http://amerpundit.com/2009/08/26/breaking-senator-ted-kennedy-dead-at-77/ Conservative Commentary on American Politics Sat, 26 May 2012 13:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://amerpundit.com/2009/08/26/breaking-senator-ted-kennedy-dead-at-77/comment-page-1/#comment-243691 Dave B Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:16:20 +0000 http://amerpundit.com/?p=11092#comment-243691 Senator Kennedy was my senator from Massachusetts. I remember, as a student when he came to my college and gave a speech. I didn't agree with a single thing he said but I knew he believed in helping less fortunate people, no matter the method and he DID care about people. I always felt sorry for him in a way because there was a great burden heaped upon him when he didn't ask for it. His father, his oldest brother, John, and Bobby dwarfed him always and I know that he tried to do what they would have wanted and carry on and live up to the legacy and the weight of something like that took its toll on him. I always believed he felt guilty for being well off and being part of a powerful family and tried to make up for it by going beyond common sense sometimes to be in the forefront of poor people's causes, recognized his political obligations to achieve a larger objective, and many of his personal problems were as a result of self-medicating with alcohol. I know there are a lot of us that do or have done the same thing so who are we to judge? God Bless you and your family, you're with your brothers,some of your sisters and your parents now. I hope you're playing touch football or sailing right now and you are at peace. Senator Kennedy was my senator from Massachusetts. I remember, as a student when he came to my college and gave a speech. I didn’t agree with a single thing he said but I knew he believed in helping less fortunate people, no matter the method and he DID care about people. I always felt sorry for him in a way because there was a great burden heaped upon him when he didn’t ask for it. His father, his oldest brother, John, and Bobby dwarfed him always and I know that he tried to do what they would have wanted and carry on and live up to the legacy and the weight of something like that took its toll on him. I always believed he felt guilty for being well off and being part of a powerful family and tried to make up for it by going beyond common sense sometimes to be in the forefront of poor people’s causes, recognized his political obligations to achieve a larger objective, and many of his personal problems were as a result of self-medicating with alcohol. I know there are a lot of us that do or have done the same thing so who are we to judge? God Bless you and your family, you’re with your brothers,some of your sisters and your parents now. I hope you’re playing touch football or sailing right now and you are at peace.

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