August 27, 2009
This is not the time to quit, CPR.

Posted at 8:28 am, in: Uncategorized
Tags: Mary Jo Kopechne, Teddy Kennedy, The Other McCain

Conservatives for Patients’ Rights stops advertising against Obamacare because of Teddy’s death:

A conservative group that opposes President Obama’s approach to health care reform said Wednesday that it is suspending a multi-million dollar television campaign, because of the death of Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy.

“[N]ow is a time for respect, reflection and remembrance,” Rick Scott, chairman of Conservatives for Patients’ Rights, said in a statement. “Senator Kennedy’s lifetime of dedicated public service transcended multiple generations. His devotion to many issues and his relentless passion made him a hero to his supporters and worthy adversary to his opponents. His voice and presence will be missed.”
Scott also said Wednesday that the group knows “the debate will continue.

“A debate Senator Kennedy embraced with vigor, and we look forward to engaging in the debate in the months ahead.”

Conservatives for Patients’ Rights has spent more than $4 million on ads against health care reform, including a recent ad buy intended to catch the eye of President Obama who is vacationing this week on Martha’s Vineyard.

I dont’ really get it. I understand a man just died, but that doesn’t mean that we can quit the fight against this horrendous health care bill. The Democrats and Obama have been poised to use Kennedy’s death to further this bill since they found out the guy was sick. The opponents of the bill can’t give them this ground. They wouldn’t give it to us and if we give them an inch they’ll take a mile.

I can’t really say that I’m sorry Kennedy is dead, either. Maybe that makes me an evil person. I don’t know. He killed a woman. It wasn’t some tragic accident that couldn’t have been prevented. Mary Jo didn’t die in the car crash. She didn’t drown. She was alive and breathing when he swam to the surface and walked away. She died from asphyxiation. After the crash, she put her face in the last pocket of air and remained there until there was no oxygen left. While he was out concocting a story, she was gasping for air probably thinking he was going to come back to save her. He was a Kennedy, after all.

I’m sorry for his family and their loss, but I’m not sorry for him. Forty years ago last month he killed a woman. He then went on to have a very successful career as a politician and lived a free and rich (and long) life. One can only hope he is paying for his sins now. And, the death of this murderer should not be the death of any campaign against this health care bill.