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Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on August 27, 2009

Ted Kennedy marched in the St. Patrick's Day parade March 17, 1962. | Photo Credit: Paul Connell/Globe Staff

The media and Democrats are all a-twitter (and a-Twittering) about Sen. Edward “Ted” Kennedy’s death and his upcoming motorcade and funeral. I really have better things to research today, so this is about all I’m going to write on the subject… unless something truly wacky happens, like, say, the Mr. Potato Head parade balloon bursts away during the funeral motorcade.

Just kidding… I’m not confusing Kennedy’s growing circus of a funeral’s motorcade with Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. All the activities and tributes that are being whipped together right now are going to make Michael Jackson’s memorial service look like a kid’s backyard puppet show.

I honestly think having a hovering hot-air balloon of Mr. Potato Head would be really cool to add to the Kennedy funeral motorcade (read between the lines if you want). I’d vote for that.

I’m not being disrespectful, I’m being impish. If you want to see/read about disrespect of the dead, check out Remember Dancing On Reagan’s Grave at Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion. The moron featured in William A. Jacobson’s blog post… HE’S disrespectful.

Full of hot air... Mr. Potato Head balloon in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

A snippet from Liz G. at news.gather.com:

I feel very fortunate to be a Bostonian today, as I’m stationed on the Ted Kennedy motorcade route and can easily have a chance to say goodbye to the great senator.

The motorcade route was designed to pass through key points in Senator Ted Kennedy’s life. It starts in Hyannis Port at 1 PM, moving into Boston’s North End around 2:15 PM, up the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, to the State House, and down to the JFK Library in Dorchester. If you’re in Boston, you might want to stand by City Hall Plaza, or on the Common (up towards the State House).

If you want more “up close and personal” time with Ted Kennedy, you can go to his public viewing tomorrow from 10 AM to 4 PM at the JFK Library.

If you’re interested in seeing Kennedy’s funeral route map provided by the Boston Globe, click here.

Sen. Ted Kennedy (right) with one of my all-time favorite heroes, the incomparable Pres. Ronald Reagan (left)

More Kennedy-related reading:
Associated Press: Mourners gather in Mass. for Kennedy memorial
Gateway Pundit: Kennedy’s Death a TV Ratings Flop
The American Spectator: Edward M. Kennedy, RIP
The Powers That Be: Chris Matthews is Wrong to Say Obama is the Last Kennedy Brother
Clinging to G & G: I opt for Kennedy-care
Verum Serum: Ted Kennedy: Life of the Party*
The Substratum: Senator Edward Kennedy Dies And I Can’t Lie, The Champagne Will Be Flowing Tonight At My Place
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Death Coverage Snit: Michael Jackson vs. Ted Kennedy, from Fried Green al-Qaedas and “KennedyCare” Photo of the Day and Last of the Brothers of Camelot: Edward Kennedy, Rest in Peace
The Anchoress, First Things: Ted Kennedy, Healthcare & Purgatory
GayPatriot: In Memoriam, Edward Moore Kennedy
Stop The ACLU: Edward Kennedy Dead at 77
Mark Alexander, Patriot Post: Lion of the Left
Below The Beltway: Ted Kennedy Dies At 77
Vets On The Watch: And So It Begins
A Solitary Conspiracy: Ted Kennedy: A Personal Remembrance
Smart Girl Politics: Mary Jo can finally rest in peace.
The Underground Conservative: The Last Kennedy Brother
The Clampdown: Ted Kennedy, RIP
Libertarian Humor: Anonymous Blogger on Ted Kennedy
Sister Toldjah: Only hiding out in a cave will save us from all this fawning Kennedy coverage
Outside the Beltway: Mary Jo Kopechne
WSJ Blog, Washington Wire: Kennedy’s Death Spurs Calls to Pass Health Legislation
Gathering of Eagles: NY: They Will Use Any Wretched Event To Try To Pass Obamacare
Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Rush Was Right: Dems Call For “The Kennedy Memorial Health Bill” and Throw Out The Democratic Health Care Sponge
Michelle Malkin: Oh, no: Here comes “Open Borders For Teddy” and The wretched excess begins
Wall Street Journal, Law Blog: Ted Kennedy’s Succession Plan: The NYT Comes Out Against It
Bulletproof Diction: The Honorable Sir Edward Moore Kennedy Amendment
Patterico’s Pontifications: Pelosi: Ted Kennedy Died? Great! That Ought to Help Us Pass Health Care! and The Tedward Lovefest: Candidate for Health Care Sainthood Has One Teensy, Weensy Little Blemish on His Health Care Record
Hot Air: Dems’ new rallying cry: Let’s pass this trillion-dollar travesty for Teddy and Coming up: circumcision campaigns
The Anchoress, First Things: Ted Kennedy, Healthcare & Purgatory
The Xtremist: Ted Kennedy’s Ghost Will Be Spotted Asking For ObamaCare

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