Ted Kennedy diagnosed with malignant brain tumor
posted at 5:45 pm on May 20, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Sorry for the delay on this. There are already 100+ comments iin Headlines but it wouldn’t seem right not to post on it, so here it is. Genuinely shocking, not only because of the diagnosis but the prognosis. Read the Globe’s harrowing piece if you haven’t stumbled upon it elsewhere yet. It sounds like he has two to three years if he’s lucky, although it could be much less than that. The word “terminal” is used; one neurologist quoted says he’ll likely have to retire in the “near future.”
Here’s awful video from CNN of Byrd reacting to the news. He wasn’t the only one crying today. Click the image to watch.
Update (Ed): We talked about this on the show today, and it’s worth repeating here. Americans of all political beliefs come to the open forum and debate great issues with great passion. Everyone believes that they act for the benefit of America, even if others think their ideas dangerous and ill-conceived. We would rather have our ideas prevail because we convinced others of the rightness of our cause than to see opponents retreat because of illness and death.
Our opponents are still Americans and still human beings, and we hold Kennedy and his family in our prayers tonight.
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The high road is one trip you’ll never regret or for which you’ll need to apologize. As a human, Kennedy is created in the image of GOD. As a United States Senator, he deserves the respect due the office.
May GOD grant comfort to his family.
oldleprechaun on May 20, 2008 at 7:32 PM
I’ve seen honorable men die. Men who earned my respect in the way they lived their lives and often in how they died. Not because they suddenly are found to be ill after a life spent at tearing down the traditional and moral fibers of this country. Not to mention the tragedies he has bestowed on innocent people and with no known remorse for those actions.
You have your opinion and I have mine. I’ll it let go at that.
Guardian on May 20, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Very well said.
Glynn on May 20, 2008 at 7:33 PM
The Kennedy family, specifically Senator Ted will be getting a prayer from me to the Big Fella tonight. While I disagree with Teddy’s politics, I still respect him, his family and the office he holds, duly elected Senator by the voters of Massachusetts.
This is no time for partisan politics.
swami on May 20, 2008 at 7:35 PM
Pray for him? I don’t understand what the prayers would be? That he avoid death’s door for a long time? Do you mean that he should live on and suffer? And as he suffers his family suffers?
Or does one pray that he goes quickly? Pray that he dies quickly?
Take your choice.
ich dien on May 20, 2008 at 7:39 PM
I struggled as well, but this is as close as I can get.
Mooseman on May 20, 2008 at 7:39 PM
I have no love for Ted Kennedy’s political leaning, but I do wish him well, and will say a prayer for him and his family.
irongrampa on May 20, 2008 at 7:40 PM
For me, a prayer for the immortal soul will do.
Glynn on May 20, 2008 at 7:41 PM
He will get the best medical care the country has to offer….all he left Mary Jo was an air bubble in the back of the car as he swam away to hide his involvement.
David in ATL on May 20, 2008 at 7:44 PM
I have to admit, after everything he’s done against the members of the military, sympathy was not the first emotion I felt. Then I realized I did not want to turn into a slimy kos-sack, so I didn’t say what I originally wanted. It sounds like he’ll be answering to a higher power soon, and I don’t think he’ll have a lot of MSM shills spinning for him there.
rmgraha on May 20, 2008 at 7:45 PM
I’m sorry, but I just can’t muster the sympathy. I would not be saying this if it were John Kerry or Obama or some other lib with the diagnosis. But this man drove a woman into a river and then left her there to die while comtemplating his political future. He should have gone to prison for a long time. Instead he went to the Senate for a lifetime.
From what I’ve seen, all of the Kennedy men, including St. JFK were and are scum. Why America is so fascinated with this group of lechers, addicts, and criminals is beyond me.
ashleymatt on May 20, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Tough break, best of luck Senator. I’m still no fan though.
Hog Wild on May 20, 2008 at 7:46 PM
eh.
jaime on May 20, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Sorry Captain Nitpick,
Ted Kennedy is not any of those people.
Squid Shark on May 20, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Better catch up on your reading, start with Eisenhower, he is the one who first proposed the civil rights act (voted down by the Dems) and he is the one who sent armed guards to protect the black students.
And remember, it was the Kennedy’s who wire tapped MLK, convinced he was a communist sympathizer.
