Remember this post from the chat? Romney?: Look, I know you are from New York and a Yankees fan. Are you choosing Romney to simply continue to anger us poor Bostonians?
And as long as I am here: I come from an extremely liberal New England family. My grandfather worked for Ted Kennedy and still talks to him monthly, if not weekly. He is close friends with a Supreme Court Justice. One of the Watergate robbers gave my grandfather's name as his own when caught. At nearly 90 years old, he is my hero. He was a newspaper reporter after WWII. He worked for NASA and HUD and for Ted Kennedy. He was Boston's Irishman of the year a few years ago. He is the only remaining sibling of his generation. He has had cancer, three times, and a stroke. He has outlived one of his children. He's really sick now. Most people don't know his name, despite his contribution to the Democratic party and political life in Boston. I just wanted to honor him in a spot where maybe people could sympathize. I know people occasionally send these sorts of things to you, and I won't be insulted if you don't post it, but Edward Martin, he's my hero. Gene Weingarten: Okay, I'm a softie. We'll end for the week with this one. ********************************************************************** Edward Martin died yesterday. Here is the obituary: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2006/12/05/edward _martin_86_us_official_longtime_confidant_to_kennedy?mode=PF or http://tinyurl.com/ydfgkn Without the chat I would have never heard of this guy. Now I'm like, his grandson reads Gene Weingarten's chat on washingtonpost.com! That's so cool! And wow, his description of grandpa was right on the money, wasn't it? I'm going to send this to Gene in case he's interested. Mr. Martin sounds like a real gem.
