Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy

[marcus]

It will seem very strange to have a Senate without Ted Kennedy. He
was in the forefront of most of the beneficial social justice,
consumer-oriented, legislation of the past 45 years or so.

I did not always look upon him with kindness. He certainly had his
faults, but I believe in the power of redemption. His lowest point
was the tragedy at Chappaquidick. However, I do believe that he tried
to rescue Kopechne. The thing he did wrong was to listen to his
handlers about waiting to report it. They seemed more concerned about
his political future while he was in state of shock.

Given the kind of man he was, and how he was concerned with the well
being of people everywhere, there probably wasn't a day that went by
where in some way the memory of that night in July 1969 didn't enter
his mind.

The good he did in his lifetime, and that drowning, are key to the
question I always have in my mind about any individual. How do we
measure a person. If the postives are many more than the negatives,
do we only consider the person in the negative? If someone does 99
things right, and one thing wrong, do the things they did wrong no
longer count?

And who are we, with positives and negatives ourselves, to judge the
totality of another person's life?

In the end, aren't we are own judge?

As for me, I will miss the Lion of the Senate, and hope that his
fellow Democrats, including the president, don't drop the ball.

[marcus]

On Aug 30, 11:09 am, marcus <marcus...@yahoo.com> wrote:

If someone does 99
> things right, and one thing wrong, do the things they did wrong no
> longer count?
>

In the above sentence, I meant to write "right" instead of "wrong" as
in

If someone does 99
things right, and one thing wrong, do the things they did right no
longer count?