Finding the Strength to Go On…
posted at 10:16 pm on August 26, 2009 by Slublog
This was an actual headline at MSNBC.com this evening. Amazingly enough, this is not the most gushing tribute to the late senator from Massachusetts.
So…can I imagine life without Ted Kennedy?
As a matter of fact, I can. Tonight, I will go to bed and sleep. Tomorrow, I will wake up, consume a caffeinated beverage of some sort and go to work. After work, I will go back to my house, eat dinner, spend some time with my wife and daughters, then read and/or blog before going to bed. The next morning, the cycle will start again. As hard as it may seem for those at MSNBC to believe, the chances of me thinking of Ted Kennedy in that average day are roughly 0.0%.
This may come as a shock to those in the media engaged in the deification of Kennedy, but there are likely millions of us who manage to make it through our daily routines without thinking of Ted Kennedy.
So, life without Kennedy is going to look like…well, life.
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Thank you for this. I’ve been struggling to work up the adequate amount of concern and grief I am, evidently, supposed to be feeling given the coverage. Good to know i am not alone!
Mommypundit on August 26, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Bingo. You’ve captured my lack of grief exactly.
Now all you have to add is a dash of contempt.
irishspy on August 26, 2009 at 10:23 PM
John Kennedy was killed before I was even born, so I’m not sure how they think life will be different…
MadisonConservative on August 26, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Yep, I thought about Teddy the K for about the length of time it took to read the first headline I saw that he’d passed away.
TeeDee on August 26, 2009 at 10:33 PM
too true Slub.
upinak on August 26, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Tonight is the first night of my life when Ted Kennedy was not a senator. I was born the day he was sworn in.
Life without Kennedy? Sure. It’ll be just like the previous forty-and-some years….only without that cloud.
cthulhu on August 26, 2009 at 10:52 PM
I’m glad I found the time to write something tonight, before I saw those MSNBC headlines… because suddenly, in a world without Ted Kennedy, the keys on my keyboard seem like immovable monoliths. How will I ever have the strength to press them, without Ted Kennedy’s warm and steadying hand laid upon my own? The cat food bag is full of boulders, my coffee mug is the Well of Souls, and all the doorknobs have risen beyond my reach.
My dreams will be haunted by the helpless piles of women athletes, disabled, and the elderly that litter our landscape tonight, and I weep for the Irish, who can no longer make great deals. Senate bipartisanship must now haunt the shadows at the edge of the Senate chamber, clutching its throat in search of a voice it will never find.
On the bright side, now that workers don’t have rights any more, I can get new kitchen cabinets installed dirt cheap, and the women athletes won’t have to get their restraining order against Ted renewed this year.
Doctor Zero on August 26, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Thank you, Slublog. You’ve put to words my emotions over the media’s fawning.
amerpundit on August 26, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Can somebody from the Kennedy compound contact me, NOW? I can’t seem to remember how to roll down my car window, now that Ted is gone.
sybilll on August 26, 2009 at 11:08 PM
Ted who?
Good Lt on August 27, 2009 at 7:54 AM
Libs:
Get it through your head
Ted is dead
Take a med
Go back to bed
Disturb the Universe on August 27, 2009 at 7:55 AM
Great. Where am I gonna find another bottom slice of bread for my stewardess sandwich?
Coronagold on August 27, 2009 at 7:55 AM
When can we start speaking ill of him again?
Browncoatone on August 27, 2009 at 7:57 AM
Ted Kennedy’s Top Drunk Moments
Kent18 on August 27, 2009 at 7:58 AM
how silly.
rob verdi on August 27, 2009 at 8:01 AM
My morning BM made me think of Chappaquiddick, so there’s that.
Cuffy Meigs on August 27, 2009 at 8:01 AM
“Imagine life without having to HEAR about (any) Kennedy”
Aaaaaaahhhhh….. That’s the stuff!
RegularJoe on August 27, 2009 at 8:02 AM
This is a Reagan moment for the left. I get that. And MSNBC is by the left, for the left. As such, it’s utterly appropriate imo.
JiangxiDad on August 27, 2009 at 8:02 AM
Yeah …woke up this morning…felt pretty sweet. One less drone to destroy our liberty.
CEA_Agent on August 27, 2009 at 8:02 AM
All those Co-Eds at Spring Break will have to find another philandering mysogynistic sugar daddy.
PappaMac on August 27, 2009 at 8:02 AM
Condolences to his family. Ok, that’s it. As Roger Simon pu it, “it was not a life well lived”. I’m still struggling to see kust exactly what this man did to help his country. Many of his endeavors (accomplishments) have proven to be major social, culteral, and economic setbacks for our country. In addition, his escapades with Cuba and the Soviet Union make me ill.
HomeoftheBrave on August 27, 2009 at 8:03 AM
I always had a tough time getting through life with Ted Kennedy.
As with all evil people when they die, My attitude is “they know the truth now.” The only tragedy is that they do not come to the truth in their life.
Grafted on August 27, 2009 at 8:04 AM
Ted’s dead, baby, Ted’s dead.
di butler on August 27, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Oh and much thanks to Slublog and Dr. Zero for those morning chuckles.
di butler on August 27, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Hilarious! You are very clever indeed, Doc!
surrounded on August 27, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Imagine Life Without Kennedy
I’m Living The Dream, baby!!!
