For Teddy.

[jefferson_dem]

"It has been the passion of my life." - April 3, 2008 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrJVbCzJH6c

[RoyGBiv]

1. K&R

For Teddy

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Yes!

For Teddy...

K&R

[sneezepaddle]

3. Ted Kennedy loved me and all the poor people just like me!

[crazylikafox]

4. For Teddy!!! Let's keep this thread at the top today!

[azmouse]

5. Amen!

[HughMoran]

6. My avatar

...dedicated to Teddi.

[NJmaverick]

7. K&R

[CakeGrrl]

8. K/R

[Katha]

9. Thank you, Sen. Kennedy!

Oh, how I wish he was here to see this today.

[polmaven]

21. He's here......

He is indeed here.
:wave:

[Number23]

10. Wow. That even choked me up a bit and I'm the world's biggest cynic

[monmouth]

23. Wow, me too and I have mascara on. Burning....n/t

[Top Cat]

11. K&R

[amyrose2712]

12. +1

[Hansel]

13. K&R.

[proud patriot]

14. and for all of us

[gateley]

15. For Teddy. Thank you.

:pals:

[RedSpartan]

16. Hear, hear!

[Bobbie Jo]

17. K&R

:kick:

[PopSixSquish]

18. For Teddy!!

:patriot:

[Cha]

19. "The Cause of My Life" by Edward M Kennedy..

<snip>

"In 1964, I was flying with several companions to the Massachusetts Democratic Convention when our small plane crashed and burned short of the runway. My friend and colleague in the Senate, Birch Bayh, risked his life to pull me from the wreckage. Our pilot, Edwin Zimny, and my administrative assistant, Ed Moss, didn't survive. With crushed vertebrae, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung, I spent months in New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. To prevent paralysis, I was strapped into a special bed that immobilizes a patient between two canvas slings. Nurses would regularly turn me over so my lungs didn't fill with fluid. I knew the care was expensive, but I didn't have to worry about that. I needed the care and I got it.

Now I face another medical challenge. Last year, I was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Surgeons at Duke University Medical Center removed part of the tumor, and I had proton-beam radiation at Massachusetts General Hospital. I've undergone many rounds of chemotherapy and continue to receive treatment. Again, I have enjoyed the best medical care money (and a good insurance policy) can buy.

But quality care shouldn't depend on your financial resources, or the type of job you have, or the medical condition you face. Every American should be able to get the same treatment that U.S. senators are entitled to."




<more>
http://www.newsweek.com/id/207406

[cmd]

20. For Teddy! nt

[sneezepaddle]

22. This is National Teddy Day!

[Maeve]

24. K&R!

[Clio the Leo]

25. "But we in it shall be remember'd; we few, we happy few, we band of brothers!"

If I may repeat myself.....

This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.



First posted.....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=8611623#8611648

[JNelson6563]

49. Excellent.

*goosebumps*

[CaliforniaPeggy]

78. Ah! My tears for this one...

Thank you, my dear Clio the Leo!

This is so damn appropriate for today!

:hug:

[Inuca]

26. YES! n/t

[Phx_Dem]

27. This vote is for Uncle Ted.

:patriot:

Make it count!

[Dappleganger]

28. If only we could hear him speak today.

RIP, Teddy!

[karynnj]

29. His son Patrick just spoke,

and compared his father's work on this to his uncles' on Civil Rights. Sheila Jackson Lee just brought up Teddy and then used JFK's "ask not" rhetoric. She then made a great emotional appeal.

[Betty Karlson]

32. Thank you for sharing that information. N/T

[babylonsister]

30. Very, very nice. He's looking down smiling. nt

[Raffi Ella]

31. Teddy, we miss you today.

To Teddy :toast:

[Scurrilous]

33. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Uzybone]

34. K&R

[Peacetrain]

35. K&R!!!!

[Kind of Blue]

36. Hear! Hear!

KnR and thanks for the reminder.

[Born_A_Truman]

37. K&R!!!!!!!

[Lorien]

38. Who is now spinning in his grave

this bill is very close to the one Gingrich proposed during Clinton's attempt at real HCR-that Ted Kennedy rejected. Now it will be the law of the land. It's a sad day for Kennedy's memory, and for Americans who need REAL health care reform!

