The Lion Sleeps Tonight
By Beau on
Wednesday,
26
AUGUST
2009
/ Posted in
Politics
,
United States
America lost the last of it's royalty today. By that I mean, as a nation that prides itself to be free of a monarchy, we had this family that championed themselves as a matter of duty to be a voice to help shape and guide America though some challenging times in it's history. To this effort, the Kennedy family paid a great price. A few years ago I took a road trip through the American West. I spent a day in San Francisco and took a few hours to relax in Union Square. A pollster came up to me and made some chat and asked me who my personal hero was as part of her polling question. I had to think about it for a bit and came up with John F. Kennedy. When she asked why I chose him, I said it was because he was our last idealist President. That idealism actually branched out to his brothers, and this country owes that family a great deal of gratitude for it.
The peace Corps, Immigration rights, Civil rights, Health care, Labor rights, and Space exploration, are just a few ways in which this country benefited from this family's calling.
Ted Kennedy was the only brother out of four that died a non violent death for this country. He served in the Senate since 1962 and was known as a Democratic leader who could reach across party lines to get things done. As the rest of his family, he served his country in service and in politics, was raised in privilege but championed the average American in government.
Senator Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 August 25, 2009)
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