Looks like you have a couple of weeks of reading before posting again.
right2bright on May 20, 2008 at 7:54 PM
That he will do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God in the time he has left. The same as for anyone, really.
vonspringer on May 20, 2008 at 7:54 PM
It is not a nice way to go. Sad news…
lexhamfox on May 20, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Do you mean this part?
Or where I am not letting him off the hook for decades of ruthless attacks on conservatives, and his greedy self serving life?
right2bright on May 20, 2008 at 7:59 PM
You know, we sit here and mourn for the still-living Kennedy. I’ll say he’s been nothing more than a deteriment to the country, seditious, and even a murderer, but I will not wish the man dead, nor will I wish suffering on the man, or his family, regardless of our definite political and ideological differences. However, I’m sure that if this was Jim Inhofe, Sam Brownback or John Sununu, the chorus from the left wishing both them, and their families, death, pain, suffering and damnation, would be deafening.
Virus-X on May 20, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Remembering compassion is to be Christian.
Hening on May 20, 2008 at 8:06 PM
The article did say “terminal” I believe, though I can only speak for myself in saying that I do not mourn him and I never will. That is a simple statement of truth for all the reasons already outlined by many who have posted here today. There is a difference between expressing the need to say a prayer but mourn…no. I will not mourn him.
Glynn on May 20, 2008 at 8:08 PM
About 2 1/2 years ago, my nephew died of a brain tumor at the age of 14.
What he went through I will never wish on anyone. Not even Ted Kennedy.
ich dien (on May 20, 2008 at 7:39 PM) ask why we should pray for him. We should pray because its the right thing to do. What do we ask for in prayer? Christ has already answered that.
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GT on May 20, 2008 at 8:13 PM
How about choosing to ask God to do whatever would be best for the patient and his loved ones? That’s how I pray for people who are in situations like this one. God, and only God, knows what is best for each of us. Leave it to Him.
AZCoyote on May 20, 2008 at 8:13 PM
Martin Luther King was a Republican and a rival of the Democrats.
elduende on May 20, 2008 at 8:26 PM
I oppose virtually every position this man ever took on the senate floor, but I wouldn’t wish this tragedy on him, and he and his family are in our prayers.
Think_b4_speaking on May 20, 2008 at 8:30 PM
You know who this helps?
The new junior Senator from Massachusetts, Mitt Romney!
stefanite on May 20, 2008 at 8:31 PM
This was what I said when he was first rushed to the ER:
Sadly, I must admit that I have not fixed it. I take no joy or pleasure in his passing, only relief that no more damage will be done by him personally.
I am saddened for those that love him, whom will morn his passing, for they are negatively affected emotionally by this. I wish them the best and hope they may come to terms with it as soon as possible, each in their own time.
Mr. Kennedy lived the life he chose to live. His actions are the fruit of his labors by which we know him. I know him to be a cancer on the population of this country. His passing from the same is ironic, but fitting. That is all the opinion I have on this matter.
Voidseeker on May 20, 2008 at 8:38 PM
As someone whose liberal ideals (in my younger days) he heavily influenced, I wish him all the best.
As a reformed blue dog, he’s a worthy political adversary.
SouthernDem on May 20, 2008 at 8:39 PM
Do whatever you wish, but if you don’t want to do what Jesus said, don’t call yourself a Christian.
May God provide comfort to Senator Kennedy and his family, and may whatever of his days remain be as pain-free as possible.
Paul S.
Bondservant of Christ
psrch on May 20, 2008 at 8:42 PM
I am sure the Kennedy camp were also aware of political incentives to move in this direction. The Dems still use African Americans politically today.
Bruce Hendrix on May 20, 2008 at 8:42 PM
There is still time for Kennedy to repent. Perhaps now he will.
Kennedy may still be alive by the fall, but he will almost certainly have to retire very soon since the tumor is destroying his left lobe. But does Mitt want to sacrifice a potential VP slot? Decision time.
Pax americana on May 20, 2008 at 9:14 PM
History books can hash out what are thought to be his bad deeds probably soon enough. At this point God is the rightous and perfect one, so if God has anything to say about how Ted Kennedy lived his life after the fact, I say leave that discussion to Ted and God. In the meantime my prayers are for him and his his family who must feel totally devastated by this bad news.
wubu on May 20, 2008 at 9:24 PM
And, well, thinking a little more about it,,, and of course, I would hope he has time to repent before he goes,, I wish him no ill at all,, but,, I always liked that movie about the last days of Hitler. It was an old movie from the 70’s, I think. It gets into his paranoia and all,, touches on how he never allowed smoking in his presence. ,, At the end, some officer comes out and lines up all the secretaries and other workers and announces “The Fuerhur is dead!” No one reacts for some time. Then, one by one they each pull out a cigarette and lights up and smokes away, just standing there in line. A brilliant and humorous ending.
