Whether or not I shared his political beliefs, I will say, he was tenacious. And, the people of MA obviously liked him - even if it was just because he was a Kennedy.
My only fear is that there will be a rallying cry of 'Lets do it for Teddy' and some half-assed health care reform bill will be pushed through Congress. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Judah McAuley<[email protected]> wrote: > > He had his faults. He likely was guilty of an accidental homicide that > haunted him for the rest of his life. He was a reformed drunk. There > are all sorts of flaws in his life. But damn if that bastard didn't > stand up and proclaim himself an unabashed liberal. I didn't agree > with everything he stood for. And that's ok. But he was up there > working, scrapping, fighting for things he believed in his whole life. > I'd love to say the same for Obama but he isn't there yet and I'm not > sure if he ever will be. "Principles" are a dirty word on the left > these days and I mourn it. > > Government can be a force for good, it can coexist with private > industry and we can go forward trying to make a better world for > everyone, supporting the poor, enabling the middle class and helping > the rich be a part of a truly bountiful America. > > > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:302857 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
