it’s easy for me to state, with conviction, that Edward M. Kennedy was probably THE best liked person to have ever served as a US Senator! ---- it's probably easy for you flap your moonbat wings also, but it will never make EMK the best liked person in the senate
some don't forget On Aug 31, 11:13 am, NoEinstein <[email protected]> wrote: > I, like millions of Americans, was glued in front of the TV > listening to, and watching, the many tributes to the life and legacy > of Edward M. Kennedy, the senior senator from Massachusetts. I was > especially moved by the scene on the Capital steps where many of his > former and present staff waited patiently for hours just so they could > say a final goodbye. His wife, Vickie, showed a nobility and a > graciousness worthy of her being a First Lady. > By Friday night it was probably obvious to most viewers that they > themselves—at least for a while—had been witnesses to Teddy Kennedy’s > life of public service. Such had been so exceptional as to call forth > glowing tribute after tribute, often highlighting Kennedy’s honesty > and his big heart—in both his personal and professional lives. > Because the sentiments of admiration and thanks to Teddy Kennedy were > so National in scope, it’s easy to understand why those people who > could, decided to line the route from Washington, DC to Arlington > National Cemetery so that they, too, could pay personal tributes to > that exceptional man. Once I realized the length and breadth of the > appreciation for Teddy, it’s easy for me to state, with conviction, > that Edward M. Kennedy was probably THE best liked person to have ever > served as a US Senator! > It was oft-repeated that Teddy had been a senator for nearly 47 > years. He was the third longest serving senator behind J. Strom > Thurmond of South Carolina, and Robert C. Bird of West Virginia. > Bird, age 92 and looking frail, was waiting at the Capital steps in a > wheelchair to bid goodbye to his friend and colleague, Teddy. > However, the glories of those friendships can’t negate the collective > damaging effects that the US Senate has had on this country from day > one. The anti-democracy senate never should have been brought into > existence, nor allowed to continue to exist, when our Constitution has > as its founding spirit: “The supremacy of democracy and fair play.” > The three gravest errors by the Founding Fathers in writing the > Constitution were: (1.) Having a US Senate at all; (2.) Their > making the impeachment process so complicated as to be practically > useless; and (3.) Their making the processes for amending the > Constitution too restrictive to have allowed such to correct, early > on, some of its fundamental flaws. > All of his life, Teddy Kennedy enjoyed the sport of sailing. > During one of Friday’s tributes, it was humorously related how Kennedy > had also liked to race. Win or loose, he was a game-player. In the > Senate he lost more than he won. But he was good natured about > either. Probably, more than any other person, Teddy had the > personality and the temperament to be outstanding in the Senate. > Caroline Kennedy, on the other hand, was more of a shy introvert. She > lacked her uncle’s love of person-to-person contacts and didn’t have > the wrangling spirit that’s so necessary to be an ‘effective’ Senator. > Where she not Secretary of State, former senator Hillary Rodham > Clinton has been mentioned as a strong-personality, consensus-builder > type who might could have filled Teddy’s shoes—figuratively, of > course. For far too long, their has been this notion that electing > strong and powerful representatives and senators is what people need > to do. That erroneous notion, unneeded in a democracy, has kept-in- > place the anti-democracy ‘seniority’ system. Since those with prior > governmental experience seem better equipped to go to Washington and > FIGHT for the voters, this country is largely “represented” by CAREER > politicians, who are out-of-touch with the common man. > There are a dozen or so US Senators whom any person would feel > privileged to know. Republican Orrin Hatch is certainly one. He’s > also serious-minded enough that his political ideas should be valued, > highly. In contrast with Kennedy, Hatch admitted having had a modest > background. He graduated from the ‘Harvard of the West,’ Brigham > Young University. > Senator Robert C. Byrd, already mentioned, was an entertaining, > perhaps hypnotic presence who knew when to pull out his fiddle, or to > dance a jig, to keep himself getting re elected. He was notorious in > how he could get earmarks and grants for pet projects for his state. > And he was notorious for wielding more… ‘power’ than even the > Constitution ever intended for a single senator to get. Though he > knew how to entertain and could wow others with his speeches, Byrd was > a negative influence on this country, as a whole, though he’s probably > not thought of that way in West Virginia. > SC Senator J. Strom