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Byrd: Rename health care bill for KennedyAiling Senator Robert Byrd, one of only two to have served longer than Kennedy, suggests in an emotional statement renaming the pending health care legislation for the late Massachusetts Senator:
Does anybody else see any symbolism in the Democrats renaming their Health Care plan after a guy who just died?
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Comments (18)
Now that's symbolism I can ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by rodney dill | August 27, 2009 2:55 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Now that's symbolism I can get my head around... just like Sisyphus leaving his boulder as a legacy to the American people.
1. Posted by rodney dill | August 27, 2009 2:55 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 14:55
2. Posted by Bill Long | August 27, 2009 2:59 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
I think it is even more ironic that under Obamacare, Kennedy would likely NOT have been able to receive the cancer surgery and treatment that he received -- he would have been too old and the cost/benefit ratio too high.
2. Posted by Bill Long | August 27, 2009 2:59 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 14:59
3. Posted by _Mike_ | August 27, 2009 3:08 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Bill Long.. not quite accurate. Kennedy would have received the care because he was politically connected. It's the rest of us that would be affected under ObamaGovernmentCare(TM).
3. Posted by _Mike_ | August 27, 2009 3:08 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 15:08
4. Posted by Conservachef | August 27, 2009 3:31 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Hey, remember that John Edwards tried to use Christopher Reeve during the '04 election re: embryonic stem cell research. It's only one small step from that to this sort of pandering.
4. Posted by Conservachef | August 27, 2009 3:31 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 15:31
5. Posted by Mycroft | August 27, 2009 3:34 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Maybe it is good symbolism. Maybe Obamacare is being re-named because it is dead too.
5. Posted by Mycroft | August 27, 2009 3:34 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 15:34
6. Posted by GarandFan | August 27, 2009 3:39 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Well, naming a POS legislation for a POS politician sounds about right.
6. Posted by GarandFan | August 27, 2009 3:39 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 15:39
7. Posted by Hank | August 27, 2009 3:45 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
What's the new name then?
Care for Clunkers?
7. Posted by Hank | August 27, 2009 3:45 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 15:45
8. Posted by Sabba Hillel | August 27, 2009 4:19 PM | Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Mary Jo Kopechne had no comment on the matter.
8. Posted by Sabba Hillel | August 27, 2009 4:19 PM |
Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 16:19
9. Posted by Terry S/Will Profit | August 27, 2009 4:23 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
The 92 year old Byrd also believes it is 1929 and calls Michelle Obama "mommy."
9. Posted by Terry S/Will Profit | August 27, 2009 4:23 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 16:23
10. Posted by btenney | August 27, 2009 4:40 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Let's bury the Hero of Chappaquiddick and the Deathcare Bill at the same time.
Two Cremations on one Furnace charge. Good for the Environment.
10. Posted by btenney | August 27, 2009 4:40 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 16:40
11. Posted by Michael Laprarie | August 27, 2009 5:07 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Here in Oklahoma City, our major airports are named after Will Rogers (commercial traffic) and Wiley Post (private aircraft/FAA-designated relief airport) -- both of whom died together in a tragic 1935 airplane crash. That's something to think about the next time you fly into, or out of, OKC.
11. Posted by Michael Laprarie | August 27, 2009 5:07 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 17:07
12. Posted by gollyneds | August 27, 2009 6:02 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
wasn't there a comment somewhere last year
by one of our high quality dems about putting lipstick on a pig?
12. Posted by gollyneds | August 27, 2009 6:02 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 18:02
13. Posted by WildWillie | August 27, 2009 6:47 PM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
The democrat's would prop Ted Kennedy's remains up for display if it would raise money or pass their legistation. They have no class and are very crass. ww
13. Posted by WildWillie | August 27, 2009 6:47 PM |
Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 18:47
14. Posted by GarandFan | August 27, 2009 7:15 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
"The democrat's would prop Ted Kennedy's remains up for display if it would raise money or pass their legislation."
Don't see why not, he self-pickled years ago. Just hang an air freshner nearby to kill the booze fumes.
14. Posted by GarandFan | August 27, 2009 7:15 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 19:15
15. Posted by 914 | August 27, 2009 8:23 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
A failed plan for a failed Man..
Yeah, sounds about right.
15. Posted by 914 | August 27, 2009 8:23 PM |
Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 20:23
16. Posted by 914 | August 27, 2009 8:30 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
What the heck..From now on I will refer to Him as...Mr. Pickle.
16. Posted by 914 | August 27, 2009 8:30 PM |
Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on August 27, 2009 20:30
17. Posted by Ken Hahn | August 28, 2009 2:59 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I think there should be Kennedy memorial law. Perhaps an infrastructure bill to strengthen the guard rails on the nations bridges.
17. Posted by Ken Hahn | August 28, 2009 2:59 AM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on August 28, 2009 02:59
18. Posted by Bruce Henry | August 30, 2009 10:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Now I see the reason for so many articles here regarding the Kennedy memorial, etc.
You guys haven't used up all the hilarious "jokes" you've been saving up ever since you heard the man was terminal. Classy.
18. Posted by Bruce Henry | August 30, 2009 10:58 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on August 30, 2009 22:58