Senator Ted Kennedy Dies at 77
Now Massachusetts has a vacant seat for a senator. Senator Ted Kennedy died of brain cancer. He had collapsed at a state dinner earlier this year while speaking at a podium.
Kennedy was one of the few survivors of the original Kennedy clan of nine children of Joseph and Rose Kennedy. Many of his siblings, nephews, and nieces died in tragedies. The family was always admired for their wealth and influence. The Kennedys have been a powerful political family for a few generations.
I do admire the Kennedys for their influence and some of the good things that have been done. Eunice Kennedy Shriver founded the Special Olympics. She died this month, making Ted's death a double hit for the family. Yet, there has been some things less admirable. Michael Kennedy died in a skiing accident on New Year's Eve in 1997 while passing a football around while going down the mountain. How foolish and rude is that? Ted Kennedy was highly criticized and lost a proposed White House bid because of a car accident on Chappaquiddick Island in 1968. He was with a female passenger when he went off the road after passing a bridge. He went to a party and didn't alert authorities of the car accident until the next day. The woman was dead and he had some charges put on him, but nothing harsh.
I do think that rich and influential people can be admired, but never should they be elevated to anything too high. We are all people.
Kennedy was one of the few survivors of the original Kennedy clan of nine children of Joseph and Rose Kennedy. Many of his siblings, nephews, and nieces died in tragedies. The family was always admired for their wealth and influence. The Kennedys have been a powerful political family for a few generations.
I do admire the Kennedys for their influence and some of the good things that have been done. Eunice Kennedy Shriver founded the Special Olympics. She died this month, making Ted's death a double hit for the family. Yet, there has been some things less admirable. Michael Kennedy died in a skiing accident on New Year's Eve in 1997 while passing a football around while going down the mountain. How foolish and rude is that? Ted Kennedy was highly criticized and lost a proposed White House bid because of a car accident on Chappaquiddick Island in 1968. He was with a female passenger when he went off the road after passing a bridge. He went to a party and didn't alert authorities of the car accident until the next day. The woman was dead and he had some charges put on him, but nothing harsh.
I do think that rich and influential people can be admired, but never should they be elevated to anything too high. We are all people.
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