Thurmond—from my home state—died in 2003. > Quite candidly, he was a bombastic simpleton, nothing more. He fought > for legislation, sometimes literally. His media prominence and > constituent services kept him in office till age 100. Though he had > often touted the virtues of honesty and integrity, he lacked both of > those qualities. And he lacked a conscience as well. Strom fathered > at least five bastard children. His ‘brain’ was located closer to his > loins than beneath his orange color hair. Sadly, his children value > their family name more than they value honesty. > Teddy Kennedy had his ’Joan’, while Strom had his ‘Nancy’… by- > hook-or-by-crook. To date, history book writers have been too > impotent to reveal that man’s true nature. Though he has a bigger- > than-life bronze statue in Columbia showing him walking—briefcase in > hand—Thurmond’s greatest legacy will be that HE is the primary motive > for my having written and polished the New Constitution of the United > States of America. The insights that I gained regarding our failed > and failing State and Federal Governments is the direct result of my > having gone head-to-head with the senator. While he lived, I lost… > But when a true history of that man is written, there won’t be many > South Carolinians who will be proud to have a bronze stature(s) on > public property legitimizing that scoundrel. > Because of his advanced age, Thurmond didn’t seek re election. > Instead, he chose to… ‘endorse’ the present scoundrel, Senator Lindsey > Graham. The following excerpts from my New Constitution relate to > political endorsements: > > … “It shall be a felony for any government official or employee, or > any celebrity or media idol—past or present—to publicly endorse or > campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office or job. > Exhibiting ideological bias in a job terminates the employment. > Candidates for public office shall be disqualified for soliciting new > voter registrants; and no campaign shall aid or organize the > transportation of voters to the polls.” > > I realized that there was a fishiness to Graham when I got a > unisex letter from him signed: “Lin.” Like a Jack-in-a-Box, Graham is > always popping up in front of the media. Several of Judge Sonia > Sotomayor’s speeches, apparently, had troubled Graham. But he > endorsed her anyway, and to the great detriment of democracy and fair > play in America… Since Graham approves of those who think that … > reverse discrimination—as against those New Haven firefighters—is > acceptable, then he is guilty of treason. After getting a fair trial, > he should be “hanged by the neck until dead“, along side Barack Obama, > Sotomayor, and others. > Last Saturday on Fox News, I heard Rush Limbaugh discussing how > he doesn’t enjoy not being supportive of Barack Obama. I, too, don’t > enjoy that I can’t patriotically assent to everything Obama proposes. > Nearly two years ago, I began telling the readers that that ego > maniac, Obama, will do wrong things, deliberately. The following > quote of mine seems apt for Obama: “The lust for power favors evil- > doing, because the glory of dictating good things must always be > shared with their unspoken moral imperatives.” Congress, too, keeps > enjoying doing the wrong things… > In that lovely gothic church in Boston, I got a brief glimpse of > the former senator from South Carolina, Fritz Hollings. I’m glad that > he seems to be doing OK. The present Junior Senator from SC is > Senator Jim DeMint. DeMint has said the if the present health care > reform doesn’t get passed, that such will spell the downfall of > Obama’s Presidency. It’s either Obama’s downfall, or the downfall of > the USA riding on the outcome of health care reform. No amount of > pleading by one of Kennedy’s young grandsons, during a responsive > reading, should be allowed to sway the voters away from their concerns > regarding the national debt and run-away government over-control of > everything. And no… emotional naming of the bill, as a ‘tribute’ to > Kennedy, should be allowed to cause to be passed a bill which could > well break the backbone of this country. > President Obama and Congress keep pushing our country deeper and > deeper into poverty. Like Glenn Beck, I pray that things will turn > out fine. This week Beck referred to the USA as: A Democratic > Republic. But what we actually have in this country is: A > DISFUNCTIONAL Representative Republic. We ‘elect’ officials who then > go to Washington to vote their whimsy without regard for the wishes of > the tax-paying constituents who elected them. > Wake up America! Underlying our growing discontent over health > care and government over-spending, is the UNITY that’s needed to > ratify my constitution. Talk it up! The corrupt politicians in > Washington will surely frown. But your grandchildren, and theirs will > thank you! > > Respectfully submitted, > > John A. 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