Well, we were all just waiting for it to happen..

Senator Ted is gone..

longest serving Senator in the US and, despite a lot of personal 'problems' and scandal, one of the beacons of the Left..

Guess the dynasty is fading, I don't see anyone of the younger K's having the gumption and profile to take up the mantle.. One failed an attempt at Hillary's old post and one is flogging 'saving the environment'...

end of an era, as they say...

RIP

Famous Ted speech.."I believe in universal healthcare.I believe in a socialist world.
I believe I'll have another Chivas,I believe I'll let someone else do the driving.I believe in young scantily clad girls taking my pants off "
Yep,end of a legacy...I hope.

I don't see him resting in Peace even his Brothers would not support him before they died.The only legacy he will have was the lies he told.

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You know don't you that he fought for more armor for the troops in Iraq? He did do some good things, though, he also did some bad ones.

Yes I know he supported the Troops but Ted Kenedy took away far more than he gave from the Military like cutting the Military Bugdet.

The DoD budget faced Cheney with his most immediate and pressing problem when he came to the Pentagon. President Bush had already said publicly that the proposed FY 1990 Defense budget of more than $300 billion had to be cut immediately by $6.3 billion, and soon after Cheney began work the president increased the amount to $10 billion. Cheney recognized the necessity of cutting the budget and downsizing the military establishment, but he favored a cautious approach. In making decisions on the FY 1990 budget, the secretary had to confront the wish list of each of the services. The Air Force wanted to buy 312 B-2 stealth bombers at over $500 million each; the Marine Corps wanted 12 V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor helicopters, $136 million each; the Army wanted some $240 million in FY 1990 to move toward production of the LHX, a new reconnaissance and attack helicopter, to cost $33 billion eventually; and the Navy wanted 5 Aegis guided-missile destroyers, at a cost of $3.6 billion. What direction to go with ballistic missiles also posed difficult choices. One option was to build 50 more MX missiles to join the 50 already on hand, at a cost of about $10 billion. A decision had to be made on how to base the MX-whether on railroad cars or in some other mode. Another option was to build 500 single-warhead Midgetman missiles, still in the development stage, at an estimated cost of $24 billion.

http://www.defenselink.mil/spe...ries/bios/cheney.htm

You can't trust any of them not to cut defense.

Not to speak Ill of the dead but he is DEAD let him find what ever peace he can in HELL. lets move on and HELL NO I DID NOT LIKE THE MURDER!!!

Harry we are not talking about Cheney or Bush we are talking about Ted Kenedy he was a Damm womaniser and out of control Jackass with big money and the Kenedy Power until he got married the last time.

Sully, you talked about cutting military spending -- I responded. I know he had problems and did some unforgivable things but speaking ill of the dead bothers me for some reason.

You have an absolute right to speak them and I may disagree on points but not completely.

Harry,you are a gentlman.
Yes,ole Ted did some good things.
But,he had an affair with socialism that he never renounced.
His belief in social engineering was wrong and a detriment to our nation.

Nobody speaks ill of the dead unless they leave the reasons for it.

Harry...I don't call speaking the truth about a person speaking ill of the dead but it does bother me when a man dies and everyone makes him something that he is not just because he is dead.

I hope wherever he is they have a few litres of Chivas Regal for him...otherwise there will be hell to pay! (pardon the pun)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200...s/us_kennedy_fortune This is what Ted Kennedy and the Kennedy Clan was and is about.

There lies the problem : Very rich people with stupid ideas on how to help the one thing they never were: Poor. One gets to daydream quite a bit when they know they are set for life. Problem is my money always ends up paying for their adventures.

I think it also explains why Ted Kennedy has remained in power for the last few years because of his money which can buy anything.

It's funny how little the main stream media reports on the negative legacy of TK
I suppose the media is leading the crusade to get him nominated for sainthood.
Forbes reports a deal offered to the Soviets:
http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/...-peter-robinson.html

You know, if they redistributed all of the money in this nation we would all have $9,000. I would have to give a bit of money up under that situation.