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Sugarcoated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 11:05 PM
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Repubs attacking Ted Kennedy's oldest son?
Edited on Sun Aug-30-09 11:09 PM by Sugarcoated
My Republican brother brought up Sen. Kennedy, we made a little "safe" smalltalk about it, and then he starts criticizing Ted, Jr. for being a lobbyist, I guess implying Ted was corrupt. He is a big Hanutty and Michael Medved listener so it's probably coming from those steaming loads.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 11:17 PM
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1. Them Pubs Never have solutions...all they do is Nit and whine...BULLIES
They are Bullies who target victims....they are Trouble makers...ya see these types in every office in town...almost...
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BattyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 11:21 PM
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2. Lobbyist? I thought he owned a financial services firm.
:shrug:
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Sugarcoated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 11:29 PM
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4. Maybe he meant one of his other sons.
Or maybe he was confused. I don't know anything about his children except Patrick, so I couldn't say much about it. I can't tell you how angry it makes me to not know in a situation like that and be able to call him, or anyone, on their bullshit.
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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 11:40 PM
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6. He only has two sons and a daughter.
Patrick is not a lobbyist. He is a congressman.
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 11:21 PM
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3. Kennedy 's personal wealth made it possible for him to say no
to business. He did not have to be beholden to Business.
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 11:39 PM
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5. Here you go:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Kennedy,_Jr.

Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr. (born September 26, 1961) (also known as Ted Kennedy, Jr.) is an American entrepreneur, investment banker and lawyer. He is a co-founder and the president of the Marwood Group, a financial-services firm headquartered in New York City, New York.

He is a son of U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy from Massachusetts. He is also the nephew of U.S. President John F. Kennedy; and U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy from New York.

More at link.
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Sugarcoated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 12:00 AM
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8. Yeah,
I just looked it up. What the hell was he talking about? I'm not going to wait till it comes up, I'm calling or emailing him with a link.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 11:53 PM
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7. Only a dumbass who didn't see Ted Jr's speech at the funeral would go after him.
I'm sure that includes a lot of RW people who wouldn't want to watch UNLESS they were looking for any time HCR was mentioned so they could yell "Wellstone" like idiots.
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Sugarcoated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 12:18 AM
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9. I found this
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3072080

Ted, Jr.'s suing a lobbyist firm.
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 06:21 AM
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10. Ted Jr. Charismatic, smart, handsome. A triple threat and they know it...n/t
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 09:51 AM
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12. Exactly! They saw how well received his eulogy was and here are the talking points.
It's amazing how predictable these people are...they fear him, and you know it...
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NotThisTime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 10:53 AM
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13. BINGO!
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 06:42 AM
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11. Ha-ha! Ted Jr. must have done something right!
He sure impressed the daylights out of me with his speech. Both his sons did. And his grandchildren, his niece was very good too.

Oh they must be roiling in gut knots after that incredible show of love and outpouring of respect.
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Honeycombe8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 08:18 PM
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14. My thoughts exactly. The two sons....VERY moving! Makes the Pubes VERY afraid,
I guess, that those who were moved, would move toward a public option?

heheheheheheheheh.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-31-09 08:20 PM
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15. repukes have to hate someone
remember, Teddy has been a favorite whipping boy for decades - it's only natural for them to be desperate for a Teddy Jr
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-01-09 12:32 PM
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16. So what the fuck do they care about "lobbyists"...unless they're
going all Fucking Hypocrite.
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