Posted on 08/29/2009 10:28:04 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
BOSTON – President Barack Obama led the nation Saturday in mourning and remembering "the greatest legislator of our time," celebrating the indelible impact of Edward M. Kennedy as a senator for nearly a half-century and leader of America's most famous family during tragedy and triumph.
Delivering an emotional, simple eulogy for Kennedy that capped a two-hour Roman Catholic funeral Mass, Obama employed humor, his own experiences and timeless anecdotes to memorialize the senator, who died Tuesday at 77 after battling brain cancer for more than a year. The country may have viewed him as "heir to a weighty legacy," Obama said, but he was playfully known by the youngest Kennedys less grandly: as the big cheese, "The Grand Fromage."
"Ted Kennedy's life's work was not to champion those with wealth or power or special connections," Obama said. "It was to give a voice to those who were not heard, to add a rung to the ladder of opportunity, to make real the dream of our founding."
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He was all for taking money from some to give to others. A virtue these days, it seems.
US President Barack Obama applauds as he prepares to speak at the funeral of Senator Edward Kennedy in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston. President Barack Obama eulogized Senator Edward Kennedy Saturday as a "champion" of the poor and dispossessed, unbroken by tragedies which tore unmercilessly at his political clan. (AFP/Jewel Samad)
Drunks, cheaters, and murderers...yeah...the BEST of America shines today...PUKE.
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) looks at former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura (R) before funeral services for U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts August 29, 2009. Senator Kennedy died late Tuesday after a battle with cancer. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES POLITICS OBITUARY)
Did they cover the crucifixes?
Well, that should bring his tracking score up two or three points for the next week, and drop the stock market two to three hundre.
Aw, don't be so hard on him, Norm. After all, he could write nice, helpful letters to the KGB.
“He was all for taking money from some to give to others. A virtue these days, it seems.”
Except for his. You may remember the fact that he owned a shopping mall back in the 80’s and was caught treating his emplyees like dirt. Minimum wage and all. I hope the SOB rots in hell.
He t’was no Robin Hood.. that is for sure.
“President Barack Obama eulogized Senator Edward Kennedy Saturday as a “champion” of the poor and dispossessed, unbroken by tragedies which tore unmercilessly at his political clan.”
Mary Jo Kopechne’s death was a tragedy. But caused by Teddy. Did Barack mention that?
Skinny, thieving jerk eulogizes fat, thieving jerk.
Greatest? Yes, in a technical sense.
Most moral? Far from it.
I feel bad for the Bushes having to sit there. Clintons to the right, Obamas in front, Kennedys to the left...that’s truly a nightmare!
Baraq Obomba in a church. That’s unusual.
Robert Byrd (D-WV) 91, born November 20, 1917
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) 85 January 23, 1924
Daniel Inouye (D-HI) 84 September 7, 1924
Daniel Akaka (D-HI) 84 September 11, 1924
Arlen Specter (D-PA) 79 February 12, 1930?
God bless America.
we wouldnt want to see anyone erupt into flames right there in church now..would we?
Oh wait..on second thought...
I plan to get to work early Monday morning to stand in front of the Headquarters Building where I will watch the flag raised to full staff and stay there where it belongs!
It’s his third time in church since he was elected. One was a Unitarian church. He did go visit a mosque when he was globe trotting.
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