Reprehensible Skunk
While that name could apply to many members of the Democratic Party, today it is reserved for Ted Kennedy. From Bench Memos:
Ted Kennedy's apologia this afternoon for his upcoming vote against Judge Alito should be welcomed — yes, embraced — by Republicans, moderate Democrats, proponents of self-government, and all fair-minded Americans because it crystallizes the choice Senators now face.
It's always a welcome day when the American people are presented with clear choices. Senator Kennedy's announcement today demonstrates once again the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of the opposition to Judge Alito. The character assassins of the Left have the perfect spokesman in Senator Kennedy. Not content with his embarrassing display of intemperance, ignorance and generally boorish behavior during hearing week, Senator Kennedy summarized his opposition to Judge Alito by claiming Judge Alito was not “committed to equal justice under law.”
This is a despicable charge to level at a sitting federal judge. And it's obvious to anyone who watched the hearings that in the case of Judge Alito, nothing could be more false. But that is what America has come to expect from Senator Kennedy. That is why we should welcome his announced opposition. The choice is clear.
The ABA - no conservative organization - and his fellow judges and former law clerks, including many Democrats, all sing the highest praises for this good man and his decision making as a judge. Most major newspapers around the country, even liberal ones, have endorsed Judge Alito. It is only the Ted Kennedy-ACLU wing of the Democratic Party that persists in opposing him. Senator Kennedy's Democrat colleagues now need to make their choice.
Kennedy's ability to be a butthole seems to know no bounds. His nearly incoherent blather during the hearings and statements such as the above have proven his ability to be slicker than Bill Clinton. Who else but a Kennedy could do the things he has done and say the things he has said and still be a United States Senator? He doesn't deserve to be cleaning the toilets, much less "serving" the people.
JASmius adds: Uncle Teddy is about as slick as a tarpit. The pickled old bastard has never fooled anybody. He couldn't even win his party's presidential nomination with Jimmy Carter (aka the worst president in American history) as his lone opponent. The only reason he's still in the Senate is that that seat was a family holding and he's somehow managed not to drop dead in all the years since. He gets re-elected to it for the same reason that Mt. Rushmore is still where it's always been: he's too damned heavy to move.
Which does raise the prospect of his successor having to sit atop his fermenting corpse after he drives off that big bridge in the sky. On the other hand, if Arlington National Cemetary wants to save on fuel costs, they can always put Teddy in the same coffin as his brother. His remains would keep the eternal flame burning all by themselves.
Ted Kennedy's apologia this afternoon for his upcoming vote against Judge Alito should be welcomed — yes, embraced — by Republicans, moderate Democrats, proponents of self-government, and all fair-minded Americans because it crystallizes the choice Senators now face.
It's always a welcome day when the American people are presented with clear choices. Senator Kennedy's announcement today demonstrates once again the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of the opposition to Judge Alito. The character assassins of the Left have the perfect spokesman in Senator Kennedy. Not content with his embarrassing display of intemperance, ignorance and generally boorish behavior during hearing week, Senator Kennedy summarized his opposition to Judge Alito by claiming Judge Alito was not “committed to equal justice under law.”
This is a despicable charge to level at a sitting federal judge. And it's obvious to anyone who watched the hearings that in the case of Judge Alito, nothing could be more false. But that is what America has come to expect from Senator Kennedy. That is why we should welcome his announced opposition. The choice is clear.
The ABA - no conservative organization - and his fellow judges and former law clerks, including many Democrats, all sing the highest praises for this good man and his decision making as a judge. Most major newspapers around the country, even liberal ones, have endorsed Judge Alito. It is only the Ted Kennedy-ACLU wing of the Democratic Party that persists in opposing him. Senator Kennedy's Democrat colleagues now need to make their choice.
Kennedy's ability to be a butthole seems to know no bounds. His nearly incoherent blather during the hearings and statements such as the above have proven his ability to be slicker than Bill Clinton. Who else but a Kennedy could do the things he has done and say the things he has said and still be a United States Senator? He doesn't deserve to be cleaning the toilets, much less "serving" the people.
JASmius adds: Uncle Teddy is about as slick as a tarpit. The pickled old bastard has never fooled anybody. He couldn't even win his party's presidential nomination with Jimmy Carter (aka the worst president in American history) as his lone opponent. The only reason he's still in the Senate is that that seat was a family holding and he's somehow managed not to drop dead in all the years since. He gets re-elected to it for the same reason that Mt. Rushmore is still where it's always been: he's too damned heavy to move.
Which does raise the prospect of his successor having to sit atop his fermenting corpse after he drives off that big bridge in the sky. On the other hand, if Arlington National Cemetary wants to save on fuel costs, they can always put Teddy in the same coffin as his brother. His remains would keep the eternal flame burning all by themselves.
posted by Jennifer at 1:00 AM
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