Ted Kennedy, just a few moments ago from the Democratic National Convention in Denver, said that when his brother John "thought of going to the moon, he didn't say it's too far, we shouldn't even try.  Our people answered his call and rose to the challenge and today an American flag still marks the surface of the moon."

Ironic isn't it?  Can you imagine if a modern-day Democrat was confronted with the idea of going to the moon.  Their response would be something more like:

-We can't fly our way to the moon
-No amount of effort is going to put a man on the moon THIS year!
-Going to the moon won't put food on the tables of starving babies
-Going to the moon would be a catastrophic waste of fuel
-Going to the moon will leave a huge carbon footprint that would be damaging to the environment

It's ironic that today it's Republicans who want to meet the challenges of tomorrow.  It's Republicans who want to drill for oil and become energy indepedent.  It's Republicans who want to make America a great nation again  It's Democrats who say "no way... it won't do anything to help for at least 10 years, it won't lower the price of oil anytime soon, it would harm the environemnt - we need to get off of oil anyway."

We have the Obama-supporting Teddy Kennedy asking today's Democrats to be more like his brother.  His brother who worked to make America great.  His brother who relished in taking on a new challenge.  His brother who loved America and wanted her to lead the world in every realm.  His brother who wasn't ashamed to lead an America that was powerful and great.  

In essence, we have Ted Kennedy asking his fellow Democrats to be more like Republicans!  Never thought I'd see the day!