Now let me think about the life of this man that has finally come, or is about to come to his end,,,,,,,,,,,
uh,, he drove a young girl over a bridge and left her on the bottom to drown and tried to cover it up for the sake of his political future. He has actively supported the killing of millions and millions and millions of unborn babies. He has been in the forefront of every liberal anti American cause that has ever passed through the halls of congress. I personally think, his words and actions have encouraged and emboldened our enemies around the world for decades,, whether they were the Soviets, Central American communists or terrorists in the middle east. God only knows the things he has gotten away with that we don’t know. How many lives has this man afflicted? How much harm has this one man brought on this nation??
Not even counting all the countless law abiding decent people he as dragged before him
and have been forced to listen, under penalty of law, to his rantings and ravings!
I don’t smoke,, but if i did,, I think I’d just sit here and light up.
JellyToast on May 20, 2008 at 9:29 PM
Ah, nice to see so many compassionate Christians in this thread.
freevillage on May 20, 2008 at 9:45 PM
I agree it is disgraceful
Squid Shark on May 20, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Come conservatives aren’t christian. Imagine that.
Also, not every member of this site is a conservative, and they might post as a conservative, with the intent to make others look bad. Granted, I’d wager that there are some a*hole conservatives in the group, but the number is significantly less than the a*hole liberals who posted comments on liberal blogs cheering the sickness, injury and death of conservatives. As a comparison. A hell of a lot more.
So suck on that.
wise_man on May 20, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Seventy times seven, for the real Christians. Even if it’s hard. Even if it means you need to partake of the miracle of forgiveness.
I know you know this. It’s just a reminder.
Prufrock on May 20, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Looking at the commentaries on the link, though – some of these folks don’t quite understand what was meant. One who requires repentance before forgiveness missed some other Biblical points…
Prufrock on May 20, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Socialized medicine anyone? I’m sure Ted would love to stand in line to get his tumor treated.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on May 20, 2008 at 10:29 PM
As much as I have detested him over the years, I am saddened by this and pray that whatever happens, that a kind and merciful God brings him and his family peace.
D2Boston on May 20, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Kennedy was marching hand in hand with Martin Luther King long before anyone on the right supported civil rights. At least people on the right can give him some credit for that. The amount of good this man has done for minorities, the elderly, and the poor cannot be overstated.
His passing also speaks to the scope of the Kennedy legacy and tragedy of his family. Jack and Robert were not much older and might have lived as long as their brother
bayam on May 20, 2008 at 6:58 PM
bayam, you really need to bone up on your history. It was Teddy’s big bro Bobby who arranged the wiretaps on MLK (with Pres JFK’s approval). Then the Kennedy boys sat back and laughed when the tapes also revealed MLK’s assignations with ladies other than his Mrs.
poodlemom on May 20, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Be not confused: I know that my hate for this man is MY problem, and admit as much.
I am not rejoicing at his misfortune, but have wished him gone and will not pretend that I have not – that would be dishonest.
Voidseeker on May 20, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Stupid question to the medicinally educated -
There was just a story about a teenage girl who is going to have half of her brain removed to cure a disease. Why can’t Senator Kennedy have a similar operation if the cancer is only entrenched in one hemisphere of his brain? Is he too old, or will lose to much memmory, or what?
shuzilla on May 20, 2008 at 10:50 PM
The last forty two years has seen Edward Moore Kennedy teach us to revile liberalism and all its detestable vagaries.
Now, the probable epiphany Teddy Kennedy goes through will likely afford him the opportunity to teach us something quite different.
Neither great, small nor wonderful or evil matters the least bit, in the end we all become equals.
Speakup on May 20, 2008 at 10:54 PM
I pray that Senator Kennedy is granted sufficient time by G-d to try to redeem himself- the question is, is that what he would do with the time G-d grants him?
I will pray for Senator Kennedy as we are all sinners.
frank on May 20, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Ha! I thought almost exactly the same thing when I heard the report of Kennedy’s prognosis today. A taste of his own medicine, so to speak.
