Although Kennedy Has Gone, His Dream Will Never Die

Senator Edward Morse Kennedy, long known as the “liberal lion,” a champion of the causes of the disenfranchised and downtrodden, died Wednesday after a long battle with brain cancer. His death marks the end of the political powerhouse that was his generation of Kennedys, and although he lost all three of his brothers whom he admired so much long before he should have, he kept their dream of an America united through thick and thin, regardless of race, creed, sex, age or ability alive for decades. The tragedies he endured, as well as the scandals in which he was mired, did not undermine his political strength as it would have to so many others, but instead, with each time that he was broken, he would recover with his beliefs intact and his resolution stronger than ever before.

Now we have been broken by his loss, but his memory will burn eternally as does the flame at his brother’s grave, and it will serve to push onward with beliefs intact and resolution solidified the successive generations of true liberal legislators that are sure to follow in his footsteps. While no man or woman in the near future is likely to be such a shining tower of Democratic unity, his spirit will always be felt by those to come as a force to be reckoned with, a reminder for the future that no matter what the circumstances, society shall never forget that there are those who are cast aside who deserve the same as the rest of Americans, that we can always do one better for America and for ourselves, and that choosing the lasseiz-faire will never produce results.

You will be missed, Senator Kennedy, and we will never forget you. Your legacy will surely live on in the Edward M. Kennedy Health Care Act of 2009, soon to be signed by President Obama, the man you decreed to be the future of the Democratic Party.

One Response to “Although Kennedy Has Gone, His Dream Will Never Die”

1. Siegfried says:

   August 27, 2009 at 8:38 pm

   Verily, St. Ted of Smirnoff was a voice crying out in the wilderness, “Make straight the path of The One!”