Dems’ new rallying cry: Let’s pass this trillion-dollar travesty for Teddy
posted at 3:20 pm on August 26, 2009 by Allahpundit
Makes sense. He was an archetypal tax-and-spend liberal and the living symbol of dynastic politics. What better way to mark the passing of a royal than to deplete the state treasury erecting a monument to his greatness?
Just as Limbaugh predicted, incidentally.
Jennifer Duffy, a senior editor at the Cook Political Report, said the news will strengthen Democrats’ resolve to get a bill passed. But it’s unclear whether they will work harder to get a bipartisan bill that can pass the Senate or decide to go it alone.
“Maybe, at least within the Senate, it takes on a more civilized and bit more somber tone,” Duffy said…
Now, it’s possible congressional negotiators could invoke his memory to convince some of those wavering senators.
“I’m sure this is going to come down to cloture votes,” said a health care source. “That is one place where his ghost, so to speak, in the chamber could have enormous impact.”…
[A] former Democratic Senate staffer turned health care lobbyist said Kennedy’s death could bring [Orrin] Hatch back to the Senate Finance Committee’s negotiating table that he recently left.
In theory it’ll be harder to pass ObamaCare without Kennedy since the filibuster-proof majority is momentarily gone, but either (a) the left will use that as moral cover to invoke reconciliation and pass it with 51 votes (“we wouldn’t have had to do it if Ted was still here!”) or (b) the very principled nonpartisans in Massachusetts state government will let Deval Patrick quickly appoint a successor, a power that was removed from the governor in 2004 — on Kennedy’s urging — so that Mitt Romney couldn’t appoint Kerry’s replacement if he won the presidency. In the meantime, the exploitation’s already begun: Madam Speaker was out of the chute at 2:30 a.m. this morning in politicizing Teddy’s death to serve the cause of ObamaCare, and no doubt we’re in for a humdinger of a commercial at the memorial service later this week. I wonder who’ll be tasked with the red-meat “do it for Teddy” eulogy? The One likes to stay above the fray in delicate situations so I’m guessing Kerry will do it; he’s always been politically tone-deaf so he should be an easy sell.
Exit question one: Will the media’s “do it for Teddy” narrative going forward touch on any of the inconvenient facts about Kennedy’s politics, like, say, that he opposed universal health care when Nixon pushed it or that he was rather a stickler about government regulation of medicine when it came to abortion? Exit question two: What’s the statute of limitations on “do it for X” appeals to public sentiment? I can think of a few programs — missile defense, social security privatization — that Reagan would have loved to see. How about a “block it for Ronnie” campaign against ObamaCare on the right?
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Meggy doesn’t do it for me.
I don’t know what this Allah guy is smoking. I like my ladies to have a good outlook on life. She’s negative energy, man.
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Fed-Med and Dead Ted–May they both rest in peace!
chickasaw42 on August 26, 2009 at 4:03 PM
My ex and her partner are lesbians. What diseases are you talking about?
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Good, so let’s move on.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Let’s stop this trillion dollar boondoggle in memory of MJK.
El_Terrible on August 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Unless your ex was one of the two girls and that cup…
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Will do. ;)
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM
He wasn’t a halfrican hipster doofus.
bloviator on August 26, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Uh, yeah, I heard about that. That’s degrading to women, imho
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Yes, the N.O.W. gang strongly supports Ted Kennedys tirelessness in working toward a woman’s right to be the meat in a Kennedy/Dodd waitress “sandwich”.
Jeff from WI on August 26, 2009 at 4:05 PM
He didn’t support killing babies.
Jeff from WI on August 26, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Frontpage at Yahoo:
“The push for reform could stall — or gain steam — in the wake of Edward Kennedy’s death.”
Emphasis is my own
El_Terrible on August 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Chicken pox and scurvy.
jimmy2shoes on August 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Speaking of healthcare, can we get that footless girl off the sidebar ad? Please?
Akzed on August 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Just helping you out, Meat. Lesbians have the lowest incidence of AIDS.
