Originally Posted by n david (Post 793472)

Should I have stated a more politically correct, Rest in Peace? I could have been more crass with the twist on RIP - Rot in Pieces, but I didn't. Instead I bid his departure as good riddance.

I'd rejoice at the news of TK's repentence, baptism in the name of Jesus and being filled with the spirit ... regardless of his past. Sadly, I don't believe that happened. He's in the hands of his maker.

So again, good riddance to a drunken, date-killing, adulterous, liberal senator ... I shant shed a tear. Pity to those whom my lack of tears offends.

:2cents

Originally Posted by Ferd (Post 793445)

I dont morn his passing at all. My only prayer for the Kennedy clan is that they repent for the MANY sins and find Christ.

Teddy is now in the hands of his God and I for one would not want to be in Gods hands with Ted's record.

I wont be crass and make jokes. But in all honesty this man was a great mover in the senate for America's LOSS in Vietnam and he revivied that role when we joined the battle in Iraq. As a general rule Ted Kennedy belived that defeat and surrender was the path to victory in war. Thank God he was not in the senate in 1940.

Ted Kennedy played a primary role in creating the healtcare system that has currently failed us. in the 1970's he worked tirelessly to change healthcare and how it works. He succeeded and we now live with the mess.

Ted Kennedy did great harm to America as a politician. We all know what kind of man he was. in so many respects his name is a byword and a bloody joke.

The truely aweful part of all this is that some think he was a great man. That saddens me.

Originally Posted by MikeinAR (Post 793854)

Ted Kennedy was a morally flawed individual on a lot of things. He was a womanizer, an abortion right supporter, dishonest at times, and much much more I'm sure. To those sins, like all others, Ted will answer to a Holy God.


With all of the bad things, he also stood up for some very worthy causes for average people who didn't have a voice in the U.S. Senate. He played a major role in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which paved the way for people, regardless of economic status or race, to cast their ballot. In 1990, he helped pass the American with Disablities Act and then Family Medical Leave in 1993.

To be fair his legislative record, like most, contains both good and bad.

Originally Posted by coadie (Post 793306)

Bootlegging booze is giving?

This was first:



Politization of Kennedy's death
August 26, 2009 - 07:03 ET by ThisnThat
And who was first to make his death political? Pelosi, of course. She immediately linked his death to "passing health care reform this year".