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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 11:57 AM
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I'd rather not cloud my love for Teddy with hate for Bush
Maybe its just me, but I don't feel its right to bag on Bush - or even give him any notice whatsoever.

It's not about him, its about a man - a great man - who passed on leaving this country much better than when he entered it.

Flame me if you want - but its just what I'm feeling right now.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 11:59 AM
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1. He meant to respect Teddy by coming today...
...on a day where respect for Teddy is all that matters.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:00 PM
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2. I agree with you
No room for Bush today.
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:02 PM
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3. No , you're right .I love having a reason to extinguish contempt ,respect.
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elocs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:02 PM
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4. Ted did not hate Bush. My guess he did not hate many who are hated here.
He was a bigger and greater man than most of us here.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:04 PM
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6. Yes indeed
Granted I don't blame us for bashing Bush

But that still doesn't make it right

And it distracts from the greatness of Senator Ted Kennedy
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:04 PM
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7. Exactly!! He was what we're supposed to be about Here.
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Creena Donating Member (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:07 PM
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11. Indeed.
Seeing him makes my blood boil, but I try to keep my negative emotions in check.
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LiberalAndProud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:02 PM
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5. Thank you for saying what I've been thinking.
I'll be ignoring the "I hate that Republican" threads on this day.
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JohnnyLib2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:04 PM
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8. Thank you.
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:05 PM
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9. Agreed. The little man is attending a great man's funeral.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:06 PM
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10. I appreciate your righteousness. But I can multitask.
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:07 PM
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12. Er.. that would be me, too. nt
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:08 PM
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13. Ditto.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:09 PM
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14. Yeah, I think we're allowed to comment on this or that
...without the PC police telling us what we can talk about while in church.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:11 PM
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15. Look, I'm not telling you or even trying to shame you
Just saying what's on my mind

Agree to disagree?
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:16 PM
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19. Fine with me - I've been in that church and never like the stiltedness
Being able to laugh at the right-wing dolt sitting there was a pleasure for me.
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incapsulated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:22 PM
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20. So in other words, Kennedy's funeral was an opportunity for you to laugh
At someone who we have laughed at for 8 years, already.

Maybe if you were there you could have lobbed spitballs at him and really had a great time.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:26 PM
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21. That's the worse mischaracterization I've ever read
I can honor Teddy, and, at the same time, in a moment of nobody speaking, comment on the idiot sitting there looking like he's hating every minute of it. Your horrible mischaracterization is one of the most disgusting posts I've ever read here.
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incapsulated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:13 PM
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16. I think it just a matter of respect for Kennedy
I don't want to attend a funeral of someone beloved and listen to how much people despise someone else who attended.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:35 PM
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23. "multi-task"!1 BwahaHAH!1 I was going to say, COMPARTMENTALIZE!1 n/t
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Inspired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 01:53 PM
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30. That's not how I felt today but your post made me lol!
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:14 PM
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17. I don't mind Bush trying to do the classy thing
especially since it happens so infrequently. I find it rather touching.

I'm just delighted Cheney didn't have the gall to show up.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:14 PM
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18. Agree ... it just doesn't seem respectful toward Teddy,
Edited on Sat Aug-29-09 12:21 PM by Raine
it's not in keeping with his spirit and the way Teddy treated others. I'll go back to hating Bush tomorrow and making fun of him but not today
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:30 PM
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22. I agree.
It's been a tearful joy to listen to his son's talk about him. He was a wonderful father. A wonderful patriarch. He lived his better nature.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:45 PM
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27. That sledding story his son told had me in tears
Welling up just thinking about it
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:36 PM
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24. Feek same, especially after hearing Patrick speak. One hopes bush heard
and seeks, works toward, the help he needs to redeem himself as a human being. One would gladly support such courage.
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:37 PM
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25. I feel the same
It's not about him. For today, he just doesn't exist.
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stlsaxman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:37 PM
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26. Amen!
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:57 PM
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28. Yeah, I just mentally blocked him out whenever his face came on the TV.
I don't need that emotion today.
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Inspired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 01:51 PM
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29. I agree with you....and I admit that I liked seeing him at Teddy's funeral today.
I don't know why. It made me feel proud of Teddy. Proud to be a Democrat. A little more tolerant. I had very little hatred left in me when I saw him. Maybe that hatred will come back tomorrow. But for today, it isn't about that.
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etherealtruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 01:54 PM
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31. I'd rather not cloud my love with peripheral hate under any circumstances
It makes for a decidedly more joyous life!
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