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SUMMER OF CELEBRITY DEATH  12:37 pm August 28, 2009

Ted & Barry On the Flickr

by Ken Layne

Hey don't bring POLITICS into this!
The official White House Flickr photo-porn stream has crassly brought POLITICS into the death of famous politician Ted Kennedy, by posting a set of pictures titled, “Remembering Senator Kennedy.” Yeah, more like “Remembering the Politician Ted Kennedy, instead of the apolitical national mascot we all loved as our own sort of Col. Sanders or whatever.” God, these Obamas …. [White House Flickr]

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{ 48 comments }

Electric Zen August 28, 2009 at 12:39 pm

Screw this, we need hourly Editor updates. Has Mark K Sanford, Jr. been born yet?

freakishlystrong August 28, 2009 at 12:45 pm

Man, lookee thar at them scary Marxists, Socialists, Pinkos. Makes me want to hide.
DEATH PANELZ11!

Doglessliberal August 28, 2009 at 12:49 pm

Our Preznent is one fine looking man.

Scruffy_The_Janitor August 28, 2009 at 12:50 pm

“who’s got the brightest set of pearly white teeth” contest winners.

SayItWithWookies August 28, 2009 at 12:51 pm

Those are great, especially this one — but for the sake of sanity, avoid the comments.

facehead August 28, 2009 at 12:57 pm

IT’S WHITXPLOITATION!

Extemporanus August 28, 2009 at 12:58 pm

I saw this movie! It’s called The Thing With Two Heads, right?

Terry August 28, 2009 at 12:58 pm

[re=397351]SayItWithWookies[/re]:

Why didn’t Kennedy’s staff notice his hair before he walked out? Bless his heart, he had bed head. They should have fixed that.

professionalcynic August 28, 2009 at 12:58 pm

Teddie to Barack: “Remember that time when I drove a car off a bridge down in Cape Cod and the girl with me died? Oh my God, was that hilarious!”

freakishlystrong August 28, 2009 at 12:58 pm

[re=397351]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Yeah, rpblog, meerkat avatar, or whateva, is a dick.

TGY August 28, 2009 at 1:00 pm

*sniff*

V572625694 August 28, 2009 at 1:00 pm

[re=397351]SayItWithWookies[/re]: I hate you for making me look at those comments.

Scruffy_The_Janitor August 28, 2009 at 1:01 pm

professionalcynic: Barack to Teddie: “And remember that time I saw you leaving that KKK Meeting?”

Tybalt August 28, 2009 at 1:01 pm

[re=397367]professionalcynic[/re]: WAAH WAAH WAAH YOU SPAT ON THE GRAVE OF SAINT TEDDY. Let the sweary denunciations begin!

JamesMichaelCurley August 28, 2009 at 1:03 pm

[re=397351]SayItWithWookies[/re]: The White House can, but obviously chooses not to, block comments on their Flicker. A refreshing bit of rational realism compared to the White House communications department of the previous administration. When Bush came to office, there was a working White House email server. But he claimed the Clintons damaged it. When it was “restored” the only way one could gain access to email the White House was to send an email to hte White House requesting access.

SayItWithWookies August 28, 2009 at 1:03 pm

[re=397373]V572625694[/re]: I TOLD you…!

Paterlanger August 28, 2009 at 1:05 pm

[re=397367]professionalcynic[/re]: Now that is funny. I can see why you glossed yourself “professional”.

JadedDIssonance August 28, 2009 at 1:07 pm

[re=397351]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Brave souls all, for criticizing a dead man…

freakishlystrong August 28, 2009 at 1:07 pm

[re=397367]professionalcynic[/re]: Anita?

Gorillionaire August 28, 2009 at 1:09 pm

I just finished reading a story about assassination attempts on Teddy’s life. A secret service agent is quoted as saying something like “every single minute of the day every single day somebody is out there trying to kill Ted Kennedy.” A man that can’t be bought is just too dangerous to some people it seems. I am glad that it never ended that way.

JadedDIssonance August 28, 2009 at 1:12 pm

[re=397367]professionalcynic[/re]: Aww aren’t you just the cutest thing! You sound like that god-awful Family Guy writer….the one who…well, you know.

Paterlanger August 28, 2009 at 1:13 pm

[re=397376]Tybalt[/re]: You mean Swearengen denunciations, right? The kind where you stand it like a man…and then give some back. Ted can take it so bring it on bush.

JadedDIssonance August 28, 2009 at 1:13 pm

[re=397391]Gorillionaire[/re]: To Quote Glenn Beck, “If you strike me down, I shall become far more powerful than you could ever imagine…”

Gorillionaire August 28, 2009 at 1:16 pm

[re=397398]JadedDIssonance[/re]: My favorite Glenn Beck quote is “I’ll suck your dick orderly for a swig of that mouthwash.”

Gopherit August 28, 2009 at 1:17 pm

[re=397376]Tybalt[/re]: No one listens to you Tybalt. Go beat off to a Nixon pic.

