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Teddy(hic!)Kennedy decides it’s “a campaign-like attempt to rebuild his own credibility by tearing down those who seek the truth about the clear manipulation of intelligence.”

Jees, Teddy, maybe you forgot that Bush can’t run for another term.

Or, wait, maybe you’re just too stupid to do anything but play partisan politics. Have another scotch, Teddy boy, and go for a swim. No human being takes anything you say seriously, you’re a murderor and a hack and living proof that money will subvert justice.

FOAD.

Ladies and gentlemen:

Thank you.

Since my daughter was born, I stopped playing the do-over game. You know, the game where you think, “if I could do this all over, I’d ___________.

I wouldn’t do anything that would undo my child. She’s perfect and I wouldn’t have her any other way.

On the other hand, there are some missed opportunities in my life, and among them, in retrospect, I think I’d like to have done a stint in the Marines. I did briefly consider service, and my dad counseled me to go on to school. “If we were at war, son, it would be different. We are at peace.” Dad considered serving to be a great path, if there were a specific reason for the service, but felt I’d be losing four years of education if I stepped away.

Maybe he was right. I do know this: if I was fit enough to lie about my age and ride the bus to Paris Island right now, I would do so, in a heartbeat.

What I can do, is salute the Men and Women of that esteemed Corps on this day.
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