Second it seems that Clinton supporters find it okay to link Senator Kennedy to Bush without also linking Hillary. Hillary voted in favor of No Child Left Behind, going so far as to hold a press conference in support of the bill.

Throughout this campaign the Clintons have attacked other candidates for the same votes that Hillary herself made. I guess its okay to have poor judgement (think Iraq war vote) as long as you are a Clinton.

So who is twisting the truth now?

But lying about your opponent seems okay.

Here lets us a true authority on this. How about Sen.. Edward Kennedy. Trust him on this?

http://kennedy.senate.gov/newsroom/press_release.cfm?id=d2a7fba3-2a9b-48b2-9841-6e8d9c283dc9

“Five years ago, Congress and President Bush made a bold and historic promise. We pledged in the No Child Left Behind Act that the federal government would do all in its power to guarantee every child in America, regardless of race, economic background, language or disability, the opportunity to get a world-class education.

We have made progress toward fulfilling that commitment. Before the act was passed, most states lacked ways to track student progress and teacher effectiveness. Many state accountability requirements had no commitment to improving education for every child. Only four states had approved assessments that tracked and reported the achievement of every group of students in their schools.

Today, all 50 states have standards, assessments and accountability procedures that enable us to track the achievement of every group of students. Every school measures performance, based not on overall student population but on progress in closing achievement gaps and getting all students to meet high standards. Schools across the country are using assessments under the No Child law to identify weaknesses in instruction and areas of need for their students.

These are significant reforms, and we can’t simply ignore them.”
[...]
“The writer, a Democratic senator from Massachusetts, was a lead author of the Leave No Child Behind Act.”

So who is it that linked Kennedy with that Act? Kennedy.

Does Kennedy disavow the act? No.

And it is the Clintons’ fault?

As for Teddy,Fuck Him!
I seem to remember that Teddy was one of the so-called liberals that were carving the Clinton’s
backs when the Good Ol’ Boys repaid Bill’s leniency of the former administrations treason in the interest of bi-partisanship rather then enforcing this nations highest rule of law.
If this was the reason they all dogpiled him then I could understand,mostly.
The more They trash Hillary,the more it just reinforces in the minds of the people who it is
that frightens the power elite.

The post itself was not an Obama endorsement in any way. The post was a defense of Ted Kennedy and his decades of Demcoratic leadership attacked by the Clintons.

As an Edwards supporter I havent decided who gets my support and I have not shown any preference in any of my posts throughout the campaign. Maybe we should be more careful before we go attacking each other.

Ted Kennedy tried a similar tactic against Jimmy Carter in the 1980 primaries. I’m guessing he and Kerry want to get some of Obama’s good press while it lasts. They also score some high-profile progressive street cred without much risk to themselves.

How can Obama hope to withstand the storm of criticism he will surely receive from the GOP attack dogs if he wins the Democratic nomination if he can’t defend himself against members of his own party?

Obama hasn’t seen anything yet.

–Volt–