I sympathize with his family, but that’s as far as it goes. I have as much sympathy for the unrepentant Ted as he showed for Mary Jo Kopechne, and as he has demonstrated for the untold millions of unborn babies whose murders he has insisted upon.
I really can’t improve upon the remarks of JellyToast and others who posted along the same lines, so I’ll just say, “Good riddance.”
SynthSmith on May 20, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Mary Joe Kapeckne finally gets justice, fourty years later.
THE CHOSEN ONE on May 20, 2008 at 11:16 PM
An opportunity they cannot pass up whether he is alive or not–lets do this for the Lion of the Senate. How long do you think it will take?
dragondrop on May 20, 2008 at 11:19 PM
He’s not my favorite guy–but he has my sympathy and prayers this day.
jeanie on May 20, 2008 at 11:26 PM
It’s so nice to see free-”F*** the South”-village show up as Miss Manners to tut-tut the tone of posts here. Please delight us with that link to that “F*** the South” rant again so that we might be treated again to a display of your refined sensibilities.
Using Ted Kennedy’s condition as an occasion to grind your own axe is just as crass and opportunistic as the postings which you purport to be offended by.
shazbat on May 20, 2008 at 11:47 PM
You leave us with a sorry socialist legacy, Senator. Your efforts have helped destroy many lives in my country – from the unborn, to generations “trapped” in the welfare state that you helped perpetuate. I hope your passing is as painless and peaceful as possible. Go to your reward and may God have mercy on you – you will most certainly need it.
labrat on May 20, 2008 at 11:49 PM
I have to admit that I said a prayer for Ted and the Kennedy clan today. They have suffered so much, I wish them peace. There are other times to make political points.
carlitos on May 20, 2008 at 11:52 PM
This has little to do with politics-some years ago I attended the Michigan caucus for a few hours and voted for Ted Kennedy against Carter for the Democrat nomination- although my politics and thoughts on the Kennedy’s have changed somewhat since then.
The man is 76 for goodness sakes and has lived an opulent and carefree lifestyle that most would envy. He drowns a woman due to being drunk and leaves her to perish while he calls on his advisors to figure out how to save his career-you try that and see how many years you spend in jail.
I take no special joy in his death and sympathize with his family and their future ordeal. Now it’s time to speculate on who or perhaps which Kennedy takes his place. I would guess the Kennedys feel that is their seat and are entitled to have a Kennedy replace him.
Goodale on May 21, 2008 at 12:03 AM
I hear that Dr. Leonard McCoy was one of the attending physicians at the hospital where Kennedy was admitted. After his initial examination of the Senator, he looked up at James Kirk and replied, “He’s Ted Jim”.
realitycheck on May 21, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Are you kidding? I’m not any more offended by you than I would be by a bum touching my hand. It’s pretty disgusting but you can’t really take any offense.
P.S. Here’s the link per your request. Brilliant stuff.
freevillage on May 21, 2008 at 12:10 AM
I’m surprised it wasn’t his liver.
xplodeit on May 21, 2008 at 12:12 AM
I find it difficult to muster up any sympathy for Ted Kennedy. Over the years he’s probably done more than any other living politician to send this country down the road to ruin.
infidel4life on May 21, 2008 at 12:12 AM
No matter the political persuasion, my prayers go out to Senator Kennedy. The Kennedy family has suffered enough tragedy.
Mark
http://mark24609.blogspot.com/
There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. John Maynard Keynes
“No hay forma más sutil y segura de volcar la base existente de la sociedad que el de corromper la moneda” John Maynard Keynes
mark24609 on May 21, 2008 at 12:21 AM
I don’t know if anyone noticed, but the tone of these posts is for the most part quite a bit different than when a conservative dies on the liberal websites.
Mark
http://mark24609.blogspot.com/
There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. John Maynard Keynes
“No hay forma más sutil y segura de volcar la base existente de la sociedad que el de corromper la moneda” John Maynard Keynes
mark24609 on May 21, 2008 at 12:37 AM
I have mixed feelings about this.
On one hand, I’m not going to rejoice in the illness of a man who isn’t a tyrant or a mass-murderer just because I strongly dislike him. He’s a man with family and friends who love him, we can’t allow ourselves to forget that.
