# Tasteless, classless Ted Kennedy video at DNC **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 5, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698 "2012-09-05T00:44:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/1 "2012-09-05T00:44:55Z")
The Dems showed a lot of gall tonight, airing a “tribute” to Ted Kennedy in which much time was devoted to showing in minute detail how Kennedy kicked Mitt Romney’s ass around the block a couple of times in their Senate race, showed Romney making a foolish dick out of himself defending his support of a woman’s right to choose, and generally making a vague, supercilous tax-return-hiding fool out of himself. What kind of EMK tribute was that? You;d think that EMK himself would have stayed above the partisan bickering, wouldn’t you, and sidestepped the cheap political potshots. Right? Kennedy would never have approved of introducing politics into a memorial discussion, would he have? ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/2 "2012-09-05T01:02:46Z")
I assume this is a joke. I am sure he wouldn’t think twice about it. He certainly reveled in the ass kicking he was administering at the time. I liked that it also got video of Mitt descibing his position on choice as completely the opposite of his current position, and played Kennedy’s bit on being pro-choice while Romney was multiple choice. Beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/3 "2012-09-05T01:09:34Z")
Well, I’m just paraphrasing Reince Preibus. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/4 "2012-09-05T01:09:54Z")
I thought it was great and Teddy would have roared his approval. Watching Kennedy take Romney apart was a bit like watching a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Don Knotts. It was a great video and that it contained some great takedowns of Romney made it that much better. Well done, DNC! ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/5 "2012-09-05T01:17:08Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Kennedy would never have approved of introducing politics into a memorial discussion, would he have? Yeah, Kennedy \*hated \*politics. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/6 "2012-09-05T01:18:53Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Yeah, Kennedy \*hated \*politics. According to Reince Priebus, he certainly did. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/7 "2012-09-05T01:23:15Z")
Okay, okay, here’s the link to Priebus’s [twitter feed](http://twitter.com/ReincePriebus)–what a sanctimonious prick! ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/8 "2012-09-05T01:28:57Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > According to Reince Priebus, he certainly did. Reince suddenly cares about Kennedy and not insulting his memory. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/9 "2012-09-05T01:43:16Z")
I missed the tribute - does anyone know where I can find it? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/10 "2012-09-05T01:46:29Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Okay, okay, here’s the link to Priebus’s [twitter feed](http://twitter.com/ReincePriebus)–what a sanctimonious prick! Do you have to follow him to see the tweet? There’s nothing there. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/11 "2012-09-05T02:15:27Z")
It’s [Reince](http://twitter.com/Reince), not [ReincePriebus](http://twitter.com/ReincePriebus). ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/12 "2012-09-05T02:34:10Z")
My mouth always wants to say “Prince Reibus”. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/13 "2012-09-05T03:14:48Z")
Who is Reince Priebus, and should I have ever heard of him before now? ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/14 "2012-09-05T03:19:34Z")
RNC chair, I beleive. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/15 "2012-09-05T03:21:43Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Do you have to follow him to see the tweet? There’s nothing there. Yea, I really don’t want to follow him. I just want to link to his making an ass of himself. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/16 "2012-09-05T03:46:32Z")
Haven’t seen the video and I don’t do Twitter, but isn’t this kind of thing likely to backfire on Obama? “Yeah, back then we had a real Democrat who knew how to do an election” – highlighting that Obama has never faced a serious opponent from the other party in his life. And it opens the obvious retort: “Mr. President, I knew Ted Kennedy. I faced Ted Kennedy in an election. Ted Kennedy was a respected opponent of mine. Mr. Obama . . . you’re no Ted Kennedy.” ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/17 "2012-09-05T03:49:09Z")
[Talking Points Memo](http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/ghost-of-ted-kennedy-haunts-mitt-romney-at-dnc-video.php?ref=fpb) has a 1:38 video up. Not sure if it is the whole thing that was played at the DNC though. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/18 "2012-09-05T03:50:50Z")
Concerned people are also worried about Bill Clinton overshadowing Obama as well. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/19 "2012-09-05T03:56:22Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Well, I’m just paraphrasing Reince Preibus. You didn’t sound drunk enough. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698/20 "2012-09-05T04:02:56Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Haven’t seen the video and I don’t do Twitter, but isn’t this kind of thing likely to backfire on Obama? “Yeah, back then we had a real Democrat who knew how to do an election” – highlighting that Obama has never faced a serious opponent from the other party in his life. And it opens the obvious retort: “Mr. President, I knew Ted Kennedy. I faced Ted Kennedy in an election. Ted Kennedy was a respected opponent of mine. Mr. Obama . . . you’re no Ted Kennedy.” That line that sure worked out well for vice president Bentsen in the end anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasteless-classless-ted-kennedy-video-at-dnc/633698.md?page=2)