Ted Kennedy Brings Posse to ‘Daily Show’
by Pamela LeaveyTed Kennedy was on the Daily Show last night. Jon Stewart said of Kennedy’s appearance, that “Kennedy has something in common with Snoop Dogg as a late-night comedy show guest: they both travel with posses.” I’m not sure that there are many U.S. Senators who don’t travel with a posse these days when making public appearances…
Stewart noted that the Massachusetts Democrat brought six people with him backstage before the senator’s appearance on “The Daily Show” Thursday. Only the rap star showed up with more, he said.
“Ted Kennedy rolls like Snoop Dogg,” Stewart said.
The veteran senator, 74, made his first appearance on a late-night comedy show. He sat with Stewart on the Comedy Central show’s set to hawk his latest book, “America Back on Track
.” It’s a prescription for Democrats to take back power.
While President Bush is personally “pleasant” and “charming,” Kennedy said the Bush administration has governed with the “politics of fear” ever since the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Kennedy said the greatest presidents — George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and his brother John F. Kennedy — governed by appealing to Americans’ sense of hope and can-do spirit.
“You can only play the politics of fear, I think, for too long,” he said.
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A Kennedy travel with a posse? The one who had 2 brothers assassinated in the prime of their lives and careers?
He must be paranoid – or something.
Ginny- next the gop will say there goes those latte drinking dems again can’t they do anything on there own.
In all seriousness uncle ted is 74 years old with a bad back so he probably does have an personal assistant or something. As long as the posse is being paid who cares.
I do wish dems stop saying bush is personally a nice guy his policy are wrong.
The policy and idealogy come from the man and there is no way in hell anyone will ever convince me any of the bushes are pleasant. That smirk alone tells you what kind of person he is.
Pen,
I have to admit there have been times I said similar things – about other people, leaving off the conviction that all the niceness comes off like a mask when they let it down.
Besides, we have been told about his temper and I can’t remember a soul who had any doubt about it.
One of quirky things I remember about the RNC was an interview with the widow of a former political aide to HW. After years of being very close (example was when she stayed over at their house, she would go in the bedroom while Barbara rode an exercise bike in the morning) the Bush’s dropped them for some stupid reason. HW came by years later when her husband was dying of CA and acted like nothing had ever changed.
It’s not just a mask, it’s two, one for each face.
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