Ted Kennedy

[beccatoria]

There was an election yesterday, and I would have been sad about the result whatever state it was held in. Maybe a little sadder than most that it was Massachusetts because while it's not the state I vote in, I do have ties there. But hey, democracy's a bitch like that. Sometimes people vote for the Other Guy - you know, the one who's Wrong? I mean, I really, really believe he's Wrong for a whole bunch of - to my mind - logical and moral reasons. I don't subscribe to the idea that both sides of an argument are as valid as the other, or that the truth must lie somewhere in the middle of two opinions. It's not some happy, lets-all-hold-hands, comforting idea when I say that sometimes people vote for a side I'm not on. But it is their right, and not to support that right would be to cripple the already limping democratic processes of the world even further.

So fine, that-part-of-the-general-public, I support your right to elect a dude I think is a piece of work.

But just know, that when you do it to Ted Kennedy, and when one of this guy's war cries is how he's going to kill the meager healthcare bill that has managed to survive to this point, you're going to break my damn heart as you do it.

So I'm going to take a minute to remember Ted Kennedy. Because I'm sorry and he didn't deserve it.

Comments

[asta77.livejournal.com]

Did you see Jon Stewart's brilliant rant Monday night? A lot of it was criticism of the Democratic party and repeatedly blowing opportunities, but he also pointed out that, even with a loss in Massachusetts, they still held 14 more seats in the Senate.

[nicole-anell.livejournal.com]

I did! He even pointed out they still have more seats than Republicans did under Bush. I was just saying elsewhere that it's both exhilarating and depressing to watch him rip into the Democrats like that. Glad he's saying it, but OUCH.