On the other hand, in the event he does die from this, I hope that Mary Jo Kopechne spends eternity kicking him in the balls.
jic on May 21, 2008 at 1:00 AM
Mary Jo Kopechne was not available for comment. Her worm decomposed corpse has been in a water soaked coffen for years……
May the sins and traitorists actions of Mr. Kennedy cause him a slow and painful death, *uck those who faint his illness, he has done more harm to this nation than any foriegn nation.
May La Raza scramble to find another Illegal-Immigrant Champion……
Seven Percent Solution on May 21, 2008 at 1:15 AM
I am sad for Kennedy’s physical condition. I don’t wish pain and suffering on anyone, and his ailment only serves to remind me of my own mortality.
I am just as sad for all the lost opportunities this man had, from the position he was given, to work as a force for good in the world. Ted has some glaring sins of commission and omission to answer for, not the least of which are Mary Jo’s death and actively working with the Soviets to undermine the President of the United States.
Perhaps in his decline, Theodore Edward Kennedy will take the opportunity to shrive himself before God and come clean. One can only hope.
I will feel and say the same things when Byrd finally goes to meet his Maker.
Wanderlust on May 21, 2008 at 1:15 AM
No, TERM LIMITS is the answer. If the Executive Branch has term limits, then so should both chambers of the Legislative Branch.
An “age limit” would fall under discrimination…
eanax on May 21, 2008 at 2:32 AM
Umm, how ’bout Charlton Heston? Mr. Heston, who recently passed away, marched with Dr. King. Heston was man of conservative principles his entire life…
eanax on May 21, 2008 at 2:44 AM
I have gone to a mountainside and picked up the tiny fragments of my fellow operators and stuffed those tiny fragments into glad sandwich bags.
While I was doing that Ted Kennedy was hellbent on dismembering the the military and destroying our capabilities.
I have nothing but the utmost GLEE at the thought of his immanent passing.
I look forward to the day that this dinosaur is finally extinct.
winemkr on May 21, 2008 at 3:02 AM
I feel sympathy for Ted Kennedy. In spite of his pure selfishness. In spite of his self serving words and deeds. In spite of his knowing acts to damage the country I love for his own selfish political power and financial gain. In spite of getting drunk off his ass and his cold blooded and heartless decision to leave a 28 year old women in a ditch to die to cover up his own crimes.
According to a statement issued by Kennedy on 25th July, 1969: “instead of looking directly for a telephone number after lying exhausted in the grass for an undetermined time, I walked back to the cottage where the party was being held and requested the help of two friends, my cousin Joseph Gargan and Paul Markham, and directed them to return immediately to the scene with me – this was some time after midnight – in order to undertake a new effort to dive.” When this effort to rescue Kopechne ended in failure, Kennedy decided to return to his hotel. It was not until the following morning that Kennedy reported the accident to the police. By this time the police had found Mary Jo Kopechne’s body in Kennedy’s car. She would have turned 29 in 11 days.
He is a selfish cold blooded elitist who lived a life of undeserved luxury. He lived his life thinking of himself first and everyone else second. He thought nothing of knowingly selling the country I love down the river if it meant one more dollar in his pocket or one more scrap of power for himself. Mary Jo is calling you Ted and you have my sympathy today.
Dollayo on May 21, 2008 at 4:11 AM
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was a republican!!—> http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16500
Dollayo on May 21, 2008 at 4:19 AM
Best of luck and prayers to Kennedy and his family. As I said when he had his seizure, Conservatives need Kennedys and Pelosis just as Liberals need Malkins and Romneys and Guilianis, because a politic without rivalry is a dictatorship.
Spc Steve on May 21, 2008 at 4:48 AM
I had no use for Ted and clan while he was in apparent good health. While I never wished he would die I had always hoped against hope that he would retire. Anything, just disappear. Now he has.
However with this death sentence I can’t but feel some compassion as he gets ready to go. Not compassion for Ted the sometimes hateful, always misguided politician but for Ted who’s just another human facing a horrible end. Hopefully in the time remaining he will come to realize just how useless his and most others petty politics were/are in the grand scheme of things.
Does he deserve his current fate? I’ll leave that to his maker. He had better hope that there is forgiveness.
patrick neid on May 21, 2008 at 6:11 AM
For me, death is just that, not a meeting with your maker, or a reckoning, but certainly expected. So I don’t read much into this. Very interesting to see other people’s though.
