THE DEMO-GOGUES
Editor’s Note: If it were a matter of mere political disagreement, we would join the calls to strike a conciliatory tone and mourn the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy. But we do a disservice to him and the country to call him anything but what he was. Ted Kennedy was not a good man and we mourn the damage (or worse) he did both to individuals and to America.
“Our country has lost a great leader, who picked up the torch of his fallen brothers and became the greatest United States Senator of our time.” –President Barack Obama, lamenting the death of Ted Kennedy
“No one has done more than Senator Kennedy to educate our children, care for our seniors and ensure equality for all Americans. Ted Kennedy’s dream of quality health care for all Americans will be made real this year because of his leadership and his inspiration.” –House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (Does she mean that Kennedy did more than the people who actually educate our children and care for our seniors?)
“Ted Kennedy’s dream was the one for which the Founding Fathers fought and for which his brothers sought to realize. The liberal lion’s mighty roar may now fall silent, but his dream shall never die.” –Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (Actually, the Founding Fathers fought against oppressive big government.)
“[Ted Kennedy was] the best senator, the best advocate you could hope for.” –Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (He was the best advocate — unless your last name was Kopechne.)
Messiah complex:
“We are God’s partners in matters of life and death.” –Barack Obama (Apparently Obama got a promotion since stating that abortion decisions were “above his paygrade…”)
Say what?:
“There is something about August going into September where everybody in Washington gets all wee weed up!” –Barack Obama
Clear as mud:
“I think ‘wee-wee’d up’ is when people get nervous for no particular reason. … This is an August pundit pattern. …’Bed wetting’ would be the more consumer-friendly term.” –White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs explaining BO’s “joke”
The log is his eye:
“I know there’s been a lot of misinformation in this debate, and there are some folks out there who are frankly bearing false witness.” –Barack Obama, the master of bearing false witness
Cry us a river:
“We need to understand that it is very, very hard for the president or anybody else to take on not just the Republican Party, that’s the easy part — to take on all of right-wing talk radio, which covers 90 percent of talk show hosts, a whole Fox network which is nothing more than an arm of the Republican Party and the Democrats got to think long term. Why is there not a progressive television network?” –Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on MSNBC, which is, well, a “progressive” network, laying the groundwork for the so-called Fairness Doctrine to make a comeback
Victimitis:
“Part of what I feel is that one very successful minority is permissible, but when you see too many success stories, then some people get nervous. … I don’t think the media has acted in a racist way, but I have felt stereotyped at times.” –New York Gov. David Paterson, who is black and using that fact to complain about being treated badly
