February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009
Achievements~ Senior Democratic U. S. Senator from Massachusetts
~ "Lion of the Senate"
~ Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
~ Harvard College graduate
~ University of Virginia School of Law graduate
~ Third longest-serving senator in U.S. history
~ U.S. Army veteran
~ Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
~ Champion of social justice and nationalized health care
~ Offensive end for the Harvard Crimson football team
~ Champion of liberal causes
~ Recipient of the Order of the Aztec Eagle from Mexico, the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Order of the Merit of Chile and a number of honorary degrees from several institutions and universities.
Legacy~ Deal maker
~ Compromiser
~ Former heavy drinker
~ Former womanizer
~ Scandal involving an accidental death
~ Contributor of our current state of affairs
May God's grace allow you peace in heaven. May His forgiveness hold you forever blameless. I don't know that I ever will.
5 comments:
I shall not speak ill of the dead, though I sorely want to.
Ah, what the hell. First thing I thought of when I heard he was dead was Mary Jo.
There is no doubt Hell will burn a little hotter now that Ted is there.
Kennedy, one of Washington's biggest political bullies and whores, spent more time as a Senator than I have been alive. Clearly, since voters are not smart enough to force them on candidates, there is a desperate need for term limits.
May God continue to bless Mary Jo Kopechne and grant blessings and comfort to her family.
Well, if Mary Jo has any family left they can have a little peace. I hate the fact that we will have to listen to how great the SOB was for the next month. For him to lay in state under the same style as Ronald R is bullshit.
The man killed a girl and got away with it because of political power. Plain and simple. And a bunch of idiots kept re-electing him!
The man never held an honest job a day in his life. This country has got to wake up and quit electing these life-long politicians. Piss on the Kennedys and their ideas. They have been using their liberal agenda for decades to buy votes so they will not have to ever get a real job. I have paid a helluva lot more percentage of income tax than any Kennedy ever did in their life.
I imagine Mary Jo is laughing and kicking him in the nuts as we speak.
So what Evil is going to come in and fill the vacuum that his death leaves? That is scary!!!!!
I blame Lee Harvey, if that bastard hadn't put John down, Teddy may have been a one termer.
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