Christina’s Common Sense

I know what you were thinking: Since Sam Adams discontinued the freelancing program I’m finally going to shut my big mouth and leave you all alone. You thought wrong. I may be volunteer labor now, but I’m still going to maintain this blog as time permits.

Over the weekend, famous and infamous Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with brain cancer. Naturally this sparked some concern, even among evil and misanthropic Republicans such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) who led a prayer meeting for Kennedy this morning. Of course questions abound: Is it fatal? How advanced is it? Whether or not the cancer is fatal, will the senator be able to serve?

I personally do not believe this is Ted Kennedy’s last stand. It can’t be! Kennedys don’t die of cancer. They die when people shoot them, or by playing flag football on skis, or when they mistake a lighthouse for a star and crash their airplane into it. Cancer would be far too mundane a way for a Kennedy to go out.

In all seriousness, however, this is going to cause quite a political shakeup even if Kennedy survives. He has basically run Massachusetts politics, and the US senate, for four decades. If Kennedy is no longer able to serve, it’s going to mark the end of a political era.

Also in all seriousness, I must now cement my status as an evil and misanthropic Republican by wishing the senator and his family all the best and remembering them in my prayers. Much as I despise Kennedy’s senatorial record, brain cancer is no small potatoes and this is going to be a hard time for the Kennedys and their friends.