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Wed Aug-26-09 02:35 PM
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My Dad, now deceased, got it.

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My Dad, the child of Italian immigrants used to hold court after holiday dinners when the topics would turn to politics and world events. I have four brothers, two of whom are business owners and tend to lean right.

One Thanksgiving, one of my brothers made a disparaging comment about Teddy and was met with a fist pounding the table, with which my Dad said, "Don't you EVER talk like that about the Kennedy family. No family has given more to this country than the Kennedy Family...especially when they didn't need to. And don't you EVER forget that."

The look on my brother's speechless face was priceless.

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