Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-M'ass', Duke of Chappaquiddick)

"[Republicans] are seeking to take away the independence of the judiciary -- the crown jewel in our system of government -- so that they can advance their own ideological agenda of the day. That is exactly the kind of tyranny that our ancestors fought to prevent. And I pledge to you, that as long as I have a voice, I will continue to fight it as well."

**Since when are the courts the "crown jewel in our system"? Teddy's just creating his own mythology as he goes.........But I know someone who can put it much bettter than I can:

"As to 'crack-ups,' that's only a neurotic way of saying that these days most of the intellectual debate is within the right. If, like the Democrats, all you've got are lockstep litmus tests on race and abortion and all the rest, what's to crack up over? You just lose elections every two years, but carry on insisting, as Ted Kennedy does, that you're still the majority party. Ted's quite a large majority just by himself these days, but it's still not enough." - Mark Steyn