Ted Kennedy's Family Spends Big To Prop Up Dems

Politico:

The family of the late Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy has donated $185,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, including $155,000 out of the Democratic senator's campaign account.

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Comments

[Democrattothecore]

02:18 AM on 07/23/2010

Financial support is OK, but when the money starts getting louder than the issues, then we have a problem.

[dragonladywaltham]

10:00 PM on 07/22/2010

Don't feed the trolls.

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

07:59 PM on 07/22/2010

Worked well when they supported Coakley... I love watching Kennedy money being wasted.

[dragonladywaltham]

09:56 PM on 07/22/2010

I am going to love seeing Scott Clown defeated. Conservatives hate him for not being right enough, Independents hate him for his campaign lies, and Dem,'s saw right through him from the beginning. His 15 minutes of fame are ticking away but not fast enough for Ma. residents.

[AFunkyMan]

07:24 PM on 07/22/2010

Ted Kennedy on Republicans and Minimum wage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SicFn8rqPPE&feature=related

the work goes on,
the cause endures,
the hope still lives,
and the dream shall never d1e.

Funky

[NYC07]

06:30 PM on 07/22/2010

Unfortunately there are no Democrats today that even remotely resemble a True Liberal.

[Hopalongpoppyseed]

11:04 AM on 07/23/2010

Silly - just not enough.

[0311Marine]

06:03 PM on 07/22/2010

Kennedy family was against Civil rights before they were for it....

[Tom Payned]

05:22 PM on 07/22/2010

I have to say, were it not for the endorsement of Caroline, then later Ted, I would not have re-registered as a dem so I could vote for Obama in the primary.

It's unfortunate, that when Ted "passed the torch" to Obama, Obama let it burn out to a weak ember.

And his weakness in fighting for true reform, will cost a dem majority in the house, the only elected body that has fought for and voted for the kind of change Obama was elected to implement. In exchange for their bravery, Obama differed to the mainly corrupt senate and watered down the majority of true reform.

Many of my brethren left of center or in the center, will place blame on the rethugs for blocking the majority of the bills. This ignores that when Harry took the job of senate majority leader, he was well aware of the 60 votes for closure. With the start of each congress the senate majority leader can change the way the senate runs. Harry could have made 60 votes good for 30 day of actual filibustering, followed by 55, then to a majority vote.

But, that would hold the senators accountable for their actual votes, disallow cover for corruption.

In addition, the President could have reminded the Dem senate that besides being the president, he is also the head of the party. He could have leveraged his positive approval ratings he came into office with. Instead, he fiddled while Rome burned.

[TobyPLD]

03:47 PM on 07/22/2010

Pigs.

[kat1944]

02:16 PM on 07/22/2010

Most out of his campaign account. Typical Kennedy move. They never spend a dime of their own money on any one else. Some day we should learn where there money comes from.

[jjtx]

02:37 PM on 07/22/2010

I wonder what you would expect to happen to money in his campaign account. At least, they are giving it to candidates whose ideas and beliefs were consistent with Ted Kennedy - I guess they might be able to spend it on clothes and trips with the family aka Palin.

[jobrien1950]

03:54 PM on 07/22/2010

jjtx, I'm not talking to you, but the people ahead of you; please take no offense.

[sc300nc]

04:00 PM on 07/22/2010

read the headline....very misleading. All they are doing is dumping his campaign account. It does make it sound like they are personally donating, but we all know libs don't like to give away their own money.

[jobrien1950]

03:53 PM on 07/22/2010

Oh ye of little research (brains). The Kennedy family is very philanthropic (look it up.) The entire family was taught to be of service.

[PORK RIND]

01:14 PM on 07/22/2010

If the Camelotites are spending money on Progressives, great!

if they are wasting money on Obamaettes, it is a pretty horrible investment.