A true American - he knew tragedy and triumph, he was the best of us
and the worst of us.

On Aug 26, 5:30*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
A true American - he knew tragedy and triumph, he was the best of us
and the worst of us.



http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...edy-obit_N.htm

On Aug 26, 6:30*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
A true American - he knew tragedy and triumph, he was the best of us
and the worst of us.

amazing man from an amazing family

H the K wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Aug 26, 10:28 am, NotNow wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Aug 26, 9:43 am, Jeem wrote:
Don White wrote:
"Jeem" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports"
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A true American - he knew tragedy and triumph, he was the best
of us
and the worst of us.
Hard to believe... the Kennedys always seemed bigger than life...
Hard to believe? What's that supposed to mean?
Stick your head up your ass... the answer is there.
Don't get all huffy Donny. It is often difficult to make sense out of
your comments.
I consider it an insult to be lumped in with a coward like Ted
Kennedy. I hope he suffered no more and no less than Miss Kopechne
and I hope his hypocrisy is judged fairly in any afterlife.
Of course, he's a liberal. I'm betting that if he was a conservative,
he'd be forgiven, correct?

Nobody forgives Ted Stevens (Rep. AK) for his corruption. We all
consider the Rep. Governor of SC to be a joke. As your charge of
hypocrisy is baseless, I think that you have made the charge because
you know that Dems are hypocrites and you accept it.


On this sad day, there is solace in realizing that your side of the
fence, the conservative, Republican side, has done virtually nothing via
legislation or leadership by elected officials, to improve the plight of
middle and lower families in this country.

....middle and lower income families...

On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:11:00 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:

On Aug 26, 6:30*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
A true American - he knew tragedy and triumph, he was the best of us
and the worst of us.

amazing man from an amazing family

Truly. He was a true blue Old School Liberal Democrat and was fearless
and unrelenting in his support for progressive causes, but at the same
time pragmatic and a deal maker. Most importantly, a gentleman.

I attend funerals of local service members who have died in our recent
conflicts. Four years ago, there was a Marine in Southbridge whose
family I knew who died in Iraq. It was a cold rainy day in November
and at the grave side ceremony I glanced around and there was Ted
Kennedy, standing all by himself with one aide, attending the burial
of a fallen Marine. The only politician there.

I later found out that he attended every single funeral and grave side
ceremony for every military member from Massachusetts who died in Iraq
and Afghanistan. Always by himself accompanied by one aide.

That's leadership regardless of politics.

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
A true American - he knew tragedy and triumph, he was the best of us
and the worst of us.

Hard to believe... the Kennedys always seemed bigger than life...

Don White wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
A true American - he knew tragedy and triumph, he was the best of us
and the worst of us.

Hard to believe... the Kennedys always seemed bigger than life...


Hard to believe? What's that supposed to mean?

On Aug 26, 7:45*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:11:00 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:

On Aug 26, 6:30*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
A true American - he knew tragedy and triumph, he was the best of us
and the worst of us.

amazing man from an amazing family

Truly. He was a true blue Old School Liberal Democrat and was fearless
and unrelenting in his support for progressive causes, but at the same
time pragmatic and a deal maker. *Most importantly, a gentleman.

I attend funerals of local service members who have died in our recent
conflicts. Four years ago, there was a Marine in Southbridge whose
family I knew who died in Iraq. It was a cold rainy day in November
and at the grave side ceremony I glanced around and there was Ted
Kennedy, standing all by himself with one aide, attending the burial
of a fallen Marine. *The only politician there.

I later found out that he attended every single funeral and grave side
ceremony for every military member from Massachusetts who died in Iraq
and Afghanistan. Always by himself accompanied by one aide.

That's leadership regardless of politics.

i didn't know that. thanks for the info...we have lost a giant.

"Jeem" wrote in message
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Don White wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
A true American - he knew tragedy and triumph, he was the best of us
and the worst of us.

Hard to believe... the Kennedys always seemed bigger than life...


Hard to believe? What's that supposed to mean?

Stick your head up your ass... the answer is there.

"wf3h" wrote in message
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On Aug 26, 6:30 am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
A true American - he knew tragedy and triumph, he was the best of us
and the worst of us.

amazing man from an amazing family

And founder of the Chappaquiddick Triathlon.

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