Comments on: Ted Kennedy has died https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:42:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543211 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:42:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543211 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/ted_kennedy_1932_-_2009.php

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543210 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:28:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543210 Dr. Monkey: Ted Kennedy was duly elected in a fair and open process by the people of Massachusetts. He was not, oh I don’t know, the Mayor of Chicago or something.

]]> By: DrugMonkey https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543209 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:10:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543209 It is hard to imagine a Senate without Kennedy.

Is this a republic or a hereditary aristocracy? I like the Kennedy politics and all but FFS dude. Sometimes I weep for our stupid ass unacknowledged yearning for monarchy in this country…

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543208 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:47:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543208 Bob: That is what I meant, actually …. the cut out the governor when Romney was in and Kerry was running for president so the would not end up with a Republican representing Massachusetts. Which is unthinkable.

]]> By: NewEnglandBob https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543207 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:37:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543207 I think the way the state law reads now is that no one will replace him and there has to be an election within 5 months.

]]> By: Travis https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543206 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:11:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543206 For some reason I totally expected this but was completely unprepared for it.

]]> By: Mitch https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543205 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:06:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543205 It is hard to imagine a Senate without Kennedy.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543204 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:02:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543204 If his wife replaces him we’ll be fine.

]]> By: Mike Haubrich, FCD https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543203 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:52:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/26/ted-kennedy-has-died/#comment-543203 I will miss the Lion in the Senate. We needed him to last until we got the health care bill through. Let’s hope that there are Senators that have his fortitude to do the right thing in carrying on.

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