Ted Kennedy has passed away

[Kim&Chris]

Well, I can pretty well tell you that I have never allowed someone to drown in my car...call it impunity if you wish, but that's a fact of his life based on a choice he made. Yes, I have made bad choices, but they mostly fall along the lines of clothing and restaurant choices. For the big stuff....marriage, family, not letting people die in my car while I swim away to protect my reputation...I've done pretty well.

That being said, I can appreciate that he did some good things for our country through the years & I offer my condolences to his family and friends for the loss of their loved one. I know they are all sad.

Well said.

 

[4Robins]

Well, the suffering has ended and at least he's in a much warmer place now!

 

[Colleen27]

I understand that this was not a perfect man. He made horrendous mistakes in his lifetime, no doubt about that. I do believe in redemption and feel that his work was in part driven by the pain that is recklessness caused others.

It is impossible to remember this man without remembering those dark years but for many of us, remembering his dedication to helping others is important as well. I respect that not everyone is going to weigh his life in it's entirety, but I feel that Chappaquiddick does not negate the good that he did.

Very well said. He was a flawed man, but he did immense good for the people of this country and for that he will be sorely missed.

Requiem aeternum dona ei, Domine. RIP, Senator Kennedy.

 

[shrubber]

After reading all these posts, I think it's time to give the whole Chappaquiddick thing a rest. I has been gone over a thousand times and nothing more can really be gained from rehashing it again.

Instead, I think people ought to discuss his alcoholism, his infidelity, and his involvement in the rape of a young girl.

 

[DisneyMomx7]

RIP Senator. Whether you liked him or not you have to admit he spent his whole life fighting for the "little people".

He and I shared a bond neither of us wanted - we both had a child with bone cancer who had to have their leg amputated. Believe me that's a club no one wants to belong to.

 

[Silent1CB]

RIP Ted Kennedy.

Thank you for your years of service and all the good you have done.

My condolences to the Kennedy family yet again. I feel as though an era has come to an end.

Everyone makes mistakes. We are all human. It is not for us to judge.

 

[Aisling]

He was a flawed man, but he did immense good for the people of this country and for that he will be sorely missed.

Requiem aeternum dona ei, Domine. RIP, Senator Kennedy.

My feelings, exactly.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

On the advice of my mother...

 

[maddmike]

I have nothing good to say about the criminal and his crooked family so I won't say anything at all.

 

[TerriP]

I am no one's judge and jury. While I certainly have my opinions regarding Ted Kennedy, it is not necessary to air them publicly and certainly not upon learning of his death late last night. My thoughts and prayers are with his family as they grieve. Especially for his sister, what an extraordinarily difficult month this has been for her. Siblings share this life longer than another other relation...to have lost two in the span of weeks, I can't imagine the pain.

 

[KathyTX]

As many have turned this into a political thread, it is now closed.