27th
Ted Kennedy = Democracy
Sorry, but are you guys NUTS?! I mean, I’m not going to comment on anything on this list, but jeez, if you’re going to put a list together of things that Ted Kennedy did that conservatives will like, you’ve GOT to come up with better.
For one thing, I’m not sure some of them are true, like state-controll of education? Pretty sure Ted Kennedy was an ally of President “No child left behind” Bush, on that one. And then all this stuff about meals on wheels and government-funded cancer research? Conservatives hate that shit. They just do. Some of them are okay, like the airline deregulation and workfare, but really, most of this list will simply remind conservatives why they don’t like him.
No offense. (And for what it’s worth, I have nothing against Kennedy — the whole being anti-Teddy thing seemed way ridiculous. And I think attacking a dude after he died is lame, almost no matter what).
Maybe, as a favor to everyone, I’ll come up with a list of things Kennedy did that conservatives can like him about.
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A Message on Ted Kennedy to Conservatives Who Hated Him from RudePundit :
Do you like your state and not the federal government controlling the curriculum of your kids’ schools? Thank Ted Kennedy.
Do you like being able to vote starting at age 18? Thank Ted Kennedy.
Do you think low-income people should get help with heating their homes in the winter? Thank the man.
Do you think the federal government should fund cancer research? Yep.
Do you believe that Meals on Wheels is a good thing? Ditto.
Does your daughter (or you, if you’re female) like playing soccer or basketball or softball at school? That’d be because of Ted Kennedy.
Do you think that disabled people should be able to go to school? Have access to buildings? Not be discriminated against for housing and loads of other things? Kennedy, big time.
You like your cheap airfares? You know the answer.
You think people on welfare oughta get jobs? So did Kennedy.
You think mental institutions should treat people humanely? Yeah, so did your new friend, Ted Kennedy.
You believe that the Defense Department should provide child care for the kids of soldiers? Kennedy did.
You think a woman shouldn’t lose her job if she gets pregnant? You think 100,000 more cops on the street’s a good idea? You think poor kids should have health care? You think soldiers in Iraq should have the proper armor? Just tick those things off the list. Some of them would have been accomplished without him; many would not have been.
You agreed with Ted Kennedy far, far more than you want to think you did, dear conservatives. Still, go ahead and dance your mad jigs on his still-warm corpse.
And Ted Kennedy did more for real, actual democracy than almost anyone else in our entire history as a nation.via mikehudack : evangotlib : retropolitics : ryking : rudepundit
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List of Senator Ted Kennedy’s accomplishments
Note: links were lost in all the tumblrs so I reblogged as test and copy&pasted original
