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Edited on Fri Nov-21-03 02:41 PM by La_Serpiente
I am 19 and all the things I have heard about him were all good. My mother is a Catholic from Troy, New York and she remembers that when Kennedy won the presidency, her entire family went ballistic. She was 10 years old at the time. I guess religious discrimination when it comes to Christianity is not as commonplace as it was before, but she remembers that it was a miracle to get a Catholic into the White House.
I assume that is must have been a very difficult time for America. Although Kennedy somewhat fumbled the Bay of Pigs incident, he did manage to make some very tough decisions when it came to Cuba. I don't know what I would do if I was president then. Although he may not have been as vociferous for Civil Rights as some of the activists like Martin Luther King Jr. and others, he did try to make some progress in that area.
And his ambitious dream to put a man on the moon seems so admirable. When I read about a spaceship going into space now, it is not that "thrilling" I must say. Just shows how much things we take for granted.
I also see a little bit of Kennedy in every one of us today. Kennedy always wanted to do something good in the world. I hear Senators like Miller talk in public that Democrats have lost the dream of Kennedy. Could he say the same thing to Edward Kennedy? Does Miller exemplify the dream of Kennedy when he supports a party that steals from the poor, ruins the environment, and shovels money in the way of big business?
Maybe he interprets and remembers Kennedy in his own special way. But to me, I view Kennedy as someone who always tried to stand up for justice in the end.
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