Comments on: Ode To Ted Kennedy (Tribute Limerick)

By: madkane

madkane — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 03:47:43 +0000

Chris, you’re both tacky and boring.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:30:16 +0000

A haiku:

Uh-oh. I just killed
A girl. Let her die. Need to
Think of alibi.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:24:42 +0000

Only a liberal would mourn the death of a murderer.

By: madkane

madkane — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:01:28 +0000

Thanks everyone. I rarely write serious poems, but I just had to write a tribute to Ted Kennedy. And well said, Tom!

By: Tom Degan

Tom Degan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:53:56 +0000

It has been said too many times that he never lived up to his potential, that he will forever be overshadowed by his two brothers. I disagree. Given the limited time that fate would allow them, their legacies are decidedly eclipsed by their little brother’s. As John Meacham said this morning on the Morning Joe program, “He certainly belongs in the company of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster.” As legislators, Jack and Bobby aren’t even in Teddy’s league. It’s not even close.

So many “red state Americans” who regarded him with suspicion if not outright hatred, will probably never even realize how much they owe Senator Kennedy. It’s kind of sad that a lot of the people Kennedy worked the hardest for despised him with a passion born of decades of anti-Kennedy propaganda. Nothing was handier for a Republican running in a conservative district than the image of Bogeyman Ted in a campaign ad. It usually worked.

TEDDY KENNEDY’S GONNA GET’CHA IF YA DON’T WATCH OUT!

I wonder how these people would react if tomorrow - just for a day, mind you - every law Teddy Kennedy is responsible for were made null and void. Call it a hunch but I have a strong feeling that more people than you might suspect are going to miss him now that he’s gone.

Teddy, they hardly knew ye!

We’re a better country because for seventy-seven years Teddy Kennedy walked amongst us. His impact on the country he loved so much will be felt for generations. The loss his passing means to progressive politics in the United States is incalculable. We need him at this moment in history more than we ever needed him before. It’s so unspeakably sad. He’s gone and he’s not coming back. Now he belongs to the ages.

In the good old Irish Catholic tradition, tonight I’ll be drinking a toast or two (or twelve) to you, Ted. Sleep well and thanks.

http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:13:08 +0000

Exactly!

The Senate and Congress needs to ‘man up’ and do what’s right.

Honor his years of hard work and get something done!

By: marty mcgowan

marty mcgowan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:20:16 +0000

bless u, mad.

can’t say enuf about the man and his focus on those who too many would ignore.

time to coin the phrase: wwtd ? !

-=+– marty

By: Tumblewords

Tumblewords — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:10:52 +0000

Excellent idea! Excellent limerick!