08-25-2009, 11:34 PM
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Jordan!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Chandler, AZ
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Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy is dead
R.i.p.
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08-25-2009, 11:37 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
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Fireside Chat - The #1 Flames Fan Podcast - FiresideChat.ca
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08-25-2009, 11:37 PM
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Jordan!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Chandler, AZ
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Thanks for the link, I just got it breaking on twitter, no links were up. Twitter is FAST!
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08-25-2009, 11:44 PM
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God of Hating Twitter
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Very sad, RIP.
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08-25-2009, 11:54 PM
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The man had some skeletons in his closet, there should be no doubt about that, but at the same time I have to wonder whether he was the last in the line of the Kennedy clan that will be involved in politics at the national level.
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08-25-2009, 11:56 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Bankview
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Rip..
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08-26-2009, 12:15 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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I alwayshoped and expected him to become president some day and a lot of people were disappointed. Here I'm listening to CNN say he wasn't afraid of the nutbars out there killing him like they did his brothers but IIRC this was the reason given why he didn't make a good run for president. Another era is over unless Obama can carry it on.
RIP.
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08-26-2009, 12:20 AM
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Retired
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vulcan
I alwayshoped and expected him to become president some day and a lot of people were disappointed. Here I'm listening to CNN say he wasn't afraid of the nutbars out there killing him like they did his brothers but IIRC this was the reason given why he didn't make a good run for president. Another era is over unless Obama can carry it on.
RIP.
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Really? His not making a "good run for" president has almost nothing to with his brothers being assassinated and almost everything to do with Chappaquiddick. He put a lot of feelers out for a good run and was warned. He could shake the stigma in his home district but nationally he'd have been sunk.
RIP--- very much a flawed character who did lots of good overshadowed by a few very bad choices.
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08-26-2009, 12:29 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Delgar
Really? His not making a "good run for" president has almost nothing to with his brothers being assassinated and almost everything to do with Chappaquiddick. He put a lot of feelers out for a good run and was warned. He could shake the stigma in his home district but nationally he'd have been sunk.
RIP--- very much a flawed character who did lots of good overshadowed by a few very bad choices.
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Yeah, you're probably right and the fear of being assassinated was only the excuse.
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08-26-2009, 02:07 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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RIP Edward "Teddy" Kennedy
My condolences to the Kennedy family.
This is a very sad day for many people, myself included.
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08-26-2009, 05:36 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Singapore
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RIP
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08-26-2009, 07:19 AM
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Never liked the man at all, but it's sad to see someone go out the way he did.
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08-26-2009, 07:40 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oilers_fan
Never liked the man at all, but it's sad to see someone go out the way he did.
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My sentiments exactly. Can't stand the whole Kennedy "thing", even though was briefly related via Mrs. Impaler #1. 
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08-26-2009, 07:47 AM
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CP Pontiff
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: A pasture out by Millarville
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He finally has a chance to apologize to Mary Jo Kopechne in person.
Cowperson
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08-26-2009, 07:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowperson
He finally has a chance to apologize to Mary Jo Kopechne in person.
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As if he would if he had the chance.
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08-26-2009, 07:59 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowperson
He finally has a chance to apologize to Mary Jo Kopechne in person.
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I suspect he has ended up at another address from her. Maybe there is a hotline or something.
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08-26-2009, 08:06 AM
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Norm!
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Didn't really like the man all that much, or his politics, but he could be termed as the passing of an American Icon and possibly the end of a political era in the United States.
Hopefully this puts an end to the Kennedy Curse started by Joseph Kennedy
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08-26-2009, 08:40 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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RIP
He would have been very helpful in health care reform discussions.
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08-26-2009, 09:21 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
RIP
He would have been very helpful in health care reform discussions.
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Especially for abandoned drowning victims...
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08-26-2009, 10:06 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HOZ
Especially for abandoned drowning victims...
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Good god, I would love to know where in anything regarding Chappaquiddick incident it is alleged that he abandoned Mary Jo. It has been alleged that he drove negilgently, it has even been alleged that he may have been over the limit, but never has it been alleged that he got himself out of the vehicle and abandoned her.
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