I didn't know Ted Kennedy even remotely - only what I read or saw on tv. He may have been the outgoing, back slapping, jovial, fun loving man many make him out to be. He may even have been as spiritual and God fearing as others make him out to be. Only God knows his heart.
What I do know though does not conjure up images of respect, honesty, benevolence, charity, love, sound character, soberness or integrity. His was a legacy of cheating, involvement in the death of a young woman under suspect circumstances, a culture of death in his promotion of abortion, his advancement of an abominable life-style (both of which are contrary to his supposed spirituality and his Church's teachings), unleashing a flood of illegal immigration upon this country, the waste of untold tax dollars on pork projects for his home state, and other sundry efforts while a US Senator. His title should have been "The Lyin' of the Senate".
The life he lived isn't worthy of being memorialized let alone recommending it be emulated by those coming after.
No, I don't mourn his loss. He met the same fate all of us will meet and thus, deserves no special acclamation or current legislation being foisted upon us passed in his honor.
May his soul be at rest in heaven because if it isn't, he's got the memories of forty million plus innocents that have had their lives snuffed out due in part to his efforts in the Senate and the face of Mary Jo Kopechne reminding him eternally of his deeds while on this earth.
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