I was on MSNBC earlier this week to discuss Obama’s tactics in dealing with the GOP. I think the GOP is a roadblock to progress…so why work with them at all? My old friend Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks was sitting in for Chris Jansing. Check out the clip.
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On the morning of the day before the funeral of Yitzhak Rabin, Senator Ted Kennedy called the White House to inquire if it was appropriate to bring to the burial some earth from Arlington National Cemetery. The answer was essentially a shrug: Who knows? Unadvised, the senator carried a shopping bag onto the plane, filled with earth he had himself dug the afternoon before from the graves of his two murdered brothers. And at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, after waiting for the crowd and the cameras to disperse, he dropped to his hands and knees, and gently placed that earth on the grave of the murdered prime minister.
No spin, no photo op; a man unreasonably familiar with bidding farewell to slain heroes, a man in mourning, quietly making tangible a miserable connection.
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Late last night, America lost Sen. Edward Moore Kennedy.
I hardly ever wake up during the night, but last night I woke up at about 2:30am and read the news on my Blackberry. I couldn’t get back to sleep – my head was reeling with personal memories, as well as the sheer impact that Sen. Kennedy’s loss will have on the country and the world.
However, at about 3:30am, I slowly drifted back to sleep, contemplating Teddy Kennedy’s epic role in American society and picturing the scene up in Hyannis Port, his family gathered around him, saying their final goodbyes. Then, I began to think past the earth…
Whether you believe in heaven or not, there is something really comforting about the thought of Teddy, Jack and Bobby sitting on a cloud, carefree, somewhere in the heavens, sipping on a cold summer drink. Those three have a lot to catch up on…
Rest in peace, Teddy Kennedy.
Here are some of my favorite Kennedy moments via YouTube:
Ted Kennedy Returns to the Senate Floor, July 9, 2008:
Democratic National Convention, August, 2008:
Ted Kennedy Endorses Barack Obama, January 28, 2008:
Ted Kennedy introduces John Kerry during Iowa Caucuses in January, 2004:
Ted Kennedy victory speech in November, 1994:
The Dream Will Never Die, Democratic National Convention, 1980:
More: Associated Press – Kennedy: Always in the public spotlight
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