Thread: Ted Kennedy's final plunge?

Ted Kennedy's final plunge?

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Posted: July 2, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

Remember all the pomp and circumstance surrounding the Democrat takeover of both the House and Senate? The excitement was palpable.

In the House, Nancy Pelosi's face was lifted up to DefCon-5 in preparation for battle with the Republicans. The Senate was ready to take advantage of its slim margin and use every ounce of political skill to ram through an aggressive agenda.

Perhaps most excited was Ted Kennedy, who was looking forward to being in a position to pass more bad bills than an international counterfeiting ring.

Now, mere months later, judging by the outrage from the Democrats over all sorts of various disappointments, you'd think we were back to the heyday of the Gingrich revolution in the mid-'90s. Did the Democrats lose control already? What happened?

For example, late last week Ted Kennedy's Immigration Reform Bill sank like a '67 Oldsmobile. The bill had been in trouble for some time, and Kennedy, who over the years has been known to compromise nothing, with the possible exception of the architectural integrity of the Senate office floor joists, was making deals to ram the bill through to no avail.

After the bill Kennedy pushed for so hard failed, Ted was ticked. A visibly angered Kennedy then asked what we would do with the 12 million illegals. "Send them to Hyannis Port" is an option I assume is off the table.

But is Ted angry because of the defeat of what he thinks is a good idea, or does it go deeper? My belief is that the curtain has been pulled back on the wizard, and it's going to take more time to close it again than Ted has left on this earth, and he knows it. In pulling back the curtain, the part of Toto is being played by every American who got as upset as PETA at an ox roast and wasn't going to take it anymore.

Millions of Americans were angered because a collection of geezers, slime balls, back-alley deal makers, weasels, wimps and "all of the above" were agreeing to sell out the country to cover their dereliction of duty in protecting the borders.

Thanks to Ted Kennedy and the president pushing for an idea so bad that it should have been called the "'Hold muh beer, I wanna try somethin' bill," the American people acted, and it's a good reminder for all parties involved that citizens aren't at the mercy of the government, but rather vice-versa. As for campaign financing, let this also be a reminder that politicians who will accept our money but not our calls will ultimately end up with neither.

Kennedy's frustration might also be borne of the fact that the immigration reform flap has more voters wondering what other problems are perpetuated by politicians who have the nerve to seek praise for attempting to "fix" messes they caused. I can only quote Albert Einstein: "You can't solve a problem with the same mind that created it." Now Americans just need to keep making it clear that the same mind that created the problem won't be re-elected either.

Here's another point to file under "What were they thinking?" It's no secret Democrats have been trying to bring down Bush since he and the Mrs. were measuring for new Scotchguarded Berber in the Oval Office. They've called Bush vile names, they've accused him of crimes, and they've questioned his intellect and common sense.

Then something happened. Democrats such as Kennedy agreed with Bush on the amnesty issue and wanted us to believe, for one shining moment, that Bush – the man Democrats constantly bash as having a vested interest of stripping Americans of their privacy rights, is in the pocket of big oil and who is wrong at virtually every turn – is acting in the best interests of the United States on one issue alone?

The lesson for Ted Kennedy, and most other politicians for that matter, is that you should never beat a horse completely into a coma if there's a chance you might have to hitch your wagon to him in the future.

Will the Immigration Reform Bill be back? Probably, but you'd have a better chance of spotting John Edwards in Supercuts than of this bill returning without a major overhaul –an overhaul that will start with Ted Kennedy unplugging the Senate switchboard and e-mail system.

with these treasonous politicians i could see them disconnecting the phone and internet. we need people in office who will follow the will of the people. like protecting our borders and people is such a far reach.

We (the American People) again are a shining example on how to run a country. Once again we showed the world how to stand up to your government.