Ted Kennedy

Another fat, stupid, America hating, Bush bashing liberal. Are there any more of these grotesque things beyond Kennedy and Michael Moore? Nobody can be expected to be able to see around these two (just a few of donuts away from affecting the tides), but let's hope not because two is way more than enough. The difference is that this one, Kennedy, is elected. He's actually a Senator from Taxachusetts. How could that have happened? Well, they like the Red Sox and the Patsies up there too. (The Celtics used to be okay at least.)

Since he's the youngest brother of the slain martyrs Jack and Bobby, he apparently feels the need to carry on and on with simplistic rants just to keep himself in the liberal limelight. And could he possibly be any more liberal? I've recently given up on the term "liberal" and replaced it with "leftist". Even the liberals have given up on "liberal". They're now calling themselves "progressives" since they've discovered that "liberals" can't be elected by a sane electorate. Listen up Massachusetts.

Aljazeera has a poll going right now: "Will day-to-day life in Iraq improve after the 30 January election?" As of 3:30 PM Sunday afternoon (the 30th of January) there were 31,382 responses. That's a sizable number of responses. 30% "yes", 62% "no", and 7% "unsure". I voted "yes" because I believe that's true and I needed to see the (expected) results. Do we have to wonder how would Ted Kennedy have voted? I'm certain he'd have voted "no", just like the majority of the readers of Aljazeera.net. (As an aside, I think Aljazeera blundered when it created its English language web site. Of course we always would have suspected that they were just not exactly fair and balanced, but now we have the blatant proof before us every day.) So what does "day-to-day life" mean? If it's cleaner streets, fresher bread, and better TV programming, then, no, I guess I'd have to vote with TeddyTubby (isn't that a kids' TV show?). What this election actually does is let all the Iraqi people know that they're not alone. They're not the only individuals who are tired of being ruled by repressive dictators. There is an entire country filled with other Iraqis feeling the exact same way. That will be the major difference in the "day-to-day lives" of the ordinary Iraqi. It makes a big difference to many people that they're not standing alone against an evil but still impressive force. As the millions of votes are counted, there will be a solidarity (yes, it's a liberal term) felt throughout the nation. It's called "empowerment". They will certainly want to continue to practice their religous beliefs, but I don't think they will want to have a government telling them what those beliefs should be. They will be "empowered" to prevent that, as well as many other things. I don't think Teddy would agree.

He wants the U.S. to start withdrawing troops immediatly. Twelve thousand (at least) this year. Why? It's a quagmire over there, didn't you know?

"The U.S. military presence has become part of the problem, not part of the solution."

See Dr. Dhafir al-Ani's Opinion piece to see this from the repressive terrorist point of view (trying to be fair and balanced here). But what's Teddy have to say? (From a National Press Club Address 12-Jan-2005)

Obviously, we must deal with Iraq and the clear and present danger of terrorism. I intend to address that issue in greater detail after the elections there. But I do not retreat from the view that Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam. At the critical moment in the war on terrorism, the Administration turned away from pursuing Osama bin Laden, and made the catastrophic choice instead that has bogged down America in an endless quagmire in Iraq.

Our misguided resort to war has created more - and much more intense - anti-American feeling than Osama bin Laden ever dreamed of. And the sooner we reverse that distressing trend, the better.

I'm convinced John Kerry could have worked with the international community to end that war and bring our troops home with honor. Our challenge now is to convince George Bush that there is a better way ahead in Iraq, instead of continuing to sink deeper into the quagmire.

I can't wait to hear what Fat-Boy's solution would be to the "clear and present danger of terrorism", but I especially like the "Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam" part. Because if you remember back to the 1960's and 1970's, that's when the Vietnamese had the big vote in Vietnam to decide on the future of their country. Remember that? No? That's because it never happened. What did happen? We cut and ran, like Kennedy wants to do here, and the country was entirely lost to the Communist north. After having 50,000 dead GI's in Vietnam you'd think we could be just a little smarter this time around. But no, not if you're a fat, stupid, America hating, Bush bashing leftist. Ted Kennedy, just go away.