They border on the silly to the outright ridiculous. But there are a few decent ones…

Francisco Rivera: “Since the death of Robert Kennedy the family no longer has any influence with the country. Ted has made many mistakes in his career that ruined his reputation as a reliable politician. We try to hang on to the Kennedy history but the Kennedy family has not produced another John or Robert.”

Veronica Lynne: “Unfortunately for Obama, there aren’t enough of these rich, white liberals around to put him over the line. And besides, I thought it was all about the FUTURE!! Then why does Obama want to drag in all these old warhorses like Ted Kennedy and John Kerry? As I said, comical.”

These are probably the most accurate comments of the bunch.

Most of them are more like this, however.

Donna Galer: “This endorsement shows that Ted Kennedy is in touch with mainstream democratic voters. His endorsement helped John Kerry and will also help Barack Obama.”

Sherry Blake: “I am suddenly proud again to be an American. Obama has inspired me as did JFK to ask myself what can I do for my country not what my country can do for me.”

And then there’s the obligatory CNN anti-conservative one…

Max Lungren: “I do believe the Kennedy endorsements will help. At least I hope they will. As a registered Republican, I can honestly say that I will vote Democrat this election… I think that [Caroline] Kennedy summarized it best in her endorsement statement. We are all looking for that inspiration and hope in today’s world. I believe that inspiration and hope begins right here, right now, with the right candidate, Barack Obama.”

CNN’s point, of course, is to show Obama’s “cross-over” appeal. Of course, as any of us on this blog could tell you, that’s BS. If you are voting for Obama, and are happy about a Ted Kennedy endorsement for your candidate, you are not a Republican! You can “claim” to be a Republican, you can even register as a Republican, but if you will vote for the candidate that will subject our country to universal health care, if you will vote for the candidate that will raise your taxes to increase government spending on social programs, if you will vote for the candidate that believes climate change is one of the biggest moral challenges of the next generation, if you will support any liberal that is supported by Ted Freaking Kennedy, then you are not a Republican - you are a Democrat. There is no argument about that. Say what you want, register how you want - that doesn’t define you. Your voting preferences do.

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