tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285235696421855163.post3523033522361887270..comments2023-10-31T08:08:45.123-07:00Comments on c'è montessori: Remembering Ted Kennedyc'è montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690711064852964758noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285235696421855163.post-89846286674830687962009-08-27T05:23:54.713-07:002009-08-27T05:23:54.713-07:00Right you are, and thanks. There were two very co...Right you are, and thanks. There were two very conflicting sides to the late Senator, and if the side I highlighted yesterday saved and improved tens of millions of lives, the side of him you highlight today also ruined and sullied more than a few. One very memorable incident above all. <br /><br />While I don't think its tremendously fair to place him fourth in the Kennedy male quartet, I understand where he has upset many of his fellow Irish Americans and Catholics.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment.c'è montessorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690711064852964758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285235696421855163.post-76496479061214890842009-08-27T03:54:41.262-07:002009-08-27T03:54:41.262-07:00There was another side to the late senator. You ha...There was another side to the late senator. You have covered his commendable efforts in the Senate. Let us not forget that he was suspended from Harvard for two years for cheating, was directly responsible for the death of one beautiful young woman, and lived the wild frat boy life in DC while married to Joan. <br />To many of us Irish Americans he fit the drunken Irish Rover stereotype for far too long. Also, his enthusiastic embrace of abortion - which he saw as Liberal dogma - was and is perhaps the greatest betrayal of his Catholic faith one could imagine (and this is beyond the Harvard, Chappaquiddick, and late-night party boy incidents),<br />On balance, those of us who are familiar with the Kennedy's place him fourth of the family male quartet...well behind Joe Jr (the best), Jack, and Bobby. And of course, his life pales as compared to Eunice.<br />So, remember the good work of the late dissipated senator but remember the bad deeds as well. We could have had more good if he could have restrained himself from the bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285235696421855163.post-31044835198910720922009-08-26T17:56:32.787-07:002009-08-26T17:56:32.787-07:00I'm not completely sure, he's been lobbyin...I'm not completely sure, he's been lobbying the MA legislature to change the law so that they could pick someone immediately so that the Democrats would have another vote for Health Care, but I think they didn't and it'll just be vacant till mid-term elections.. You're right though, they are gonna be pretty big shoes...c'è montessorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690711064852964758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285235696421855163.post-1028425311848796422009-08-26T17:07:15.160-07:002009-08-26T17:07:15.160-07:00Do you know how MA fills vacant seats like this (i...Do you know how MA fills vacant seats like this (it seems to vary from state to state)? Because his will be some very big shoes to fill.Jeanne Estridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13096521122802823385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285235696421855163.post-71596511529458541882009-08-26T11:45:09.437-07:002009-08-26T11:45:09.437-07:00Thanks for the comment VM, and yeah of course his ...Thanks for the comment VM, and yeah of course his faults and weaknesses were numerous, he had a little too much love for the sauce, and was a Kennedy, but the work he did was amazing, and his focus was always the people of Mass/US.c'è montessorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690711064852964758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-285235696421855163.post-44921251594527036102009-08-26T11:42:01.883-07:002009-08-26T11:42:01.883-07:00i feel that despite his weaknesses and his faults,...i feel that despite his weaknesses and his faults, he never lost sight of what he was passionate about. Public Service. <br /><br /><br />may he rest in peace.Vodka Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734323418017847775noreply@blogger.com