Free Republic is locking Kennedy threads to cover up their glee.

[onehandle]

Laugh it up, troglodytes.

[EFerrari]

1. So disgusting, these "good Christians". n/t

[Ilsa]

2. Good. No American should engage in this kind of behavior. nt

[spanone]

3. some truly sick fucking people, if you can call them that

[Cant trust em]

4. Glad to see that someone over there has some scruples. NT

[TooBigaTent]

35. Not scruples, just political cover being sought. nt

[JaneQPublic]

5. And to think, we all wished Laura Ingraham the best...

...when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Honorable people know when to put partisan politics aside and simply be human.

[Bluzmann57]

9. And it's good that Laura Ingraham recovered

She's annoying, but she's human and no human should have to suffer through that sort of thing.

[Beer Snob-50]

14. it looks like there were many deleted messages at that time also

just trying to be fair.

[Cant trust em]

6. I hope that DU doesn't have to resort to those measures when one of theirs is ill.

That would really make me sad.

[spinbaby]

8. Can we make an exception for Cheney?

I'd have a really hard time wishing for Cheney's good health.

[Cant trust em]

11. Even assholes like Cheney should be wished good health.

I just hope that he retires and is never heard from again. That will be good enough for me.

[spinbaby]

15. Well, as my mama always said

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

[shanti]

17. exactly

:thumbsup:

[Cant trust em]

19. Your mama is wise. When Cheney's next heart attack comes around...

and it will. I'll just sit here and post about something else. The man isn't worth my time.

[Dora]

20. Retirement is fine, but it's not all he's destined for.

I'd be happier if he was indicted, and then prosecuted in a court of law.

And may he live a long, healthy life in which he may learn his lessons.

[Cant trust em]

21. I'm fine with jail time. As long as he isn't a center of power, I'll be happy.

But I'm not ever going to be happy that someone has contracted a disease or has died. I'll leave that to someone else.

[Dukkha]

41. Not in a million years

NO ONE deserves death more than Cheney

[Cant trust em]

45. Are you in favor of the death penalty?

[Dukkha]

49. no I'm in favor of Karma

and that's where he'll receive the only justice he'll ever get, like Reagan.

[otohara]

18. Cheney Doesn't Deserve

good health - but there he is with a team of doctors following him around to make sure that heart of his never stops ticking.

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. Ironic... those self-styled "Christian soldiers" are doomed to burn in hell! NT

[mike_c]

10. they're pigs-- don't waste breath over them....

eom

[bowens43]

12. There is a fair amount of glee over at hillaryis44 too.

[texastoast]

13. Trash acts

I'm so not surprised that the scum suckers would act that way.

[John Kerry VonErich]

16. The more the tap dancing on both sides

The more I fear the war will be home.

[Fresh_Start]

22. Omigod, look what the Freepers are writing about it

That is unfortunate. Hopefully it can be treated.

Ok for the THIRD time, Prayers for him and his family.

Prayers for the Senator & his family. This is sad news.

Wouldn’t wish this on anyone.

I’ve read in the past that Teddy is one of the senators who quietly goes to the funerals for service men and women in his district. He aint all bad.

Prayers for Senator Kennedy and his family.

No personal stuff here. I wish him the best.

I simply put myself in his shoes for a moment for situations like this. Regardless of anything he’s done in the past I can’t wish this on anyone.

Prayers for his full recovery from this awful affliction, AND for a long and healthy retirement from this point on.

This is a sad state that I would not wish upon anyone. I hope he recovers. That being said, I hope he never again is in a decision making capacity. This man has done so much damage to our country.

Tough prognosis, we wish him the best.

As much as I hold the “Swimmer” in disdain, I could never wish this upon him. Saying prayers for him and his family.

[texastoast]

25. Don't tell me they are acting like Dems??

Like the congress critters who are trying to distance themselves from the shrub's policies and maybe salvage some offices come the GE?

Golly, I'm just wishing the freeps had shown the same kindness and sympathies for "three purple hearts."

[Fresh_Start]

26. No they aren't dems, they are acting like ordinary humans

with as usual a few bad apples in the bunch

[texastoast]

48. Few?

Nah.

[Fresh_Start]

50. only a few on the Teddy Kennedy thread

and the mods are shutting them right down

[beachmom]

23. * Sigh *. You know, this "argument" is always made by both sides when tragedy hits a politician.

On every site (including DU and Kos), some people are decent and wish the best to the politician and his family, whereas others would just be jerks. I am sick and tired of this smugness that *our* side behaves better, when in reality, we have the lion's share of jerks operating right now on DU.

Red State is praying for Teddy:

http://www.redstate.com/stories/congress/on_senator_kennedy#comment

As is LGF:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/30024_Breaking-_Ted_Kennedy_Diagnosed_with_Brain_Tumor/comments/#ctop

You know, there are jerks in every political stripe. And there are good people of every political stripe. "Our bloggers behave better than their bloggers" is a stupid argument, for which everyone "wins" the argument. Because every site has its jerks which can be pointed out a la Bill O'Reilly. Freeperville is very far Right, and I think the above websites are more representative of the conservative base (which in my view is VERY right wing, but not as crazed as freerepublic.com).

