Ted Kennedy passes away at 77 years old

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Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

For who will keep the Senate legacy alive? More like...

Hadn't thought of that - - - VERY interesting idea!

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

So? Lots of sick people write to the pope. The man was dying.

I'm just slightly wigged out that it so quickly became public. By definition, they're one of the most public families in the United States - - - The actual letter itself was made public. I feel that it would be nice if they could be cut a break every once in a while, just for a change, and be granted some privacy. Just for a "breather."



By the way, there's some really fantastic photographs on the White House web site, of Kennedy meeting with Obama in March at the White House to discuss Health Care reform. Bill Clinton is in one of them as well, in the Oval Office.

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Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

Hadn't thought of that - - - VERY interesting idea!

I really hope it happens. She's definitely qualified

Did you happen to watch the funeral yesterday? It was so eerie to me when the cameras panned to the youngest generation and the commentators pointed out that those little faces could grow into our next leaders.

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Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

I really hope it happens. She's definitely qualified

Did you happen to watch the funeral yesterday? It was so eerie to me when the cameras panned to the youngest generation and the commentators pointed out that those little faces could grow into our next leaders.

I watched most of it. I felt the entire Kennedy family showed their stuff, big-time - really "did him proud." Very impressive. And I loved Obama's speech.

Politics aside, the entire thing made me realize what a good person he was; what a "fundamentally decent human being" he was. I also hadn't realized how profoundly religious he really was.

By the way, speaking of "next leaders," I very distinctly saw one of the grandchildren looking up at the Capitol Building with a more-than-idle look. It seemed to be either a look of, "Well . . . MAYBE!" or even, "This is going to be my workplace someday."
At any rate, he certainly was looking at it with a sense of being "at home" there, i.m.o.

P.S. - MSNBC did something right at the end of the coverage that I thought was a little weasley. They said that they were going to "cut away early" because they wanted to give the family a little privacy - implying that they were making some sort of extraordinary gesture out of respect for the family and how "public" they've been forced to be. Well, I looked at the time - it was exactly 8:30 - and I quickly went to the other networks - all of the others had also cut away. It seems pretty clear that 8:30 was a pre-arranged time for all of the networks to stop their coverage. Pretty crappy way to try to pick up ratings, i.m.o.

Anyway, there's some fantastic photographs on the White House web site of Kennedy visiting the White House in March to discuss Health Care reform with Obama, Clinton and some others. And instead of Obama's video address this week, they have his eulogy.


http://www.whitehouse.gov

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Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

I watched most of it. I felt the entire Kennedy family showed their stuff, big-time - really "did him proud." Very impressive. And I loved Obama's speech.

Agreed. It was a really moving service. I thought it was interesting that so many of the speakers quoted Ted's own eulogy for Bobby.

Politics aside, the entire thing made me realize what a good person he was; what a "fundamentally decent human being" he was. I also hadn't realized how profoundly religious he really was.

I'm reading a biography of Jack and Jackie right now (I'm on a never ending quest to be more like Jackie Kennedy, but those Stevie Nicks tendencies seem to come a little more naturally, sadly), and it's nice to see that even before the tendency to elevate a man in death had come into play, both the biographer and all the parties she quotes seem to have nothing but positive words on Ted. She also reveals that Jackie had made plans that, had anything happened to both she and her husband, the children would be raised by Ted.

By the way, speaking of "next leaders," I very distinctly saw one of the grandchildren looking up at the Capitol Building with a more-than-idle look. It seemed to be either a look of, "Well . . . MAYBE!" or even, "This is going to be my workplace someday."
At any rate, he certainly was looking at it with a sense of being "at home" there, i.m.o.

Somewhere, Joe Kennedy is a very, very happy man haha. Seriously, I wish I could sit down and think to myself "I think one of my kids should be President. Eh, maybe a few" and then make it happen.

P.S. - MSNBC did something right at the end of the coverage that I thought was a little weasley. They said that they were going to "cut away early" because they wanted to give the family a little privacy - implying that they were making some sort of extraordinary gesture out of respect for the family and how "public" they've been forced to be. Well, I looked at the time - it was exactly 8:30 - and I quickly went to the other networks - all of the others had also cut away. It seems pretty clear that 8:30 was a pre-arranged time for all of the networks to stop their coverage. Pretty crappy way to try to pick up ratings, i.m.o.

That's so tacky.

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Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

I'm just slightly wigged out that it so quickly became public. By definition, they're one of the most public families in the United States - - - The actual letter itself was made public. I feel that it would be nice if they could be cut a break every once in a while, just for a change, and be granted some privacy. Just for a "breather."

It's just the Catholic church doing their pr.