Being.....
born and raised in Ireland and moving to the United States and settling on Cape Cod, Mass I have known of the Kennedy's for years. And I share their Irish Roman Catholic heritage PROUDLY. Their compound is only minutes away from me and I am saddened by the nasty comments that have been plastered all over aol and other various places since Edward Kennedy died.
I hope all those who made mention and focused only on the various indiscretions of his life without mentioning all the good that he did for the people he loyally served have clean slates themselves since they choose to judge so harshly a man who served for 47 years. He was no angel, he left a woman to die when obviously he should not have, he was present when a nephew was accused and not convicted of rape. Do I condone either? No, but have I the right to judge that man? NO! I do not feel I do. And to you I say...... I have walked away from situations based upon fear and did not face the music right away. And I have no respect for a man who would rape a woman and less respect for a woman who would lie about it, and the only two people who know what really occurred that night were the accuser and Kennedy-Smith himself. Again no excuses, just fact as I see them...
I am neither a democrat or a republican and if any person who serves us in government who cannot work across party lines to make compromise for the good of the people they serve, they are not deserving of the position they hold and were voted into by the democratic process.
We need to learn to look beyond the party lines and the humanity that makes a person slide from grace occasionally and see the major contribution he made to the lives of the people whom he served and those who loved him and those who hated him, cannot deny that he received a fitting funeral in my own humble opinion whether you share that opinion or not..
Joan
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