JOHN KERRY CHANNELING TED'S THOUGHTS

John Kerry has taken on a new persona. He apparently is communicating with the dead. Not since the days of Mary Todd Lincoln, has Washington D.C. experienced this phenom! For those who might not know, Mary Todd Lincoln took to holding seances in the White House after the tragic loss of her young son William from typhoid fever. Now it seems Kerry is doing the same after the death of Ted Kennedy, in hopes of channeling Ted's thoughts into the Democrats health care debate and passing reform legislation.

On ABC'S This Week with George Stephanopoulos the topic with Kerry was health care and the chances of getting bi-partisan support from the Senate on any forthcoming proposal. You could plainly see that Kerry was leading into his "what would Ted do moment" and in his serious...but sincere tone said: "Here's what Teddy would do. He'd say: 'I'm going to fight the fight, and if and when we get to the point that we can't get there, we'll see whether or not we can do enough to make good happen out of this. And you can't make that measurement today." He also went on to say that Kennedy would fight for the public option and "do everything in his power to get it," but "if he didn't see the ability ... to get it done, he would not throw the baby out with the bathwater."

Ted Kennedy was always for health care reform. It was a political passion and a government run system with the public option is what he wanted to see. John Kerry is now saying that Ted would take something less, even though right now is the best opportunity he would have ever had. Unfortunately with Ted's death there is no longer a super majority in the Senate and not all Democratic Senators are on board the "Obama Ship". So Kerry is saying that Ted Kennedy would accept a compromise? Highly unlikely. Kennedy, barely in the ground 48 hours, is probably ready to reach out from the grave and choke him.

When John Kerry speaks of Kennedy as the great communicator, ready to compromise, reach out across the isle and forgo partisan politics, he speaks for himself not Kennedy. Ted Kennedy would be bringing down all his power and influence to strong arm wayward Democrats in the Senate and Congress, basically forcing them to tow the party line. Kerry is doing what he always does best, trying to save face, admitting defeat without really admitting it, and then say it's what Ted wants, as if that justifies his compromising position with the flaming liberals. He knows the American public is against a government run health system along with its public option.

Watching John Kerry and George Stephanopoulos was like watching a re-run of "Dumb And Dumber"

If John Kerry is telegraphing thoughts from the grave, it must be from his dead and buried presidential bid not those of Ted Kennedy. Go back and work on your book John..."Trying To Stay Revelant."

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