Comments on: Ted Kennedy and Health Reform http://dukeresearchadvantage.com/laura/2009/09/02/ted-kennedy-and-health-reform/ Research that Matters Thu, 27 May 2010 07:41:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tom Degan http://dukeresearchadvantage.com/laura/2009/09/02/ted-kennedy-and-health-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Tom Degan Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:53:08 +0000 http://dukeresearchadvantage.com/?p=993#comment-382 So many "red state Americans" who regarded him with suspicion if not outright hatred, will probably never even realize how much they owe Senator Kennedy. It's kind of sad that a lot of the people Kennedy worked the hardest for despised him with a passion born of decades of anti-Kennedy propaganda. Nothing was handier for a Republican running in a conservative district than the image of Bogeyman Ted in a campaign ad. It usually worked. TEDDY KENNEDY'S GONNA GET'CHA IF YA DON'T WATCH OUT! I wonder how these people would react if tomorrow - just for a day, mind you - every law Teddy Kennedy is responsible for were made null and void. Call it a hunch but I have a strong feeling that more people than you might suspect are going to miss him now that he's gone. Teddy, they hardly knew ye! I'll miss Teddy. His impact on the country he loved so much will be felt for generations. The loss his passing means to progressive politics in the United States is incalculable. We need him at this moment in history more than we ever needed him before. It's so unspeakably sad. He's gone and he's not coming back. Now he belongs to the ages. In the good old Irish Catholic tradition, tonight I'll be drinking a toast or two (or twelve) to you, Ted. Sleep well and thanks. http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com Tom Degan Goshen, NY<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('382','Tom Degan','So many \"red state Americans\" who regarded him with suspicion if not outright hatred, will probably never even realize how much they owe Senator Kennedy. It\'s kind of sad that a lot of the people Kennedy worked the hardest for despised him with a passion born of decades of anti-Kennedy propaganda. Nothing was handier for a Republican running in a conservative district than the image of Bogeyman Ted in a campaign ad. It usually worked.\n\nTEDDY KENNEDY\'S GONNA GET\'CHA IF YA DON\'T WATCH OUT!\n\nI wonder how these people would react if tomorrow - just for a day, mind you - every law Teddy Kennedy is responsible for were made null and void. Call it a hunch but I have a strong feeling that more people than you might suspect are going to miss him now that he\'s gone.\n\nTeddy, they hardly knew ye!\n\nI\'ll miss Teddy. His impact on the country he loved so much will be felt for generations. The loss his passing means to progressive politics in the United States is incalculable. We need him at this moment in history more than we ever needed him before. It\'s so unspeakably sad. He\'s gone and he\'s not coming back. Now he belongs to the ages.\n\nIn the good old Irish Catholic tradition, tonight I\'ll be drinking a toast or two (or twelve) to you, Ted. Sleep well and thanks.\n\nhttp:\/\/www.tomdegan.blogspot.com\n\nTom Degan\nGoshen, NY'); return false;">Quote</a></div> So many “red state Americans” who regarded him with suspicion if not outright hatred, will probably never even realize how much they owe Senator Kennedy. It’s kind of sad that a lot of the people Kennedy worked the hardest for despised him with a passion born of decades of anti-Kennedy propaganda. Nothing was handier for a Republican running in a conservative district than the image of Bogeyman Ted in a campaign ad. It usually worked.

TEDDY KENNEDY’S GONNA GET’CHA IF YA DON’T WATCH OUT!

I wonder how these people would react if tomorrow – just for a day, mind you – every law Teddy Kennedy is responsible for were made null and void. Call it a hunch but I have a strong feeling that more people than you might suspect are going to miss him now that he’s gone.

Teddy, they hardly knew ye!

I’ll miss Teddy. His impact on the country he loved so much will be felt for generations. The loss his passing means to progressive politics in the United States is incalculable. We need him at this moment in history more than we ever needed him before. It’s so unspeakably sad. He’s gone and he’s not coming back. Now he belongs to the ages.

In the good old Irish Catholic tradition, tonight I’ll be drinking a toast or two (or twelve) to you, Ted. Sleep well and thanks.

http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY

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