Posted on August 30th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
A lone bugler played Taps as Senator Ted Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetary next to his brothers John and Bobby.
Ted Kennedy was “the soul of the Democratic Party, and the lion of the United States Senate.”
It was a long and sorrow filled day. My heart goes out to Vickie Reggie Kennedy, the [...]
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Posted on August 29th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Senator John Kerry (D-MA) spoke this evening at the Celebration of Life Memorial Service for Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Kerry’s speech was a moving and very touching tribute to a man who meant so much to Senator Kerry and so many here in Massachusetts, America and the world.
The following is the text of Senator Kerry’s speech as prepared [...]
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Posted on August 28th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Motorists pulled over along the route of the Kennedy procession to Boston today. Thousands are reported to be lined up to pay their last respects to the good Senator from Massachusetts who passed away after a 15 month battle with brain cancer. @Kennedynews on Twitter noted an hour ago: “As of 11:30 pm, the wait [...]
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Posted on August 27th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Via The Boston Globe:
Kerry, speaking in a telephone interview after visiting the Kennedy compound on Cape Cod late yesterday, sounded emotional as he described Kennedy’s impact on his life and his training as a legislator.
“Obviously, Ted Kennedy has had a huge influence on my thoughts about politics, and being a student of his for 25 [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
The Boston Globe reported earlier that “President Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy at US Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s funeral Mass on Saturday.”
Kennedy’s funeral will be held at a time yet to be determined Saturday morning at The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Mission Hill section of Boston.[...]
Obama was a political [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Senator John Kerry released the following statement today on Senator Ted Kennedy’s death:
“We have known for some time that this day was coming, but nothing makes it easier. We have lost a great light in our lives and our politics, and it will never be the same again. Ted Kennedy was such an extraordinary force, [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Vice President Joe Biden was scheduled to talk about the energy bill today, but instead he got quite emotional in speaking about Ted Kennedy’s death.
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Biden said:
“He was never defeatist,” Biden said. “He never was petty. Never was petty. He was never small. And [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Already the issue of choosing Ted Kennedy’s successor has come into play.
Just hours after his passing, the conversation is well into full swing. WBUR is reporting that Governor Deval Patrick “supports a change in state law that would allow him to appoint an interim successor to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.”
In an interview on WBUR today [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Senator Ted Kennedy, the Liberal Lion, has succumbed to his battle with brain cancer. He was 77.
Kennedy, was the last son of ”one of the most storied families in American politics, a man who knew triumph and tragedy in near-equal measure and who will be remembered as one of the most effective lawmakers in the history of [...]
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Posted on August 10th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Ouch.
Hillary Clinton got a little testy with a Congolese student when he “asked her what “Mr. Clinton” thought about a Chinese trade deal with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
”You want me to tell you what my husband thinks?” she replied incredulously when the male student asked her what ”Mr. Clinton” thought of World Bank concerns [...]
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