MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Falsely Accuses GOP Of Being "Revisionist" When It Comes To Ted Kennedy

The irrational Rachel Maddow of MSNBC tries to take Republicans to task for portraying Ted Kennedy as one who would compromise if need be to get closer toward his agenda. See the selected and edited short clips of Republicans she offers and her commentary, followed by my respopnse below.


One clip Maddow shows has Utah Republican Orrin Hatch recounting Ted Kennedy tellilng the Utah Republican that "I'd really like to get this done." Does Maddow not accept that fact that Kennedy was willing to discuss issues and even compromise with Republican colleagaues if it meant forwarding his agenda? The GOP was not, as Maddow would have it, painting Ted Kennedy as the "great compromiser." What Republicans were painting Kennedy as is someone willing to compromise in situations where Kennedy felt the compromise would forward his ideological agenda. Yet, Kennedy was not against compromise with Republicans, and these Republicans Senators were merely discussing the ability of Kennedy to compromise. Why should a liberal like Maddow object to such statements? Yet this hack MSNBC anchor somehow has the ability to call these very short clips of Republicans "revisionist history."

She says that the GOP is conducting a "reimagining of Ted Kennedy as if he was not a liberal." Yet not a single of her very short clips expressed the sentiment that Kennedy was not a liberal. Everyone knows he was a liberal, it would be insane to deny, but that has nothing to do with his ability to work with Republicans and at times be bibartisan if it meant forwading issues he cared about.

I only need very recent evidence to prove my point. The No Child Left Behind Act was passed as a bipartisan measure and liberal Senator Ted Kennedy attended the signing because of his contributions to the bill. Tweet