JiangxiDad on May 21, 2008 at 7:17 AM
This is not the way I’d have wished Senator Kennedy to die. It is not a way I’d wish anybody to die. It seems hollow to wish he could recover quickly given the prognosis.
I’d rather see him leave the Senate via an election loss than see him stricken low this way, a way no human can defend against.
He is a great man. His affect on the US and the world has not always been good; but, it has never been small.
{^_^}
herself on May 21, 2008 at 7:32 AM
Congrats to those of you who’ve lowered yourself to the level of the lib blog posters….you know, then ones who celebrated in the illness of Tony Snow, the death of Jerry Falwell, etc.
We can all agree we don’t like a damn thing about Ted Kennedy, but the man has a brain tumor. Enough of the schadenfreude nonsense.
flyawaybird on May 21, 2008 at 7:46 AM
Who among us can really say whether Sen. Kennedy is repentant? Who among us should call for his repentance? I’m certainly not going to judge him or try to divine what’s in his heart. Not my job. My job is to pray for him and ask God to comfort him and keep him close in his time of need.
sheesh on May 21, 2008 at 8:14 AM
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.
bill30097 on May 21, 2008 at 8:25 AM
I grew up under the jackboot of Teddy’s policies in MA. It was socialism before anyone knew what to call it.
I remember the press conference he gave, complete with neck collar, after he left Mary Jo Kopechne to die.
I feel terrible for his family and his children – my own dad died of cancer and it’s horrible to see. My sympathies go out to them as they face this grim road.
For Teddy – all I can say is karma is a bitch.
KrisinNE on May 21, 2008 at 8:31 AM
What horrible posts in this thread. Many of you make nonsense claims about DKos or DU cheering the diagnoses of Tony Snow or whoever…and turn around and do the same thing. Then you say you’ll say a little prayer and in your mind, it is all ok.
Stay classy, HotAir. STAY CLASSY.
Constant Parrhesia on May 21, 2008 at 8:58 AM
This saddens me honestly about as much as if a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend’s 76 year old grand father was just diagnosed with a brain tumor. He gets no special points for being a senator for 5 decades, nor being a prince of Camelot, nor does he get negative points for his transgressions earlier in life, or yesterday.
Nothing to do with politics or ideals or anything,
as it would with that friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend’s 76 year old grand father, it get’s an “Oh, that’s too bad, it’s not a nice way to go.”
beefytee on May 21, 2008 at 8:59 AM
How is an old man getting cancer Karma?
Karma would be if he had died in a car crash on the way back from the hearing, or him drowning in his bath tub, Karma has a bit of a sense of irony or humor…cancer does not.
beefytee on May 21, 2008 at 9:02 AM
I feel for Mr.Kennedys plight- my father suffered greatly from cancer.
Sadly, his legacy will be one of leftist damage to the country and a turgid personal lifestyle to people like myself.
Massachusetts will appoint another hard left politician and the beat will go on.
Some legacy.
jjshaka on May 21, 2008 at 9:04 AM
Get real. This reprobate is what is known in the oath as a domestic enemy.
bill30097 on May 21, 2008 at 9:06 AM
Life is a game of perception my dear.
beefytee on May 21, 2008 at 9:09 AM
The Senator or the Poster?
beefytee on May 21, 2008 at 9:09 AM
Senator – definitely
poster – unknown
bill30097 on May 21, 2008 at 9:23 AM
Just checked out the comment at KOS. I created an account but cant post for 24 hrs. (DOH!) Wanted to comment there and say: “What?!, No “I hope he suffers with his cancer”, He deserves it!”, etc. Like they did when Tony Snow was diagnosed.
I don’t wish Kennedy anymore suffering than he deserves.
kcd on May 21, 2008 at 9:23 AM
To deflect the chastisment of un-christian behaviour, please not, I don’t consider myself a christian…
Ted Kennedy’s circumstance doesn’t stir very much empathy or sympathy for the man – it is regretable that his family is once again having to endure yet another private tragedy in the public spotlight, both for them, and for us as a nation. But that is the stage upon which their lives are destined to play by virtue of their birth, and as such to comment on their fate is fairly pointless.
It does occur to me, however, that the present circumstance is in a way fitting – as there was no hope for Mary Joe as Ted walked away from her, and if she was awake, possibly knew, for some short, yet terrifying and agonizingly long period of time, that she was going to die – from one perspective, now Ted will experience the karmic payback of facing the same situation – only with a lot more time to think about it, and with the ability to see what pain such an event causes, again.
