve got at home, no problem. It’s probably IE. Which is why I use Firefox at home…
I wonder what happens if I make a bold word in the comments…
And do the italics work?
Stop, you’ll embolden the terrists!!!1!
Italics worked fine, but bold is bold is bold… Of course, my aging eyes may appreciate this for a while!
Perhaps small glasses of sherry – more ladylike at this hour.
I’m female, but some would dispute whether I’m a lady. However, think mimosas for breakfast would be appropriate even for a lady. *g*
It didn’t occur to me that it was bold until people started mentioning it. I just thought my eyes were getting better….
Imus gives Laura Ingraham 12 to 14 times the airtime of Doris Kearns Goodwin. Cannot be exact…we immediately switched to sea lions on Animal Planet Channel, then checked back to see if she [Ingraham] was gone. Back to sea lions.
i’m with ecahn – mimosas for me!
p.s. when i was about 14 my maternal grandmother explained to me what a lady was. that was when i knew (even then!), i never wanted to be one.
Tomboys forever! Was always proud that I was called one when I was little.
Mimosas are always appropriate.
When I was growing up, some took the position sherry wasn’t alcohol. I dated a fellow before I went off to a girls school, who approvingly advised me they were going to teach me to be a Lady. Didn’t work out.
Since you a I are the only one who listens to him who cares? Plus, here rant about charging large people more to fly was pretty funny.
New thread up top…
Heh. me, too.
Hmmm. Sherry not alcohol. Sounds like a slippery slope to me.
Ha! The best definition of a “lady” I ever heard was “a woman who is never unintentionally rude.” Works for me!
I guess I went to a different kind of school. Everyone told me that by the time I graduated, I’d love beer. Must admit I gave it a fair chance, but nope, never grew to like it. No one mentioned being a lady.
my grandmother should have tried that one *g*
But, but don’t you see? It’s not what things are, it’s what they look like they are that counts ;-)
Welcome to the deep south in the 50s/60s.
still amazes me how she could tolerate (let alone try to pass on) such rigid gender roles.
I ended up at very different kinds of school;-)
The first one actually had a rather progressive view about alcohol. Not a violation of the rules to drink, though it was illegal. Just a violation to be under the influence of alcohol — quite nuanced for the time.
bold tags are fixed, thanx whoever took care of it
No. The base detests Romney almost as much as McSame. They want a real, fire-breathin’, Revelations quotin’, neo-con lovin’, hypocritical Crisschun.
The Mittster is still one of them… fakey Mormon Crisschun wannabes…
Jindal is too not-white. (Although, it would be political gold in the general for just that reason).
They’ve got the Florida connection right — just the wrong governor.
Who will be the proto-fascists (i.e. Republican Party) V.P. nominee?? JEB!!!
Yup. JEB
McSame will REALLY be Just Like Bush… because he’ll even have a Bush on the ticket. Otherwise Little Georgie might not start that war in Iran for The Old One)
and once again, i find myself hoping with all that is my being that THIS IS WRONG!
let’s put it this way;
if they actually use jeb as vp that means they are definately preparing “an emergency”
becauase not matter how stupid they are, they cannot possibly believe any bush has another shot at being president or vice president
they cannot possibly run jeb unless the know something is going to happen