Roland THTG on August 27, 2009 at 8:09 AM
My guess is that the deification of Ted Kennedy will continue until it looks like his star is brighter that Barack Obama. Once that happens, it will have become counterproductive. A “distraction”. Remember the Paul Wellstone funeral?
Michael K. on August 27, 2009 at 8:11 AM
I agree with that. It bothers me that he gets to be buried in Arlington. I know he was a veteran, and is technically entitled, but even that was under creepy circumstances. According to his wikibio: After being kicked out of Harvard for cheating, they told him he could re-apply in two years to get back in if he “behaves” himself. So he went into the army where his father’s pol. strings kept him out of the Korean War. He ended up doing ceremonial duty in Europe, where he was able to travel around a lot and enjoy himself.He came out of the army as a private.
So what’s so special about him that gets him into Arlington??
JiangxiDad on August 27, 2009 at 8:12 AM
I am imagining a better life, with less government interference.
CMonster on August 27, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Completely unfair, Slu! Every single time that I pass a pond, river, creek, lake, retention pond, or other body of water with a car partially submerged in it, the very next thing I think of will be Edward M. “Teddy” Kennedy.
True.
Jaibones on August 27, 2009 at 8:16 AM
The same thing that got irrelevant JFK Junior’s ashes scattered into the Atlantic from the stern of a USN destroyer at the cost of a few hundred grand: Family Connections.
Bishop on August 27, 2009 at 8:18 AM
We’re all preachin’ to the choir here! We’d be better served by inundating the msm editors’ desks with letters demanding they report the truths about this mans’ life.
Demanding truthful accountability will be an important part of the Second Revolution.
badcrow on August 27, 2009 at 8:18 AM
My condolences extend to his family, of course, and those who were close to him. On the other hand, this man did more damage to this country, well-intentioned or not, than anyone in my lifetime, and if I miss him at all, it will be in a positive way.
Such a shame he couldn’t have been the man his brothers were.
petefrt on August 27, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Lost amidst all the talk of Kennedy – even the vitriol about his hatemongering over Bork and his murder of that girl – is the fact that Kennedy at least attempted treason: soliciting deals with the Kremlin to undermine Reagan’s foreign policy.
Lehosh on August 27, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Har. Well-done, Slu.
RE this quote from the link to Hot Air:
Jonah Goldberg does a fine job of debunking the media generated myth that J.F.K. was killed by hate-mongering Southern racist right wingers in Liberal Fascism. It would behoove Chris Matthews to read it, but I don’t know that he can handle the truth.
Buy Danish on August 27, 2009 at 8:25 AM
Here, here……………..
Cinday Blackburn on August 27, 2009 at 8:25 AM
1pm this afternoon, eastern time.
MarkTheGreat on August 27, 2009 at 8:29 AM
He wouldn’t know the truth if it walked up and knocked his teeth out. Which it just might.
Jaibones on August 27, 2009 at 8:31 AM
predictable coffee spew. Thank you, kind Doctor.
Mommypundit on August 27, 2009 at 8:33 AM
My only impression of Teddy’s career is that the Boston voters and Teddy himself both viewed him as the unqualified heir to his three brothers’ talents and hard work — for better or worse — I refuse to believe that any state, even Massachussetts, is stupid enough to elect this clown to the Senate 7 times.
Jaibones on August 27, 2009 at 8:36 AM
Life is better now that this worthless turd is no longer working for the destruction of all I hold sacred.
single stack on August 27, 2009 at 8:36 AM
Haha. Very nice.
Slublog on August 27, 2009 at 8:37 AM
I don’t wish to speak ill of the dead. I despised his politics though. I knew all along getting through the next few news cycles post mortem was going to be nauseating. Well, let’s go MSM, get it out of the way so we can get on with the rest of our lives.
moc23 on August 27, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Not only can I imagine life without a Kennedy, I can also hear Hell splitting wide open. My Momma told me that would happen when truly unrepentant despicable people die, and I believe her.
My daughter reminded me last night of the innocent police officers and civilians who died in Northern Ireland due to the Kennedy support of the IRA. Mary Jo was his first, but she wasn’t his last.
I’d like to be able to feign a little sympathy because how I feel about his passing is unseemly. But all I can muster is relief. I’m relieved for my country. A boil on its posterior has been lanced.
I have as much sympathy for him as he had for the unborn who’s lives he extinquished without a thought to their humanity. As he sowed, now shall he reap, and I am sorry for no one now that he is gone.
BTW, if the democrats attempt to use his death as a sympathy/support gatherer for that stench-ridden health bill, they are going to learn the difference between stupidity and sympathy. Fast.
Carolina Kat on August 27, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Andrew Breitbart Unleashes A Torrent Of Invective Against Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Legacy On Twitter
Good. There need to be people doing this just to keep things balanced.
petefrt on August 27, 2009 at 8:41 AM
May Ted Kennedy rest in peace. I know I slept well. Michael Jackson and Anna Nicole Smith didn’t keep me up all night either.
We can look forward to Wellstone Memorial part 2 I think.
To quote Rahm Emmanuel. Never let a crisis go to waste. They will make fools of themselves.
MagicalPat on August 27, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Mary Jo: Imagining Life Without Ted kennedy
faraway on August 27, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Also, I thought Catholics must bury cremated remains, not spread them. Curious.
JiangxiDad on August 27, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Wow, I never knew that. What in the world did JFK Jr. have to to with the navy, or military? Unbelievable!!
(Sorry, posted this in the wrong order–don’t ask)
JiangxiDad on August 27, 2009 at 8:54 AM
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