Ted Kennedy Prepared Barack Obama’s Attack Ads
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | December 29th at 04:45 AM |
In 1994, Ted Kennedy ran against Mitt Romney. Romney ran on his jobs record in the private sector. Sound familiar? Well, get ready for Barack Obama’s ad campaign against Mitt Romney. Ted Kennedy already produced the ads and I’ve got them. We’re going to hear about Bain Capital taking federal bailout money. We’ll hear the tales of woe from people Mitt Romney ordered laid off. | Read More »
The Ghost of Ted Kennedy Speaks
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | January 21st at 06:07 PM |
Another awesome hit from Steven Crowder.
Silly Leftists Are Upset By Me Telling The Truth About Ted Kennedy
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | January 20th at 11:03 PM |
The leftists of the world are in full cry mode over me pointing out Ted Kennedy is to blame for Scott Brown getting elected. It is a simple truth that even Rick Sanchez had to admit, on CNN, made sense. Nonetheless, some silly leftist emailed me at my city council address a link to a thread at a leftwing site where they are attacking me | Read More »
Obama’s Unicorn of Hope and Change Died Under the Weight of Ted Kennedy’s Ego
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | January 19th at 11:15 PM |
In Massachusetts, Barack Obama’s unicorn of hope and changed died under the weight of Ted Kennedy’s ego. The left gets angry when it is pointed out, but it is an objective fact. Once Kennedy’s condition became terminal, he could have resigned his seat in favor of an appointment or special election. Instead, the Democrats and Kennedy decided he should martyr himself to advance socialized medicine | Read More »
In Which I Make Paul Begala’s Head Explode
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | January 19th at 10:09 PM |
Want to make a Democrat’s head explode? Calmly point out that Ted Kennedy killed health care deform:
Let’s Party Like Teddy Kennedy Because He’s Dead!
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | September 1st at 10:09 PM |
As Harry Reid continues his tour of self-destruction, he really shot himself in the foot today. The Majority Leader of the United States Senate is in a celebratory mood because Ted Kennedy died. Really. In an interview with the Reno Gazette-Journal, he’s asked out Ted Kennedy’s death will affect the healthcare debate. His response: I think it’s going to help us. He hasn’t been around | Read More »
The Last Liberal Reconsidered
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | August 27th at 11:00 PM |
Being exhausted on Kennedy coverage, I recommend to you two final pieces on Kennedy. The first is from Orrin Judd. Let me begin by offering a personal story about Ted Kennedy that is illustrative, but quite possibly apocryphal. At the time of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination, he was a Senator from New York. The other member of the delegation was the liberal Republican, Jacob Javits. | Read More »
Ted Kennedy Dies
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | August 26th at 08:43 AM |
Senator Edward Kennedy is dead. I had an encounter with Senator Kennedy once. When I was in law school I wrote a paper on campaign finance laws as they relate to the media. I had to interview “two people of note.” I chose Tony Snow and Senator Kennedy — Kennedy just to see if I could get to someone like that and impress my law | Read More »
Why Side With Teddy Kennedy?
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | June 2nd at 11:27 AM |
Why in God’s name would you want to co-sponsor legislation with Teddy Kennedy that will increase the size and scope of the federal government and its regulatory powers? John Cornyn, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins have done so. They have lent their names to legislation sponsored by Teddy Kennedy to give the FDA regulatory oversight of tobacco. I have no problem with taxing tobacco out | Read More »
Rich Democrat Uses Private Healthcare to Put Cancer in Remission. Doesn’t Want You To Do Same.
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | May 19th at 03:34 PM |
Senator Edward Kennedy’s cancer is in remission. Through the wonders of the American healthcare system — the finest on earth — Senator Kennedy was able to seek life saving treatment and, through that treatment, have his cancer go in remission. The sad and tragic irony is that when Senator Kennedy returns to work, he will actively work to deny you the access to treatment he | Read More »
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. What about Ted Kennedy?
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | March 7th at 11:38 AM |
UPDATED: Hat tip to all the commenters and Caleb who suggest if the Dems are offended, we just call it the Mary Jo Kopechne Memorial Health Care Act. After all, she is already dead. — Erick We can objectively conclude this morning that the Democrats are trying to distract attention from their failures by pointing fingers at Rush Limbaugh. Yesterday afternoon, it reached a level | Read More »
BREAKING NEWS: Obama’s Judges Will Be Far, Far Left
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | December 5th at 05:18 PM |
This in from Roll Call: Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) is giving up his longtime perch on the Judiciary Committee, Democratic aides said today. That Kennedy no longer feels the need to vet and ensure the leftism of judicial appointees is a bad, bad sign for Doug Kmiec. He is not giving up his committee chairmanship on Education, just this one. It may be because of | Read More »