An Exit Strategy by Ted Kennedy

[CJvR]

Laura Bush ran over and killed a teenager and she got to be first lady.

Since when is First Lady an elected office?

[Stormbringer]

Laura Bush ran over and killed a teenager and she got to be first lady.

Since when is First Lady an elected office?

Never has been.

Of Laura Bush wasn't even a Bush when the accident happened as well. So really it's a tangent even to the validity of attacking Ted Kennedy, but hey, it's Elftard

[darthdavid]

Yea, now I rememeber, he was driving slow as shit, so slow as shit that
the police pulled him over for driving slow in the fast lane.

Apologies Joe, for you having to do this, but if Elfie told me the sky was
blue, I'd demand multiple independent proof, for he is a categorical liar.

Yeah, because there's no fucking way that his drunken ass could've ever found the accelerator pedal...

[Axis Kast]

What part of "one of the reasons" do you not understand?

Prove it. Prove it was one of the reasons. It's a baseless accusation. Hearsay, even.

[Patrick Degan]

And back on revelance, to defeat Degan's threadjack.

"Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law?
Or is there one system for the average citizen
and another for the high and mighty?"
- Senator Ted Kennedy, 1973 -

Wow —piling an irrelevancy on top of the cheap ad-hominem by the asshole from Iowa —both of which has exactly dick to do with Kennedy's position on Iraq which was not rebutted in substance by the snide rehashing of Chappaquiddick.

[Marksist]

Since when is First Lady an elected office?

Do you think that if Laura Bush's killing someone in a car accident was very well known amongst the American populace, that it wouldn't have hurt Dubya in the polls when he was running for president the first time?

[The Yosemite Bear]

or dick cheney's daughter is the ad executive at Coors responsible for trying to sell to the gay and lesbian community.

[MKSheppard]

Wow —piling an irrelevancy on top of the cheap ad-hominem by the asshole from Iowa —both of which has exactly dick to do with Kennedy's position on Iraq which was not rebutted in substance by the snide rehashing of Chappaquiddick.

I'd say the rebuttal to Teddy's arguments came today, with the
astonishing 72% turnout of eligible voters and the puny violence
against election workers,

[Joe]

Wow —piling an irrelevancy on top of the cheap ad-hominem by the asshole from Iowa —both of which has exactly dick to do with Kennedy's position on Iraq which was not rebutted in substance by the snide rehashing of Chappaquiddick.

I'd say the rebuttal to Teddy's arguments came today, with the
astonishing 72% turnout of eligible voters and the puny violence
against election workers,

The 72 percent estimate is probably too high...the NYT put it at around 57 percent. But, let's face it, it could be 100 percent and the people who want to be critical won't be satisfied.

[Patrick Degan]

Wow —piling an irrelevancy on top of the cheap ad-hominem by the asshole from Iowa —both of which has exactly dick to do with Kennedy's position on Iraq which was not rebutted in substance by the snide rehashing of Chappaquiddick.

I'd say the rebuttal to Teddy's arguments came today, with the
astonishing 72% turnout of eligible voters and the puny violence
against election workers,

Which argues for our staying in a situation likely to tip into total chaos despite this election... how, exactly?

[Andrew J.]

Eh, I didn't think the OP was really all that funny. A Ted Kennedy car crash joke is good for a one-liner on Conan or something, where a quick punchline combines the "I can't believe he just said that!" factor with whatever inherent humor the joke has. As the basis of a satrical essay, though, it's just a bit too old and worn-out to sustain throughout the whole piece.

[The Yosemite Bear]

Wow —piling an irrelevancy on top of the cheap ad-hominem by the asshole from Iowa —both of which has exactly dick to do with Kennedy's position on Iraq which was not rebutted in substance by the snide rehashing of Chappaquiddick.

I'd say the rebuttal to Teddy's arguments came today, with the
astonishing 72% turnout of eligible voters and the puny violence
against election workers,

The 72 percent estimate is probably too high...the NYT put it at around 57 percent. But, let's face it, it could be 100 percent and the people who want to be critical won't be satisfied.

because then we would KNOW it was as rigged as a Junta/Communist election.

[Elfdart]

Laura Bush ran over and killed a teenager and she got to be first lady.

Since when is First Lady an elected office?

If Gore or Kerry had won, Laura Bush wouldn't be first lady, would she?

[Elfdart]

What part of "one of the reasons" do you not understand?

Prove it. Prove it was one of the reasons. It's a baseless accusation. Hearsay, even.

Hearsay?

Gonzales has been Bush's loyal stooge for years and loyal stooges get rewarded by this junta, not matter how badly they fuck up, no matter what crimes they commit or condone. If you're a henchman for the Bush Crime Family, it doesn't matter.

For example, Gonzales lied to the court here in Texas in order to get Governor Bush out of jury duty in a drunk driving case. He claimed that Bush had a conflict of interest because as Governor, he might be asked to review a DUI case for a possible pardon. Of course the real reason is that in this state, if you have been convicted of a crime (in Dubya's case, DUI) you can't sit on a jury deciding that kind of case. The court and lawyers for both sides ask potential jurors if they've even been charged. So Dubya was in a pickle: If he went ahead with jury duty and his DUI conviction became public, he would be guilty of perjury. If he fessed up to getting hammered and busted in Kennebunkport... So much for running for the White House as a "values" candidate.

Instead, he got a family thug to bullshit the court for him. The same thug he's trying to make Attorney General.

For more details, check out this article:

http://archive.salon.com/politics/featu ... jury_duty/

Money quote:

The aggressive stance Bush took to avoid service stands in stark contrast to the just-folks story that he was feeding the media. When he first reported for jury duty at the Travis County Courthouse on Sept. 30, Bush told Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News, "I'm glad to serve." Bush added, "I think it's important. It's one of the duties of citizenship." He also told KVUE-TV in Austin, "I'm just an average guy showing up for jury duty."

And in video footage shown by KVUE in 1996 and again on Friday night, Bush had some additional comments on his feelings regarding the case. The KVUE reporter asked Bush if he didn't "really just want to give the guy a pardon and go home?"

Bush answered, "No, I probably want to hang him and go home."

[jegs2]

Kennedy serves well as a walking, talking practical joke. He is the epidomy of a Leftist dinosaur, reminding Americans of the absurdity of those who cling to only the most far-Left and loony stances on ........... well, everything. We need that guy to stick around for a long time.

[CJvR]

If Gore or Kerry had won, Laura Bush wouldn't be first lady, would she?

The point, that you choose to ignore, is that First Lady isn't something you are elected to. US-Senator is. Now if LB was running for Senate or another office of her own this incident might be of intrest.