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:03 PM
what are you smoking? your ex liberal wife is a dyke, but has a great outlook on life???sheeeesh
SHARPTOOTH on August 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
“Dems’ new rallying cry: Let’s pass this trillion-dollar travesty for Teddy”
Yeah, what a fitting memorial.
GFW on August 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Thanks queen bee
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:08 PM
I nominate Howard Dean to give the old let’s do it for Teddy scream.
darwin on August 26, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Do you really think we can afford the single payer plan?
I don’t see how, but that’s just me.
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Does Pelosi NOT understand that linking Teddy to this bill REMINDS people that he would have been dead long ago under it? LMAO!
marklmail on August 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Uh, I’m a hornet. Different type of sting, honey.
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
After watching these supposed “womens rights groups” champion the Clinton’s and Kennedy’s,then stand by and watch the hateful bigotry hurled at Condelezza Rice and Sarah Palin,the least they could do is be honest enough to label themselves the protectors of “liberal women and liberal women only”.
Baxter Greene on August 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM
You’re correct, but if Aetna insures lesbians it’s gonna have to insure gay men, and well they have the highest incidence of AIDS. Just thinking from an insurer’s perspective.
jimmy2shoes on August 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM
She was always very open with me. After 15 years of marriage, she told me, she was attracted to a co-worker. It was drastic, but we handled it in a positive way. We’re still good friends, but she thinks that being in a SS-relationship will help her with her identity.
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Excellent point,but they’ll NEVER do it and many of the women out there are too stupid to see it.
Jeff from WI on August 26, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Heh
OK
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Sorry, dude. That bites.
jimmy2shoes on August 26, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Gives me room to spread my wings I guess
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:12 PM
In your 50s? How young do you think we are? My mother’s already 55. Can’t say she looks it though.
Esthier on August 26, 2009 at 4:12 PM
LOL*
Oh well, we might as well talk about this as Kennedy. Good golly, but that’s one boring subject.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:13 PM
No it reminds people that fat cats like Teddy get care that keeps them alive longer while the Average Joe who will be getting Fed-Med gets dead!
chickasaw42 on August 26, 2009 at 4:13 PM
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:10 PM
you seem to be handling it very well , so good for you and good luck with it all.
SHARPTOOTH on August 26, 2009 at 4:14 PM
I don’t see why. If they just go off risk factors, there’s no reason they wouldn’t be able to insure l*sbians and not gay men.
Esthier on August 26, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Yeah, Ive never really cared for the kennedys, but I guess JFK wasn’t that bad.
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Thanks man.
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:15 PM
You can say that again.
jimmy2shoes on August 26, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Duly noted.
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Personally (I’m old fashioned), I think a man should be able to get a job that offers him insurance. Women, different story.
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:17 PM
You know, what’s going on now, to me, politically speaking, is just the usual August stuff.
It gives people a reprive from Congressional action. We get to chew it up and think it over, both or multiple sides.
But, I’ve been reading a lot of history lately. Some of these debates go on for decades.
That’s our way.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:17 PM
People getting all weeweed up?
I don’t know though. I have some lifelong Dem friends in construction – real blue collar. They are POed. I’ve never seen them this way. Well, maybe on 9-11. I think there is a change coming, but it’s not what Obama wanted. Just mho
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:19 PM
That sounds a little sexist, meathead.
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:20 PM
I know, I know. I probably should get over it. I just think a woman should be helped out a little. Now, a man should be able to provide for himself. I know, I know. Sorry, ladies.
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:21 PM
I don’t care if they name it Jesus Christ Health Care, it’s STILL bad legislation.
GoldenEagle4444 on August 26, 2009 at 4:22 PM
You sound like my son. *haha
But I’m outta the game. I like being outta the game.
I’m TOTALLY not available. And all this sexual innuendo stuff?
makes me way uncomfortable.
I am really, really not that type. Consider me asexual.
That works.
I live for my community groups, my volunteerism, my family, and my personal habits, which mostly involve cooking and my dog.
I’m seriously uninterested in any of the other stuff.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:22 PM
THat’s NOT old fashioned, I think a man should ge a job with insurance, and his wife, working at home, is making dinner. Now THAT’S old fashioned.
