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Edward Kennedy, in his present health crisis, has been all but nominated for sainthood the past few days.  Republican and socialist alike are taking every opportunity to line up and kiss his commie ring, to stand before the cameras and microphones and extol the virtues of this “great” man who has given his life in service of his country.  Bull butter!

Any decent person would never make light of his health condition or wish him ill will, I personally wish him a speedy recovery and return to health.  But for any true American to think for one second that this man did anything to better our fine Republic, and paint his “service” as anything other than traitorous, criminal and plain old every day foul is not being honest.  Setting aside for now his episode at Chappaquiddick, let’s take a look at what the fine Senator Kennedy has done for America courtesy of the Michael Savage folks.

• Ted Kennedy was a strong supporter of the 1965 Hart-Celler Act — signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson — which dramatically changed US immigration policy. This legislation replaced the Immigration Act of 1924, which favored immigrants from northern and western Europe. Proponents of the 1965 bill argued that immigration laws and quotas were discriminatory, and that American immigration policy should accept people not on the basis of their nationality.

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• Ted Kennedy has been a staunch supporter of gun control initiatives. In 2006 he was one of the 16 senators who voted against the Vitter Amendment, which prohibited the confiscation of legally-possessed firearms during a disaster.

• Ted Kennedy has …opposed additional Alaska oil drilling. However, he opposes the Cape Wind wind turbine project which would occur near his home.

• Kennedy is one of only five senators who have publicly announced support for same-sex marriage.

• He voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. Wikipedia.com

• In 2004, Senator Kennedy cosponsored a bipartisan amendment to strengthen the ability of federal, state, and local governments to investigate and prosecute hate crimes.

• Senator Kennedy introduced legislation to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation.

• To help in the fight against AIDS, Senator Kennedy cosponsored an amendment to provide additional funding for prevention and treatment activities in Africa. TedKennedy.com

• Voted NO on recommending constitutional ban on flag desecration. (Jun 2006)

• Voted NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (Jun 2006)

• Voted YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (Jun 2002)

• Voted YES on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping. (Oct 2001)

• Voted YES on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation. (Jun 2000)

• Voted YES on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women. (Mar 1998)

• Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Sep 1996)

• Voted NO on Amendment to prohibit flag burning. (Dec 1995)

• Voted NO on banning affirmative action hiring with federal funds. (Jul 1995)

• Voted NO on declaring English the official language of the US government. (Jun 2007)

• Voted YES on allowing illegal’s to participate in Social Security.(May 2006) ontheissues.org

For any Republican to get in front of the camera’s and carry on about Kennedy’s service to our country is being dishonest, that means you Johnny boy McCain.  He has for decades done everything he could to make America weaker, more foul and immoral and even ended a life in the process.

His illness does not absolve him from the reckless abandonment he has displayed during his years in the senate.

On a somewhat related note, Robert Byrd broke down today on the senate floor, invoking G-D to bless Kennedy.  The only thing I took from watching this embarrassing display was, what in the world is this old fool doing shaping policy for our great republic?  He looks like he couldn’t find the bathroom on his own, much less perform the important job of Senator.

These are just more examples of why we need to completely clean house of these career politicians, socialist and republican alike.