[Vision2020] Ted Kennedy Died :-(((((

[keely emerinemix]

He was an icon in my uber-liberal home growing up, and at an early age I learned to be thankful for the man largely responsible for my being able to vote at 18, enjoy the benefits of sports equally because of Title IX, and see the kids around me who were not born to the privilege I was benefit from the civil rights bills whose relief from segregation only their parents could grasp.  I remember writing -- I'm not sure what -- about Kennedy in my Jr. High diary, and I grew up secretly seeing my Dad as a man like Ted Kennedy.  Both had that magnificent shock of dark, wavy hair and wide-jawed smile, both were committed and intelligent liberals, and both were flawed -- but were men of character and integrity at their core.  

This country will miss his passionate commitment to justice, equality, and a social safety net woven from the fibre of our collective best natures.



Keely
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com




> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:38:15 -0700
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> To: v2020 at ssl.fastmail.fm
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Ted Kennedy Died  :-(((((
> 
> The American people was Senator Kennedy's sole agenda, as he endlessly
> pursued the causes of health care and human rights.
> 
> May his memory forever endure and his tenure on this mortal sphere serve
> as an example to emulate.
> 
> "It`s better to send in the Peace Corps than the Marine Corps."
> 
> - Senator Edward M. Kennedy
> 
> Rest well, senator.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> > http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TedKennedy/story?id=6692022
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