tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post1618163372757902887..comments2023-11-05T03:20:46.695-05:00Comments on The Ostroy Report: The Real Appeal of Ted Kennedy and the Camelot ClanThe Ostroy Reporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04955421147082736335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-51877700688346980012009-08-28T10:31:11.181-04:002009-08-28T10:31:11.181-04:0011:23: Obama doesn't just talk about hope. It...11:23: Obama doesn't just talk about hope. It is obvious you don't agree with him. <br /><br />Obama has a very different Repub Party and country to work with. The current Repub Party is like no party I know. They use to be moderate on social issues and conservative on economic issues.<br /><br />Now the Repubs hate everyone and do all they can to keep our country on a dangerous path by not wanting to do a thing to fix it. Righties claim to be the party of God/Jesus. I know of no real Christians who would be against a public option on health care. I know of no real Christians who do nothing to help the least among us. I know of no real Christians who spread hate on a daily basis. I know of no real Christians who use Jesus to spread their disgusting ideas. I know of no real Christians who would demonize their political opponents and treat them like the enemy. <br /><br />We are rotting from within. It started with Reagan and is full blown now. Watching those angry prancing ignorant white folks (I am white) at the the townhall meetings is totally disgusting. Now we hear that the Repubs are looking for the next great white hope. Yea, that will really work in a diverse country like ours at they try to win elections on a national level. Those folks are just plain hateful and nuts. They need to go away and shut up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-71657273374270690102009-08-28T01:35:13.443-04:002009-08-28T01:35:13.443-04:00Wow, Andy - you are spot on with your writing, you...Wow, Andy - you are spot on with your writing, your compassion, your insight. I have just become a fan and everything you say is SO TRUE. <br />America owes much to the Kennedy family. They have given SO MUCH FOR OUR COUNTRY: Their lives, their work, their devotion to help make America a better country for all- not just the few that seem to realize their good fortune by forgetting many average citizens that make it possible for the privilidged. Rest In Peace Ted Kennedy, you were our LIBERAL LION and we loved you for that. <br /><br />Andy your blog is THE BEST! Where have I been as I only just discovered you. WOW, Thank-You for sharing your writing talents and heartfelt opinions.<br />Bless You.<br />Becky from Westlake, OhioBecky Zeigernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-25947496964773369932009-08-27T23:23:42.760-04:002009-08-27T23:23:42.760-04:00Unlike Obama, the Kennedys didn't merely talk ...Unlike Obama, the Kennedys didn't merely talk about hope. They actively pursued its inspiration in people. They talked about those things that hadn't been realized and which they believed could, not the least of which was sponsoring true racial and economic equality - a goal seen back then as being about as impossible as flying to the Moon.<br /><br />In neither case did Kennedys themselves achieve the goal, but they got the nation moving inexorably toward those goals. They generated so much popular momentum toward these goals that even political opponents could not derail them. LBJ felt compelled to drill the final holes in Jim Crow, and Richard Nixon basked in reflected glory as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin achieved JFK's Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon fantasy. Neither of these men would have lifted a finger toward achieving these goals if they weren't already set in motion by the Kennedys and which were already demonstrating positive political and economic effects. These men were themselves without vision and too embedded in the status quo.<br /><br />There are lessons here for the current occupant of the Oval Office. I hope that he changes away from his current passivity and realizes what a leadership opportunity he has been given, one that the Kennedys and many others died for. If he truly honors anything other than wealthy corporate banking executives, he will act - and decisively.Realisthttp://blogcritics.org/writers/realistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-30149710754276733042009-08-27T20:20:19.050-04:002009-08-27T20:20:19.050-04:00i was 17 when jfk was murdered. to this day the t...i was 17 when jfk was murdered. to this day the thought of his death, memorials, programs, etc, continue to make me emotional. maybe with the years and all the horrors that happened, i can see that more than a president was killed. i can see the hope he brought to the entire world -- including a small village in equatorial west africa, no less -- was also killed. at least ted had a chance to fight for his life and at the end was surrounded by family. \\ born free “those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” -- b. franklin, 1759Born Freenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-15317642209879646802009-08-27T11:49:49.088-04:002009-08-27T11:49:49.088-04:00How disgusting is it that the righties are bashing...How disgusting is it that the righties are bashing Sen. Kennedy and his body was still warm!!!<br /><br />Pass health care reform with a public option by 51 votes! The Repubs did the same to us with the Bush tax cuts. This will at least help those who are hurting the most.<br /><br />Ted would like it that way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com