[saracat]

45. But see , as education isn't important to some, they don't know that!

[Mithreal]

69. +1 Image is everything

[Hippo_Tron]

87. Ted Kennedy wrote major portions of the bill

And if you look at the history of the 1993 health care debate, anything that came out of the Republicans' mouth at one point or another was not genuine. Bob Dole, then Senate Minority Leader, first came out saying he favored an employer mandate (the mechanism Clinton planned to use to achieve universal coverage) but then once the process started he changed his position. The idea was to lure Clinton into a false sense of security.

[dionysus]

104. clinging to that bitterness as tightly as you can huh?

:shrug:

[styersc]

39. I'll be toasting the late Senator this afternoon.

[gademocrat7]

40. K & R

[crazylikafox]

41. kick for Teddy

[graywarrior]

42. Indeed.

[dmr]

43. Thinking about him makes me cry.

I loved that man, and his death still hurts.

Today's for you, Ted.

[LuckyLib]

44. He would be glad, but would be first to say, "Let's get to work to make this better."

[Thornleylv]

84. Very True! - To a STATESMAN

This is the most accurate comment I have read so far! This is a mile stone for Teddy, and for America! But it is just the start and we shall have to keep believing in and following his inspiration! Thank you so very much to a Statesman, Senator Ted Kennedy!

[applegrove]

46. Aweeeeeeeeeeeee!

[firedupdem]

47. K&R! I wish he was here. n /t

[johnaries]

48. For Teddy!

[mogster]

50. K&R for Teddy

.. and the DU ;-)

[CLANG]

51. I love you, Ted.

[pitchforksandtorches]

52. The Lion sleeps tonight. n/t

[FourScore]

53. Wish you were here. n/t

[Divine Discontent]

54. Yay! for Teddy!

[Blue Owl]

55. K&R

n/t

[potone]

56. Yes, for Teddy!

[BlueIdaho]

57. "For all those whose cares have been our concern"

"the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."

Thank you Teddy, thank you.

[XemaSab]

62. Thank you for your life's work, Teddy.

Ted's words and thus my words exactly. We miss you Teddy, but I hope you are celebrating tonight.

[calimary]

58. For you, Teddy.

Bless you! I bet you're smiling from up there at this very moment. The cause endures. And the dream will never die! As long as we have anything to say about it, dear Ted.

:patriot:

[Lochloosa]

59. For Teddy!

:toast:

[ccharles000]

60. k/r

[nolabear]

61. K&R for Teddy.

[secondwind]

63. Here's to Ted Kennedy! I know you are smiling down upon us tonight!!!

[HughMoran]

64. For Teddi!

:cheers:

[Zambero]

65. He kept the health care focus going all those years

And his tireless effort has paid off tonight. Thank you Senator!

[sakabatou]

66. Here, here

:toast:

[gratefultobelib]

67. Oh my. Thank you for this.

[MonteLukast]

68. Thank you, Teddy!

I can just imagine you smiling that big smile as you watch from above. :patriot:

[Lindsey]

71. One of the first things I thought about was Teddy. You better

believe he's he's watching.

[kiteinthewind]

70. Here, here!!!!!

[UrbScotty]

72. Thank you, Teddy!

[FrenchieCat]

73. Your vision is a reality!

[Hamlette]

74. I sure missed him today

shed a tear or two

a great American family

we miss "the brothers"

[wisteria]

75. Yes, for Senator Kennedy. n/t

[quiet.american]

76. At last. nt

[ClayZ]

77. K and R

WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Joz]

79. Thank you Teddy, hope you're smiling down :-)

[quakerboy]

80. For Teddy we keep fighting for HCR.

This is but the beginning of the fight.

[Thornleylv]

81. For TED!

the battles is not over!

[avaistheone1]

82. A hell of alot better should have been done

for Teddy.

This is just window dressing. Millions of Americans will continue to sit at the back of the bus and either will not be eligible for this program or will still not be able to afford it.

More much more should have been done for the American people. The Democrats and the leadership for top to bottom bungled the process from the get go.

No cigar.

[Mad_Dem_X]

94. +1 Sad, but true

I cannot bring myself to celebrate just yet. It's a step in the right direction, but nowhere near where we should be.

