When the news came this Saturday that Senator Ted Kennedy had apparently had a stroke and his passing seemed potentially imminent all the talking heads on the news shows went into obit-speak, referring to the Massachusetts legislator in the past tens…..

Obviously Edward Kennedy won’t…

If Teddy is an organ donor I envy the guy who gets his liver.

His policies are not helpful to America as the policy of taking from those who make good and responsible decisions to give to those who make poor decisions is not a policy that helps anyone in the long run.

His policies have gone way above providing a “safety net”. 99% of Senators and Representatives are for a strong “safety net”. Liberals dilute that safety net by providing a hamock for those who are able bodied…….

Before long he will be back to his old pickled liver self pinching cute young bottoms and dodging morality.

How many Kennedy’s does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Five, one to hold the bulb and four to drink enough to make the room spin.

As for Ted, I’m sure he’d be proud of his life’s work. I have another perspective, but I’m not going to wish him ill or cheer when he departs.

At the same time, tho, when the time comes and he passes on, I will not be shedding any tears. I will not mourn in any way. I will not feel anything. It’ll be one of those things I’ll be indifferent, too, although perhaps as Christian I should try and do better on that front.

Re: your points about Hitler and OBL, it’s human nature for us all to despise the both of them considering the massive deaths and destrution they have been responsible for, and to be happy that Hitler is dead and yearn for the day we can see OBL like we did Uday and Qusay. From a Christian perspective, I am supposed to pray that OBL changes his ways and renounces Islam, but I can’t find it in my heart to do it. About the only Christians I know of who have shown a willingness to do that are the Amish, who actually gave part of the money raised from the murders of those girls a few years ago to the wife of the man who murdered them. I don’t know how they do it.

But I do not wish a fellow human being any ill.

Just a philosophical question here, at what point is it justifiable to wish a fellow human being ill? What you say is a nice platitude, but it also reeks of more than a touch of holier than though attitude. Would it have been OK to wish Hitler ill? Yes, no? How about Ted Bundy? Saddam Hussein? Osama Bin Laden? How many reprehensible traits and acts does one have to commit before it is OK to wish them ill?

Ted Kennedy, while said to be a charmer and nice guy in person, has been personally responsible for creating some of the most toxic political environments on Capitol Hill, lynching Bork among others, and is responsible for much of the ill will and problems we see coming out of the liberal Dem side of the aisle. While perhaps not rising to the level of actively wishing him ill or trying to harm him, I’ll be honest enough to admit that when his day comes, as Mark Twain said, his will be an obituary I’ll read with approval.