Gopherit August 28, 2009 at 1:19 pm

[re=397367]professionalcynic[/re]: Wow, that wasn’t just funny, but it was original!

suchsweetthunder August 28, 2009 at 1:21 pm

I saw Ted Kennedy speak in Boston on the day before Super Tuesday (Super Monday?) They had a series of “B” level and up-and-coming politicians open, with the more prominent pols going on at the end. It was jarring to hear not-quite ready for prim time politicians speak about hope and try to inspire, they just couldn’t really pull it off yet. John Kerry and Deval Patrick were at best lukewarm.

Then Ted Kennedy took the stage. Amazing. At one point in time he got so excited he started what I can only describe as speaking in tongues. He was so riled up it just sounded like giberish. He might have been drunk. But the way he bore down on the mic, everyone in the audience was flat out going nuts. The energy was insane. That was my one and only real experience with Ted Kennedy as a force of nature. I’m glad I didn’t miss the event.

liquiddaddy August 28, 2009 at 1:21 pm

I heard Rush just say he was prepared to take a drink every time he saw a black person along the parade route but never took one because he didn’t see any faces of color. If Rush is swallowing pills with scotch and frosted mini wheats at 9:00 a.m. while scanning the TV for black people during a funeral, that makes him like me and half the people here (except we’re watching The Price is Right in our underwear).

JadedDIssonance August 28, 2009 at 1:27 pm

[re=397408]liquiddaddy[/re]: Ahem, some of us prefer to watch Roseanne in our underwear tyvm.

Gopherit August 28, 2009 at 1:31 pm

[re=397416]JadedDIssonance[/re]: Roseanne fits in your underwear?

AbstinenceOnly Ed August 28, 2009 at 1:32 pm

[re=397403]Gopherit[/re]: If it were funny or in any way original, it wouldn’t be an issue. But the jokes are always the same, and insensitive to both Kennedy and Kopechne, so the tellers’ moral grandstanding rings hollow.

Monsieur Grumpe August 28, 2009 at 1:33 pm

[re=397407]suchsweetthunder[/re]:
Wellstone speeches were like that. He kind of sprayed a little so you didn’t want to be in the front.

mookworthjwilson August 28, 2009 at 1:37 pm

[re=397407]suchsweetthunder[/re]: John Kerry was lukewarm??? No…Can’t be…why he’s a modern day William Jennings Bryan!!!

sarahconnor August 28, 2009 at 1:42 pm

[re=397369]freakishlystrong[/re]: is it a meercat, or a weasel? whatever, i think we all know it can eat a bag of you know what.

Scruffy_The_Janitor August 28, 2009 at 1:43 pm

*sniff*..why…why…..can’t we all just along!?!? *sniff*

Naked Bunny with a Whip August 28, 2009 at 1:52 pm

o/ Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony.. /o

Neilist August 28, 2009 at 2:02 pm

Too bad GM closed out the Oldsmobile line. It would have been a natural for corporate sponsorship for something like this.

Or possibly Mae West Life Jackets: “Taking a Dive With A ‘Campaign Worker’? Dress for it!”

jasper f. krone August 28, 2009 at 2:06 pm

[re=397351]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Why, do you suppose, did Zoboomafoo need to leave so many comments, that all said the same thing? Why do the Kratt brothers hate America so much?

freakishlystrong August 28, 2009 at 2:09 pm

[re=397445]sarahconnor[/re]: I wasn’t sure, my eyes were burning. In this case, more likely a weasel..

hobospacejunkie August 28, 2009 at 2:09 pm

Bye Teddy

Advocatus_Diaboli August 28, 2009 at 2:37 pm

[re=397351]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Say, do you happen to know the name of that woman? Why can’t I think of it? Oh, I’ve got a great idea again today: let’s make Chappaquiddick jokes – they’re all so funny. And original.

Min August 28, 2009 at 2:52 pm

Say what you will, Teddy was a good-looking old man.

finallyhappy August 28, 2009 at 3:02 pm

[re=397347]Doglessliberal[/re]: He is but don’t let Michelle hear you crushing on her man!

Tybalt August 28, 2009 at 3:17 pm

[re=397421]AbstinenceOnly Ed[/re]: After all, we’re all renowned for our sensitivity around here, wouldn’t want to risk the reputation.

[re=397600]Min[/re]: He wasn’t much to look at when he was younger – a but puffy – but boy howdy he got handsome in his old age, even after he got jowly. Some guys just look better at 60 or 70 than at 35. Plus he had gravitas

Tybalt August 28, 2009 at 3:18 pm

On Ted Kennedy, one more thought. Teddy was a good man. And he was also a politician. So fuck him. You know who else was a good man? George McGovern. Ted Kennedy did everything he could to screw him over.

bebergebberson August 28, 2009 at 8:45 pm

These snarkisms miss the real point, which is the extremely high resolution with which our Editor posted this photo. Just look at the freaking detail, what a great pic. Editor must really have hotpants for these guys cause this pic makes them both look terrific, bedhead Ted or not.

ps Teddy standing behind the presidential seal is somewhat poignant, eh? I don’t think there are any similar ones from the Billary years.

schvitzatura August 28, 2009 at 11:19 pm

Great name for a rock band:

Delmont Eighty Eight and the Boiler Room Girls (opening for the Dead Kennedys)

marc September 1, 2009 at 2:56 am

Ted & Barry both really look great in this photo……http://bit.ly/invest_portfolio/?refer=wonkette

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