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David Denby, noted fruit-sack, has forever tarnished the name of Ted Kennedy. Once, we all knew Kennedy as a lovable, happy-go-lucky boozebag and a very capable senator. But now when you hear “Ted Kennedy,” you think of a tragically emasculated old invalid suffering the endless indignity of blogger insults. Why did David Denby have to go and do that to Ted Kennedy?
But to the matter at hand: Ted Kennedy shall be a knight! A knight of the British variety! Because he helped Northern Ireland with the peace thingum, and in general was nice to the British, which the Queen appreciates. We salute Sir Ted and raise many pints of booze in his honor. Mazel tov, as they say in Ireland.
Ted Kennedy to receive honorary British knighthood [Irish Times]
Does he have to show up for the ceremony, kneel down and get tapped on the ass by the royal sword?
who are they going 2 knight next, William Ayers? Reverend Wright? Gay Moslem Jesus?
vote Quimby.
Some days, only a drunken Irishman will do…We salute you Teddy and hope that all your future disgraces will be private!
Dudes. Monarchy is gay. Also.
I er, ah… guess he’s a knight!
““Northern Ireland is today at peace, more Americans have health care, more children around the world are going to school…”
Or, as Rush would put it, “socialism has destroyed America.”
Congratulations Senator Kennedy. And if you listen closely you can hear right-wingers’ aortas congealing into hockey pucks at this very moment.
Lindsay Graham wants to be a Knight of the Garter. Or a lady in waiting.
SayItWithWookies: Let’s see if we can make Bill Clinton a knight, the strokes and heart attacks alone will decimate the right wing.
Ya durty British bastard, Ted!
Fabulous congratulations. If Ted can have European knighthood, does this mean San Francisco is any closer to becoming a Territoire Outre-Mer of France?
Too bad — this has ‘let’s-give-the-guy-something-before-he-dies’ written all over it…
Hey, Queen! I’m nice to the British too. I even deign to address them in their native tongue, to put them at ease in my presence.
Where the hell is my title, huh, Queen?
Arise Sir Loin of Beef!
NI!
Good ol’ Ted. I always figured the reason God gave the him a brain bigger than a horse’s was so that he wouldn’t sh*t in the middle of the St. Patrick’s Day parade.
Will he go by Sir Ted? I think Sir Theodore is much more appropriate. And, it reminds me of those high-piched annoying singing Chipmunks
It’s weird the hold that the British have upon us, isn’t it? 235 years and we’re still desperate for their approval (though it was good to see Brown being denied the royal treatment that Thatcher and Blair used to get).
wheelie: I suspect ‘real’ Irish will lose alot of respect if he takes a title from the Crown
Kinda interesting, given how swimmingly Joe Sr.’s ambassadorship went over. Don’t the Brits know how to hold a grudge?
Bruno: Oh, I’m just kidding. (I tipped this Irish Times story.) Fair play to him. Only the unreconstructed hillbilly haters could object.
Bruno: ‘cept, I think his name is Edward, or something faggy like that
Sir Edward, Duke of Prunes!
yay for nepotists (see: idiot son, rhode island), hypocrites (see: windfarms, martha’s vineyard), drunks, and manslaughterers!
soooo…all the rest of the irish are too busy having (mostly heterosexual) anal sex to get any awards? where’s Daniel Day Lewis? WHO IS IRISH ANYMORE?
The way it’s phrased in the title, I thought you were going to say he has become “Ted Knight” rather than “Ted Kennedy” — as in the guy who played the villian in Caddyshack. I was very confused until the jump.
Bruno: Sadly for you ‘merkins, you can’t call yourselves Sir, even if you are knighted. That’s the “honorary” part of it. If Teddy really wants to use Sir, he’d have to renounce his US citizenship and become a Brit.
jagorev: You’re a good and insightful commenter, Jagorev.
See what I did there?
The British press were taking every little thing as a slight (like not having the press conference outdoors), that the US obviously don’t really care about us, and the “Special Relationship” is really a figment of British Prime Ministers’ imaginations. And if Obama treats Merkel, Sarkozy et al to the full works, then they’d be proved right.
wheelie: Depends where you’re coming from. Here in Australia, accepting a knighthood is still (officially) automatic grounds for expulsion from the Labor Party.
Er, uh…I dub thee…Sir Han, Sir Han…
Probably not.
S.Luggo: Oh, are Lindsay Graham and Miss McConnell dating?
Numbat Dundee: Wait, I thought that the Australian Labor Party are the conservatives and the Conservative Party are the Dirty Fucking Hippies. Either way, you still have to bow and curtsy unless you want to be considered rude and tacky whereas Americans don’t and shouldn’t. When you throw Her Majesty’s tea in Sydney Harbour that might change, but until then you might as well get all the snobbery you can from your subjugation.
If Teddy gets a Presidential Medal of Freedom next I will expect the funeral within a week.
Mr Blifil: It’s worth happening … if the dubbing sword were rotated 90 degrees.
iwillsavethispatient: Yeah, the “no foreign titles” bit in the Constitution. I think he can get a special dispensation from Congress, but in terms of proper address “Senator” supercedes “Sir” so its not terribly compelling.
iwillsavethispatient: I’m on the other side of the country so I might be a little behind the times but isn’t DC under like three feet of snow? Why would they have the press conference outside?
Thegreatbacon: Ted Knight, its funny because it will soon be true. Ted Knight.
After all these years, Kennedy turns out to be a fuckin’ Redcoat?
He looks like he’s just been told the news. You shoulda seen when they told Sir Mixalot.
Aurelio: Only after the sword is taken from Rushbo’s mouth. God save the Queen.
The British Government has to ask permission of a foreign Government before giving one of their citizens an honour. The Canadians always say “no” as a matter of course, apparently. The Aussies are normally opposed, too, but they did let Kylie Minouge pick up an MBE last year.