ted kennedy

Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts died August 25, 2009 following a long battle with brain cancer. Kennedy was 77.

Considered by friends and foes alike as one of the most effective legislators of the past several decades, Ted Kennedy became known as the "lion of the Senate" following his crucial roles in the passage of such landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Kennedy was also a longtime champion of health care reform, which the senator referred to as "the cause of his life."

As the younger brother of former President John F. Kennedy and 1968 presidential candidate and former Senator Robert Kennedy — both of whom were assassinated in the 1960s — Ted Kennedy was expected by many to follow a similar path towards the White House. However, those aspirations were cut short following a controversial car accident in 1969 where Kennedy's car was driven off a bridge at Chappaquiddick near Cape Cod. Kennedy survived the crash, but his female companion, Mary Jo Kopechne did not.

An attempt several years later to challenge incumbent President Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination in 1980 would prove unsuccessful. Kennedy did however serve eight full terms in the Senate, making him one of only six senators to remain there more than 40 years (only Sen. Robert Byrd has served longer).

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• Sen. Edward M. Kennedy widow comes on Oprah’s show

  
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  Chicago, Nov 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a very emotional chat, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s widow Victoria Reggie Kennedy comes on Oprah’s talk show and bares her heart out. The interview is supposed to air tomorrow.This is the first time, since her legendary husband’s death, that Victoria Kennedy will come out in the ...
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• Vicki Kennedy Oprah Interview VIDEO CLIP

  
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  Victoria “Vicki” Reggie Kennedy , widow of U.S. Senator Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy , sat down for her first televised interview with Oprah Winfrey that will air on Wednesday, November 25, 2009. Ted Kennedy died at age 77 in August 2009 following a valiant seven month battle with brain cancer – funeral ...
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• Oprah To Interview Vicki Kennedy And Her Children

  
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  Well imagine that - Oprah is going to interview Ted Kennedy’s Widow along with her two children Caroline and Curran and her stepson Ted Kennedy Jr. - so it looks like the family is out promoting Ted’s Memoir "True Compass” I suppose earnings from the sales of the book will revert to Ted’s estate which in ...
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• Shaniya Davis Aunt Speaks Out • Teacher Sues After Slipping On Condoms [Leftovers]

  
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  • Carey Lockhart-Davis , aunt of murdered North Carolina 5-year-old Shaniya Davis , is furious that the alleged rapist and murderer is being treated decently in prison. She told the Early Show : "We have a lot of people … [who have] lost their jobs, who dont have health care , even children that are in homes ...
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• Review: Rendezvous with Destiny

  
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  President Ronald Reagan was far from the common Republican. If anything he was the exception to the rule in a party dominated by moderates and pragmatists. It’s one of the overarching themes of Craig Shirley’s new and epic account Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America . ...
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• Vicki Kennedy Interview With Oprah Airs On Wednesday

  
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  This Wednesday Vicki Kennedy’s first television interview since her husband Senator Ted Kennedy passed away will air. Vicki Kennedy, as well as her step-children, sat down to talk with Oprah to discuss some of their fondest memories of the late Senator, and to discuss his memoir “True Compass.”
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• It’s Past Time To “Restore The Republic”

  
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  What does it mean be a true patriot, a pro-republic American? Former Senator Gary Hart says it is to recognize the role of civic virtue, of participation in the public affairs of the community, and to be among the men and women of whom future generations of Americans will say, “They were worthy of their [...]
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• Modern patriotism isnt so different

  
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  To be a true patriot, a pro-republic American, is to recognize the role of civic virtue, of participation in the public affairs of the community, and to be among the men and women of whom future generations of Americans will say, "They were worthy of their city and their nation." Gary Hart, in a recent Op-Ed, ...
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• Wikipedia volunteers dropping like flies

  
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  Filed under: Technology , Media Volunteers who maintain Wikipedia are quitting in droves, burnt out from the stress of maintaining the free online encyclopedia. According to the Wall Street Journal, the site had a net loss of 49,000 editors during the first three months of the year, 10 times the net loss of ...
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• Druggy Patrick Kennedy Barred From Communion

  
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  Catholic Role Model Druggy Patrick Kennedy. Awwwwww. Druggy Patrick Kennedy is barred from receiving Communion . Providence Journal : Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin has forbidden Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy to receive the Roman Catholic sacrament of Holy Communion because of his advocacy of abortion ...
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• Racist Obama billboard in Denver?

  
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  No. In bad taste, maybe. Wolf Interstate Leasing in Wheat Ridge, Colorado has put up a billboard insinuating that President Obama is somehow tied to Jihadists and the Fort Hood shootings. The billboard features cartoons that show a caricatured President morphing from a suit-wearing politician into a turban-wearing ...
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• Burkha Barbies

  
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  This should unite the Islamic Extremists and the western feminists but the feminists wont say a work about this.. One of the worlds most famous childrens toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover  - wearing a burkha. Wearing the traditional Islamic dress, the iconic doll is going undercover for a charity auction in ...
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• In Ted Kennedy’s Honor, Let’s Pass ‘Kopechne Care’

  
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  I wrote this several months ago, after Ted Kennedy passed away.  I decided not to publish it, out of respect for the recently deceased.  But the Democrat leadership rushing out to invoke Kennedy’s name during and after the vote last nigh t made me realize that the time had come to put it out there. Nancy Pelosi, ...
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• Reid ramrods Obamacare to next step with bribes

  
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  Conservatives need to descend on DC on the 30th to stop this asinine socialized HC bill. A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. ...
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• Ted Kennedy’s Widow Speaks About Senate Vote On Health Care

  
  CAFFEINATED POLITICS — Authority: 440
  Many of us last night were thinking about Ted Kennedy as the United States Senate voted to bring the health bill up for debate.  Kennedy is in the Senate in spirit as the Democratic Party fights this decades long battle, and is winning.  His signature issue will finally prevail.   (I hope and trust the bill [...]
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• LA Progressive: November 15 to 21, 2009

  
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• Congradulations to Ted Kennedy on 90 Days Sobriety

  
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  Way to go, Ted! Everyone here at Belch.Com wishes you many continued years of sobriety to come! Spread the Word!
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• Quote of the day.

  
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  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid … "Ted would be happy." Me too.
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• Nicolas Cage dances with Somali pirates

  
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  Cage, a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador on Drugs and Crime, seems more concerned about the pirates than the crime victims. Film star Nicolas Cage has visited a Kenyan prison holding suspected Somali pirates awaiting trial to highlight the problem of piracy in the Indian Ocean. Inmates danced for the movie star and shook ...
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• Is Obama dissing jews with WH Hanukkah party?

  
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  He doesnt want to offend his Muslim “friends”. As the White House prepares for its annual Hanukkah party and candle-lighting, many previous attendees are going to find themselves left in the dark as the number of invitations is set to shrink to half of last years. Though several Jewish leaders expressed ...
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