[NashVegas]

24. DU Has Too Much of a History

Of some of us getting a little too happy when tragedy strikes across the aisle, for me to condemn them.

Frankly, I don't care what they're saying. It's not worth the bandwidth it'd take to call up the pages.

[beachmom]

28. Amen, Crisco. Jesus said it best:

"And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the plank in your own eye" Or how can you say to your brother, "Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye," when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother's eye ( Luke 6:41-42 ).


We need to clean up our own act before we start judging right wing sites.

[LTR]

31. They did the same thing in the past

I recall them getting pretty nasty when Paul Wellstone was killed. Then they ripped apart the liberal boards when posters ripped apart Reagan when he died.

In order to look less like hypocrites, they bite their tongues when stuff like this happens.

I have always said, let's see what happens when either Ted Kennedy or Jimmy Carter dies.

Me? Though I feel tap-dancing on graves is tasteless, I see nothing wrong with critical reviews of a departed's public life and actions (such as with Gerald Ford, who I actually liked and said nice things about, though he took part in some rather controversial actions). Someone like Dick Cheney, well, that will be a bit tough.

[Hippo_Tron]

39. Anonymous people on the internet are always going to write nasty things

But with Paul Wellstone's death it went far beyond Free Republic. Their false outrage over his memorial service was disgusting.

[Evoman]

27. Whatever. Doesn't bother me much. We do the same shit here.

You should have seen the good time I had after Pinochet died. I wasn't as happy about Steve Irwin though.

[Hippo_Tron]

42. Pinochet was guilty of genocide, that's a bit different than Steve Irwin

In Reagan's case it has shades of gray. I certainly wasn't pissing on his grave and I felt bad for Nancy. But I certainly wasn't celebrating his wonderful accomplishments either. Reagan's actions with the War on Drugs, funding the Contras, and lack of action on AIDS have ruined thousands if not millions of lives. I don't think that merits people celebrating your death either, but I also don't think it merits being remembered as a great person.

[Anexio]

29. I guess the Free Republic ain't so friggin' free.

If posts are getting deleted then wheres the freedom in that?

[DinahMoeHum]

30. Only reason they don't walk on all fours is peer pressure.

n/t

[NJmaverick]

32. It's sad that they had to do that, but at least they locked it

which is a bit more than I would normally expect from them.

[Ian David]

33. What they don't realize is that we'll likely replace Kennedy with someone even MORE liberal.

I'm thinking of maybe Barney Frank, Phil Dunkelbarger, Jass Stewart, Rachel Maddow, Whoopi Goldberg, Carl Sciortino...

We're Massachusetts.

We're up to our eyeballs in Liberals.

We can find Liberals here so progressive they'll make Ted Kennedy look like Strom Thurmond.

Yeah, laugh now, Freepers, while you can.

Keep laughing until we pass a law requiring every citizen to serve four years in The Peace Corps or six years in a Gay Marriage before being granted citizenship.

[K8-EEE]

34. Can't you feel Jesus's love over there???

What I really hate is is the arrogant religious post, like "May God have mercy on his soul," fuck you asshole! I hope there IS a hell and these horrid freepers can roast marshmallows with their hero the war criminal GWB for all eternity!

[Mezzo]

36. At least their higher ups are trying to be above that fray.

I certainly can't say the same about our own side's forums, when bad news surrounds a democrat, or say, a campaign or something. :shrug:

[Fox Mulder]

37. We should do the same for their beloved RimJob.

Assholes.

I bet they wouldn't like it then.

[AlCzervik]

38. that was done already on Saturday i think, it got renditioned thankfully.

[TCJ70]

40. Good for them. The right thing to do. n/t

[Generic Other]

43. pavlovian monkeys

What in the name of rightwing depravity has Ted Kennedy ever done to earn the freepers everlasting wrath? Trying to fathom the depths of their pinheaded sense of outrage would be an amusing excursion into the mind of the simpleton if it wasn't so scary. How do you devolve so as a species as to be like this?

Kennedy, even with all his power and prestige in the Senate and among liberals, has done nothing so earthshakingly radical in his career that it earns the hatred they throw at him. The way they act, you would think he had brought us universal health care, redistribution of wealth, and free cable for life!

They seem to hate him because they are too dumb to find real reasons to hate their opponents. That would actually require knowing something about anything. Instead, they slobber like pavlovian monkeys over finding a scapegoat with name recognition.

[hiaasenrocks]

44. Sad how politics makes people do things. It's happened here.

The death of Falwell, the death of Pope John Paul II, the seizure of Chief Justice Roberts, and a few others. The glee expressed by some people when others die or fall ill is disgusting, no matter where it comes from.

[mitchum]

46. They can say whatever they wish; I have celebrated many deaths on their side...

and will continue to do so.
Dead men do no more mischief nor do they reap the benefits of that mischief

[fascisthunter]

47. Thanks for "Informing" Us

[Supersedeas]

51. the cowardly yellow underbelly of the conservative movement