Ted Kennedy passes ... not all media is obsequious ...

A couple of worthwhile reads here: (caution, not favorable to Teddy ...)

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08292009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_kennedy_myth_187072.htm?&page=1

http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/27/ted-kennedy-soviet-union-ronald-reagan-opinions-columnists-peter-robinson.html?feed=rss_popstories


I find it a bit galling, and of course completely politically cynical, the talk that MA should change their law to allow for a quick replacement to be named. First of all, Kennedy could have resigned, instead of being an absentee gravely ill Senator, but he didn't. So clearly he could have cared less about this sucession problem (until the last few days of his life, anyway). Second, MA already cynically changed the law when Kerry ran for President so Mitt Romney, then MA governor couldn't appoint a replacement Senator if Kerry won, which was a change in the law that Ted Kennedy supported and advocated for at the time.

Typical of the Democratic Party, they seem to always try to pull a fast one when they don't like the law or it doesn't suit their political interests of the moment. I find this repellent.

Anyway, while I did not have a particularly favorable opinion regarding the late Sen. Kennedy, nor do I quite get the media's (and to a lesser extent, the public's) continued fascination w/ the Kennedy family, I still do say, RIP Senator.