[ProgressOnTheMove]

83. +1

[SeattleGirl]

85. For Teddy

God, how I wish you had been here today.

But still, I am happy that the bill was passed, and it is my fervent hope that the Dems will continue working to make it better.

You are sorely missed, Senator Kennedy!

[Hekate]

86. Thank you, Teddy. We're getting there step by step.

:toast:

[DesertFlower]

88. whever teddy is, he must have a smile on his face. nt

[catgirl]

89. His dream came true

:-)

[Toasterlad]

102. His Dream Was Universal Health Care. His Dream Most Certainly Did NOT Come True.

[catgirl]

105. The door opened wide

It had to start somewhere and this was a huge leap towards universal health care. Why rain on the parade?
No one thinks this is a perfect bill. I'm sure Teddy would be thrilled with the outcome, knowing that our
representatives will make good changes in the future.

[Toasterlad]

106. Yeah, You Go Ahead And Hold Your Breath For Those Changes.

As for why I'm raining on the parade, it's because it's only by letting our representatives know you're unhappy when they've done something wrong that there's even the slightest chance of them ever doing something right. If not for me and the others like me, these "changes" you imagine would have even less chance of happening then they would otherwise.

Do you congratulate your dog when he shits in the hallway instead of the bedroom, just because he got closer to door?

There is absolutely no reason to cheer this bill.

[catgirl]

110. "absolutely no reason to cheer this bill"

Really? No reason? Wow. I can think of 32 million reasons (for starters).

[Toasterlad]

113. You DO Realize That Health Insurance Is Not Health CARE, Right?

[NJmaverick]

90. and for Barack's mom

[Chorophyll]

91. Kick for Teddy!

[boredonafriday]

92. Woot

A dream come true!
:patriot:

[catrose]

93. Bright blessings to Teddy & his family

Let's honor his memory by constant improvement.

[FailureToCommunicate]

95. Truly great man. I was able to shake his hand awhile back and thank him in person

for all his many years in Congress, fighting for the little guy (even though he was not a little guy)

RIP Senator Kennedy.

[HughMoran]

96. 16 votes against Teddy on DU

This would have been his greatest moment ever if he were still alive.

[Toasterlad]

107. Yeah, the People Opposed To This Bill All Hated Ted Kennedy.

We're all going on a bus trip later today to piss on his grave.

:eyes:

[HughMoran]

108. Agreed

That is the essence of unreccing this thread - pissing on Teddy's grave.

[bluescribbler]

97. For Teddy, indeed

He was my Senator, and I was proud of him and the work that he did. Teddy would have supported this bill, even though it doesn't go as far as he would have wanted, because he knew that you have to start somewhere. And this bill is a start.

[Fire1]

98. Here's to you, Senator! K&R

[mikekohr]

99. God Bless You Senator Kennedy nt

[democrattotheend]

100. Just wish he could have hung on 9 more months

I just wish he could have hung on long enough to see this day.

[polichick]

115. Maybe we needed him in a more powerful position...

Sort of like Obama's grandma going just before the election - who knows?

[lonestarnot]

101. K & R!

[stevenleser]

103. Y-E-S! K&R

RIP Teddy, we love you!

[Grassy Knoll]

109. K & R. n/t

[h9socialist]

111. There will never be another quite like him!

But I guarantee you, his presence was felt last night!

[PavePusher]

112. How much of his own personal wealth....

did Kennedy put into other peoples health care?

Just asking.

[stevenleser]

119. Shouldn't we include time in that calculation?

Kennedy was a wealthy man as you noted. He could have been on a warm beach somewhere or doing something to further enrich himself and his family. Instead, he fought for liberal/progressive causes like Health Care Reform and for unions and...

What is a person's time worth? How much time on earth do we have? Ted's death illustrates the point rather starkly. Do you think if he had spent $25 million of his own money to pay for others' health care it would have meant more than the effect he had in all his years in the senate? I dont think so. I think we all made out ahead on that deal.

[RepublicanElephant]

114. k& r

!

[crazylikafox]

116. Love this picture. The Bill is signed for Teddy!

[Dappleganger]

117. another K&R

[Orsino]

118. No. For the people Teddy fought for. n/t

[politicasista]

120. Kick for Uncle Ted

:kick: :patriot: