Conservatives Warn of "Wellstone Effect" For Kennedy

Source: Politico

Key conservative voices have begun to charge in the day after Sen. Ted Kennedy’s death that Democrats are inappropriately politicizing the senator’s death, his memorial and his legacy.

Kennedy was that ultimate political creature, a “lion of the Senate,” and the last son of the archetypal American political family — his passing is inevitably political. In his final days, he focused on a narrow political goal, pleading with state leaders to change state law to posthumously fill his Senate seat with an interim appointee who would be a vote in favor of the health care legislation he championed.

So his allies on the left have made no secret of their hopes that his legacy will serve to bolster the uncertain health reform plan, with Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) even suggesting the bill be named for Kennedy.

And that has some influential conservative voices sounding the alarm and calling foul.


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I know it's too much to hope the media won't fall lock-step in with the Cons if someone even speaks well of healthcare reform at the funeral, but it annoys the hell out of me that their garbage could gain traction once more.

:sarcasm:

And fuck 'em. The Senator's life was dedicated to the political causes he championed. We will pick up the standard for him and carry on. He's ours, not theirs.

so yeah, fuck 'em.

Somehow I got an image of a bunch of evil sorcerors around a circle trying to call up Zombie Reagan to run for office again.

better yet..... a group of them sitting around a table with a Ouji board trying to contact Reagan on a daily basis.

:rofl:

the repubs killed Senator Kennedy? What are they talking about?

.............pious ass holes couldn't get their collective noses up the corpse of st ronnie's ass. Reagan this, and Reagan would have done that. Someone ought to pull up all that disgusting video and play it whenever one of these sleazy motherfuckers brings up Kennedy.

...even funerals?

Amazing.

nd I'm going through it now with a person I've known for 20 years. If her head doesn't explode and she doesn't strokes out this will have been the best freakin email I've even sent anyone. I've held my tongue and tried to reason and inform this skank for almost 2 years now. And I've had a belly full.

'Get ready cause here comes...' lol old but, goodie.

Let us know how it turns out.

He would want his legacy to be used to promote health care for all.

Freaking idiots. :banghead:

And when " W " passes, the Re-pubes will start another phony war in his honor !

By any means necessary. The Senator lived his life in or around politics. Use his death to forward a serious cause he believed in. If we dont then the conservatives will" YOU BETCHA"

When it comes to healthcare, everyone know what Ted Kennedy wanted. Attempting to make his dream a reality is not politicizing his death, it's honoring his life. The Kennedy family knows what he wanted, so if the family isn't complaining (in fact, I bet they support it), then STFU!

What are you going to do about it when we do JUST that?
Cry?
Bitch?
Moan?
Throw a tantrum?
Who gives a shit what you think?

Eat shit and STFU m'effers.

We'll honor this Irishman the way the Irish do.
We'll cry, tell stories, tell jokes about the man and his legacy, we may even tip a few for our fallen friend, and you can kiss my FAT IRISH ASS if you don't like it.

to. The most partisan, pathetic bunch of political hacks and haters we've ever seen can kiss my fat Irish ass too!

:toast:

Though, since we're going Irish...

:beer:

Fat Irish ass they can kiss. Who do they think they are telling anybody how to honor someone who has passed. We will honor them anyway we damn well please and if they don't like they can ki.. oh wait I said that already didn't I.

life was really like instead of hearing about it on hate airwaves.

Now there's something new. Aren't those the same government hating guys who've tried to rename every federal building and airport in the country after Ronald Reagan?:sarcasm:

coins. Nancy had the grace to refuse. I'll always give her points for that. And stem cell research. And all but thumbing her nose at McCain.

And for once I hope that the conservatives are right.

Seriously...
Who gives a shit what they think?

As E.J. Dionne recently pointed out, whenever Rush Limbaugh or Newt Gingrich even hiccup, it spreads across the media within hours.

Do conservatives have a phone line, or an e-mail or a website where I can go to get my mourning plans cleared by them?

Now we can move on to get our party to drop that crap and get a bill passed that Teddy would be proud of, without letting obstructionists continue to contribute to the destructive "self-negotiating" process that's been f'ing us up for so long!

It's the Law"

and four more: STFU

and an extra two..Fuck Off.

:rofl:

Screw them. A good rousing Irish Wake is in order. My Irish husband explained to me why Irish Wakes were basically good parties. The family and friends were celebrating that the deceased had gone to a better place where there would be no more hard times or starvation. There were also the stories about the deceased both funny and poignant told by friends and relatives. They were also memorialized about they had accomplished in their life even if it was a simple as being a good father or mother. I believe this would be the major ingredient of a Kennedy wake. The Morlock conservatives who lurk on the dark side just don't understand why joy would be in order instead of the pathetic, morose, weeping dirge that was Reagan's funeral.

much WORSE FOR WEAR. All those hyped-up calls for right wing phony patriotism will not play well in today's economy.

Conservatives are devoid of morality and it shows. :thumbsdown:

Kennedy's death by trashing him.

What the cons/repubs are really doing is saying that progressives/liberals are not allowed to have heroes. Either we supposed to shut up and let them trash him or they will try to convince everybody Teddy was not really a liberal (good luck on that one).

A great democrats funeral.

Republicans are scared shitless!

They are worried because they won't have their usual media control & censorship.

And that all of Kennedy's fantastic progressive ideas LIKE HEALTH CARE will get air time, by his family, friends and fellow democrats!!

Republicans are so fucking frightened of the truth.

The more said about Kennedy's wonderful work, philosophy & accomplishments the better....

That's who the man, Edward M Kennedy was.

Fuck the republicans and their usual fear & scare tactics!!

First the "death panels" now this "do it for Teddy" stuff. Just when I thought they couldn't get any lower, I read this shit.

try to do the same to Ted Kennedy.

What's that?

Do they mean more Dem Senators will be elected in spite of huge amounts of cash and time being wasted on their part? Y'know...like the "Frankin Effect"?

Nice that the Repukes admit that "that" was a fucking nightmare!!!!

This is such bullshit! It would be like Lincoln getting assassinated and warning his supporters not to mention the Emancipation Proclamation!!

It would be like Jim Brown dying and being warned not to talk about his 5.7 Yards Per Carry average!!!!

It would be like Limbaugh dying and being warned not to mention Oxycontin!!!

It would be like the Mick Jagger dying and being warned not to mention The Rolling Stones!!!!

Fuck 'em! We all know the media's going to carry their fucking water anyway. Question is...why aren't their 30,000,000 people marching on Washington demanding Universal Health Care????

remember Wellstone died before the election. They did not allow for early voters who already had voted for Wellstone. Those votes did not count, and the poor voters who voted early could not vote again. I believe, though, that Norm's early votes were counted.

don't even worry anymore about telegraphing their intentions.

The only question is whether the hapless Democrats have learned how to deal with it yet.

They have not stopped since.

Every day, in every way, free-thinking people of this country are getting a clearer picture of just who the Republicans really are.

sitting there, now. And the problem is?

Putting his ugly face on the $10 bill and all that shit?

Reagan NATIONAL Airport?


These people are just too much!

:banghead: Shame on them.

The gop's idolatry for a celluloid cowboy is nauseating. They splattered reagan's name over everything that couldn't move out of the way. And they're whining about Democrats remembering somebody who actually accomplished great good?

Every time I think they've lost all decency they step up and prove me right.

Let's hope the Dems don't succumb to the temptation.

How dare they "warn" us about anything?

Hekate
:argh:

What I remember about Wellstone's funeral is how the corporate ass media went on and on about how some of those "liberal" observers were booing our great repukes. And, I mean on and on. The media did everything they could to downplay Wellstone. I love me some Paul Wellstone. He is the one Senator that I donated to every election and I am not even from his state. But, I knew that he actually cared for the American people and he listened and helped main street. When mine workers were concerned about *'s buddies in mining lowering safety standards, it is Wellstone who came to the rescue, because those politicians, I believe it was Pennsylvania, would not respond to those concerns.

And, St. Ronnie was made a saint after his death. Between books and a complicit media--they CREATED the perception of St. Ronnie. I mean, think about the state of the economy, Iran-Contra, BCCI-S&L debacle during St. Ronnie. In the book, "The Predators Ball," it shows how many corporations were gutted or raped under St. Ronnie--how many corporations went bankrupt (believe me, there was a lot) and how those greedy corrupt assholes used junkbonds to grab companies that were in the black and basically, strip them, leaving employees with no jobs. St. Ronnie is a myth created by the media and unregulated predatory capitalist thieves after his death.

intercessions.

Suck it, Cons!

And don't get me started on how slanted that article is, something in which Politico, AP, et al. seem to specialize--while yahoo news seems to specialize in collecting slanted articles from those sources.

Now, someone tell me when Democrats ever tried to limit how anyone else mourns their loved ones?

I guess Republicans have decided to specialize in mean-spirited, dishonest, and dumb, the Republican Trifecta. Shame on them and on anyone who takes them seriously.

They always cry foul when they're behind. Hands up who DIDN'T see this coming...

:boring:
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