Such an opinion is heartless, cruel, callous and sheer rudeness expressed out loud, in polite company, to be sure.
But to say that I can muster up any sadness or go through the motions of extending condolences that are merely fabricated social niceties would be utterly dishonest.
About the only other remark I can conjure is ’sucks to be him’ – but then, it always has…especially for the rest of us.
Wind Rider on May 21, 2008 at 9:31 AM
Sorry.
Takin’ the low road in this one, and not looking back.
There are legions of seething Veterans, dignified widows and over taxed Middle Class Joes who would like nothing more than to actually take up arms to overthrow this run away Big Government beast gnawing at the heart of our once Great Nation, but until that day eventuates, will instead have to settle for the excruciating demise of one of its many serpentine heads.
Teddy Kennedy lost his humanity at the shores of the Willamette River long ago and has almost single handedly driven this country into the dirt ever since.
Sorry. My sympathy well is BONE DRY for him.
Who more deserves **this fate** than a **man** who would (if he were king)have us peasants wait six months to a year for a well measured fraction of the medical care he has already received in the last , oh…fourteen minutes or so, all chocked up on silk pillowcases in his private hospital room?
BEFORE YOU ALL COME FOR MY HEAD, realize that I AM so sorry for the family he will leave behind. Watching a loved one die is pure torture, so please understand that am NOT heartless, merely placing sympathy where it is needed. It is ONLY his family’s peace that I will pray for.
***feeling a PMS rage comin’ on***
seejanemom on May 21, 2008 at 9:32 AM
I wish on him and his family no pain or suffering. He will in the end have to answer for Mary Jo Kopechne though. I’ll leave that between him and his maker.
BrianA on May 21, 2008 at 9:35 AM
I’m sure the left will blame this tumor for ALL of Teddy’s indescretions over the years, including Mary Jo.
kcd on May 21, 2008 at 9:37 AM
In my personal experience, karma is more about someone getting payback for the damage they cause. Again, in my personal experience it isn’t always “in kind” – it’s just payback.
Cancer is horrible, no question about that. As I said my dad died of cancer and it’s hideous to stand by and helplessly watch. I feel so bad for his family, that they have to go thru that.
For Teddy? It took a long time and it may not be as ironic as perhaps you think it should be, but karma gets anyone who deserves it, some how, some way.
KrisinNE on May 21, 2008 at 9:52 AM
My sympathies to his family, but I’ll shed no tears for the man.
TheFluke on May 21, 2008 at 9:53 AM
And karma is overrated.
TheFluke on May 21, 2008 at 9:55 AM
How sad that so many bring up his past transgressions, particularly at such a time of great pain for him and his family. You don’t know him, and you don’t know what, or how much, remorse he feels.
I suppose most of you who are doing all of the judging have nothing in your past that you’re regretful of. That must be nice. As for me, I’m a sinner just like he is.
sheesh on May 21, 2008 at 9:59 AM
I can’t stand the man’s politics but I have to wish him well. Good luck Senator.
Ernest on May 21, 2008 at 10:12 AM
This is all I’ll say:
In this respect Kennedy is no better than the rest of us.
abcurtis on May 21, 2008 at 10:24 AM
I still don’t entirely understand what Karma has to do with it. He’s an old man, old men die. He’s just doing what old men do. I would think Karma would at least take him before he was 80…maybe there’s not such thing as karma at all.
beefytee on May 21, 2008 at 10:27 AM
Speaking just for myself, I’m no different in that there are things in my past I regret. I’ve also repented before God and man and asked for forgivness from both. I’ve seen no such action from Kennedy. However, I cant and wont judge his heart – God will do that – but I can and will judge his actions. And his behavior at Chappaquidick was certainly an action.
I too am a sinner saved by grace.
abcurtis on May 21, 2008 at 10:29 AM
I have sympathy for his plight however his condition doesn’t change the low opinion I have of Mr Kennedy in the slightest.
I’m wondering if Mr Kennedy wished the US had a national healthcare system now or if he would rather use the best doctors money can buy.
VikingGoneWild on May 21, 2008 at 10:40 AM
There is nothing more important. If I seek Christ’s forgiveness, who am I to deny it to another (as if I could….or would)?
tgharris on May 21, 2008 at 10:50 AM
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