Today Senator Edward Kennedy 77 passed away from brain cancer that was discovered in 2008 shortly after his endorsement to the presidential campaign of President Obama.
Senator Kennedy passed away in the early morning of August 26, 2009 in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts at the Kennedy family compound just two weeks after loosing his elder sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver 88.
Senator Kennedy was the last of the Kennedy brothers who were often called America's royal family. Senator Kennedy followed his two elder brothers into politics both President John F. Kennedy (President from 1960-1963)and Robert Kennedy who would assuredly have been elected president in 1969, if it were not for an assassins bullet that took his life as his brother John.
He was called the Lion of the Senate a nick name he earned because of his true fighting spirit he also was a strong advocate for the rights of minorities. His 40 years in the senate helped to change laws that all Americans benefit from.
He was a powerful force in Washington and it was his endorsement of then presidential candidate Barrack Obama that caused many to follow his leadership and also endorse Obama even over Senator Hillary Clinton who was a personal friend of the Kennedy family.
Ted Kennedy's list of accomplishments in his many years in the senate affected change in students access to loans for college , equal rights for all minorities, poverty concerns, health care issues,veteran concerns, and much more.
Ted Kennedy championed the cause for affordable health care and the need for coverage for all, yet it seems that the proponents of his desired Health Care Reform have been hit hard by the lies and distortions instigated by the likes of the..( GOP, big insurance companies, special interest groups, and the average ignorant citizenry who follow Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, Sarah Palin, and a host of so called members of the press who are too lazy to take the time to investigate a story ) but this should not cause them to quit or give up hope as he never did.
"The Work Goes On , The Cause Endures ,The Hope Still Lives and the Dream Will Never Die"
Senator Edward Kennedy 1932-2009
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