Jeff from WI on August 26, 2009 at 4:22 PM
What volunteerism do you do? Any Habitat for Humanity (grr even though it’s a Carter thing )???
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Careful, Stinger thinks so
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM
I am really, really not that type. Consider me asexual.
That works.
I live for my gun club groups, my volunteerism with taking a kid hunting and fishing, my dog, then maybe my family, and my personal habits, which mostly involve shooting and did I mention my dog.
I’m seriously uninterested in any of the other stuff.
Jeff from WI on August 26, 2009 at 4:25 PM
I got all excited when I saw that pic. I thought that they got two martyrs to rally around Obamacare in 24 hours.
Damn.
Dr. ZhivBlago on August 26, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Two pigs playing in the mud.
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:26 PM
It’s a national group, and I’ve been involved now for over 20 years.
It deals with family addiction. Al-Anon, to be specific.
But don’t make me into an example.
I’m sincerely just a member and do my deal.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Teddy’s death still doesn’t change the future dynamic in either chamber. Many, if not most, who vote for this bill will still be out of office in 2010. The only every day folks who will dedicatedly mourn Ted are the far left, the pols and their lackies and the denizens of the Boston Irish pubs and neighborhoods mentioned earlier on this thread. The rest of the populace will move on rather qucikly after the dependably tedious and over done festivities are over. There’s little in this world that’s more forgettable than a deceased Senator.
jeanie on August 26, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Save the Whales.
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Funny. Sincerely, I have the best memories of fishing with my grandfather.
Nobody in my family was ever into guns, though.
All gun people sort of freak me out to this day.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:29 PM
You guys helped out my mother a lot (before she passed God rest her soul).
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:29 PM
I definitely get you more than you get me. That’s OK.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Sorry, Ann. Gotta support the gun rights ;)
If you register your guns, there’s probably nothing to worry about. What’s problematic is the illegal guns in this country!
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Smelly hippies freak me out.
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Did your therapist say so?
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:31 PM
You’re not an example, you’re a heroine. Thanks.
jimmy2shoes on August 26, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Oh wow, that’s cool. It’s a wonderful group. And I love being of service.
I’m glad she benefitted.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Eh, I don’t really care about them. I know that sounds harsh, but we have too many problems.
Now, I hope you were just talking about Whales and not any of the lovely women on this board.
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Prius drivers freak me out. Why drive such an ugly car?
jimmy2shoes on August 26, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Nothing wrong with a little body funk.
Hehe my ex even got me listening to DiFranco and Dar Williams
hehe
My son disowns me (at least in the car)
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:33 PM
No. Whales. I support saving the whales, but ann shot me down…I don’t understand why?
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Prius = Pius (Southpark anyone?)
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Don’t you work in a bar?
bluelightbrigade on August 26, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Well, thank you.
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Nothing wrong with that if she does…
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:36 PM
With your uh, history, you might want to question everything.
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Also like a little Fiona Apple and Alanis Moressette (runs for cover)
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Thanks for playing, but that wasn’t my point.
I was just trying to remember if that’s what she had said in a thread months ago.
bluelightbrigade on August 26, 2009 at 4:38 PM
I think you guys have infected me. I no longer really view this issue as radical.
Before Palin, I have to admit. The idea of anyone who really, really thought that toting a gun was good for anyone sort of got put into the pile of “nutcases.”
I’ve never shot a gun in my life, btw. And I intend to die that way. I’m opposed.
But what’s interesting about politics to me is that it opens up viewpoints. I thought the animal rights people were way wierd, too.
I realized that I did accept that people in odd parts of the country, such as Alaska, use guns for useful reasons.
Now, showing up to a rally with a gun?
Sorry, you’ll never get my approval on that nonsense.
But controlling wildlife?
Different story. We have to strike a balance between national and state, between opinions. If you ask me to make a gun law?
You turn those weapons over, immediately. You ask someone who actually has reason for one? Different opinion.
I never support anyone who thinks carrying guns is the answer to violence. Hello. They mostly kill family members.
