Ted Kennedy 2/22/32 – 8/25/09

Edward M. Kennedy

I wasn’t going to post about Ted Kennedy, leave it for others. Then while scanning the Herald this morning I came across a certain reporters (use this term lightly) piece concerning the “Liberal Lion”. This guy usually writes nothing but vile and hateful shit pieces.

“When it came to the white ethnic working class from which his father came, Kennedy just plain didn’t get it. Whether it was court-ordered busing in Boston in the 1970s, or the affirmative action policies that stymied the careers of so many of his family’s traditional voters, Kennedy never grasped the depth of the blue-collar frustration as he veered left.”

I know Howie, how dare those people (code words) want better schools for their children and/or a real opportunity to better themselves or future generations. I truly wanted to ride a bus while people threw objects at us. We wanted Police protection to “gets our education”. For me it’s another example of why the Herald is a fucking rag that caters to hateful people.

Back to the point, I’m not going to eulogize the man here. You can check out his record here for yourself. For me whenever I hear his name, I’ll think about the speech/eulogy he gave at the Worcester 6 funeral several years ago. It was a beautiful, heart wrenching, and eloquent oratorical speech. A style you seldom hear anymore.