Ted Kennedy's passing will not trigger the same kind of national sorrow that the deaths of JFK and RFK did. Not that Ted was a bad guy, but he was more of a Washington insider. Liberals loved him and conservatives didn't. In places far removed from Washington he was just another long-serving politician, not a heroic figure like his brothers. And he died like most of us will -- from disease. The cement busts above of JFK and RFK were made by a Georgia woman after the second assassination. Will we see similar tributes to Ted? I doubt it.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
The Kennedys
Ted Kennedy's passing will not trigger the same kind of national sorrow that the deaths of JFK and RFK did. Not that Ted was a bad guy, but he was more of a Washington insider. Liberals loved him and conservatives didn't. In places far removed from Washington he was just another long-serving politician, not a heroic figure like his brothers. And he died like most of us will -- from disease. The cement busts above of JFK and RFK were made by a Georgia woman after the second assassination. Will we see similar tributes to Ted? I doubt it.
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