But there are legitimate uses.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Oh, come on. Many classy ladies work in the bars. My cousin’s wife does. She’s more than respectable.
Now, maybe you are a naughty bar tender ;)
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Are you sure your ex wife wasn’t the beard?
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:38 PM
No, I was a waitress in my 20′s. But never in a bar.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:40 PM
…
Please tell me that this wasn’t what you meant. That’s a broad stroke lol…
bluelightbrigade on August 26, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Well, if ann’s telling the truth about her ‘hair’ problem, I don’t think she’s a stripper if that’s what you’re getting at.
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:40 PM
My uncle (the Butcher) needed on for his business (rough part of town later on). There are some street gangs that can be rough.
In an ideal world we wouldn’t need them but I cant look down on people for wanting to have them in their shops.
all Im saying is try to be open minded (as you always are) ;-)
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:41 PM
There it is. I couldn’t remember.
Anyway. Al-Anon: That’s good. Its not easy being the family member of a user.
bluelightbrigade on August 26, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Nuke the Whales
Jeff from WI on August 26, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Especially if they’re Welsh.
/British humor, sorry.
;-)
bluelightbrigade on August 26, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Actually, you’d never take her for a beard ;)
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:42 PM
No Way jose!
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:44 PM
OK, ladies, I gotta get going
I will look for you on the flip side (even if I disagree with you)
MeatHeadinCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:45 PM
My parents died as the result. BUT…let me say that Al-Anon really has helped me put all that into perspective.
They are and remain my heroes in life. They were great parents.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Homesting is a woman?
Wow.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Well, look who just woke up…makes that whole indignation about me making fun of you sitting on your fingers…..a little funny.
HornetSting on August 26, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Stripper, oh please. I’ve never had the body to even consider that.
I’m petite. Honestly, you guys are just way out there.
I’ve been a typical working mother, a typical wife, a typical whatever, all of my life.
I think it’s been great. Thank heavens I don’t relate to people with severe disabilities in our world. On the other hand, I think that raising kids, trying to juggle marriage and multiple jobs, etc., has been challenging. I see why so many of us fail to execute our original goals.
I think people, in general, need a bit of a break. We’re all trying.
Whether we’re conservative or liberal, we’re all just trying our best.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Sorry, I just never pictured you female. That’s my lack of imagination, no doubt.
AnninCA on August 26, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Chappaquiddick Health Care…. nice ring to it.
joedoe on August 26, 2009 at 4:54 PM
The liberals see at least 2 weeks of wall-to-wall liberal Teddy tributes ending with the gala, “bigger-than-most-President´s” state funeral. It will have more entertainers and speech givers than Michael Jackson´s memorial.
Obama will give a eulogy speech that the libs will deem the greatest ever given by a President.
It will be used by the Democrats to “re-ignite the Obama message of Hope and Change for America”.
“ObamaCare” will be changed to “TeddyCare” (and, Dem advisors will say, it even almost sounds as harmless and friendly as Teddy Bear. And everyone likes their Teddy Bear…er, TeddyCare.)
Wonder if anybody will do a cartoon of Teddy standing at the crossroads of Hell or Heaven and then Mary Jo K. suddenly appears and kicks Teddy`s butt down the long hole to the land of the Satan?
albill on August 26, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Ugh. You can see it now, can’t you?
“Let’s win one for the Swimmer!!”
Which makes that cap of young Reagan just that much more ironic.
Uncle Pinky on August 26, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Well finally with Teddie, we have one of those shovel ready projects they keep talking about.
10AC on August 26, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Here is how I wish Ted’s last minutes played out by adapting one of the final scenes from “Braveheart.” Sarah Palin sneeks into Ted’s death chamber and gently whispers into his ear, “Know this, your dream of socialized medicine dies with you.”
Lou Budvis on August 26, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Fart-sniffing environmentalists!
I wouldn’t say everyone is, but sure, that’s mostly true.
Esthier on August 26, 2009 at 5:08 PM
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13208461
She was here
macncheez on August 26, 2009 at 5:12 PM
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