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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 06:44 PM Oct 2013

Someone we loved is smiling down today...


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Someone we loved is smiling down today. "Now you know why I endorsed this man," he's most probably saying. #Obamacare

9:44 AM - 1 Oct 2013

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Someone we loved is smiling down today... (Original Post) Playinghardball Oct 2013 OP
My Mom (age 82) said she wished Ted Kennedy livetohike Oct 2013 #1
I had forgotten. Thank you. I'm crying a little now. lamp_shade Oct 2013 #2
He would have eaten Ted Cruz alive. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #3
Wouldn't that have been a sight to see? KatyaR Oct 2013 #5
Maybe we should change the name from "Obamacare" to...? kentuck Oct 2013 #4
I think 'obamacare'.. stillcool Oct 2013 #12
no Skittles Oct 2013 #20
That would be nice, wouldn't it? Taverner Oct 2013 #6
Andy! mahina Oct 2013 #7
I was thinking of Andy, too. nt progressivebydesign Oct 2013 #9
Yup, and lots of good DUers over the years IronLionZion Oct 2013 #24
I miss the old man. A true American "progressive" hero. AAO Oct 2013 #8
Excellent! JEFF9K Oct 2013 #10
:) Politicub Oct 2013 #11
I loved this: ProSense Oct 2013 #13
that is one of my favorites too, ProSense. brer cat Oct 2013 #14
+1 treestar Oct 2013 #15
K&R treestar Oct 2013 #16
K& R n/t Dalai_1 Oct 2013 #17
This time next year Obama's hair will be as white as Teddy's was. nt kelliekat44 Oct 2013 #18
Initially, I thought you meant this guy.... Rectangle Oct 2013 #19
Thanks for this. madamesilverspurs Oct 2013 #21
K&R! sheshe2 Oct 2013 #22
Thanks Play Cha Oct 2013 #23

livetohike

(22,145 posts)
1. My Mom (age 82) said she wished Ted Kennedy
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 06:50 PM
Oct 2013

was here to see this day. She also said that he would "straighten out" Congress.

kentuck

(111,101 posts)
4. Maybe we should change the name from "Obamacare" to...?
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 06:55 PM
Oct 2013

the Kennedy Healthcare Act? Since it was called "Obamacare" in a derogatory manner?

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
12. I think 'obamacare'..
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 08:07 PM
Oct 2013

has a nice ring to it...and Teddy would approve. Anything about the name "Obama" is used in a derogatory manner by many. Teddy had the same problem, with many of the same people to a lesser, but still significant extent.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
20. no
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 09:35 PM
Oct 2013

Obama endorsed the term when he used it himself; I bet that drove the repukes to have a case of the vapors

IronLionZion

(45,450 posts)
24. Yup, and lots of good DUers over the years
Wed Oct 2, 2013, 06:44 AM
Oct 2013

who have lost their lives due to inability to afford treatment.

Politicub

(12,165 posts)
11. :)
Tue Oct 1, 2013, 07:53 PM
Oct 2013

I wish he could have lived to see the day when exclusionary insurance practices came crashing dow.

At last we have a health care law platform from which to build.

Social Security
Medicare
And now the ACA.

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