[Peace-discuss] Not voting

[John W.]

At 12:13 PM 1/29/2008, Laurie at advancenet.net wrote:

>While on the subject of "not voting", I happened to be noticing all those 
>headlines about how the Kennedy's have passed the torch to Obama.  It made 
>me wonder why on earth anyone would want to give someone else a flashlight 
>that is burnt out and has no batteries.  Is that the new "kiss of 
>death"?  In this election, it appears to be the equivalent of Bill Clinton 
>passing the Hillary Clinton the mantle of Monica L.


We shall see.  While certainly not everyone respects Teddy Kennedy, not 
everyone respects ANYONE.  I give Teddy credit for at least retaining a 
fair degree of "liberal integrity" throughout his roughly 40 years in the 
Senate.  And while Teddy has not proven to be America's savior, or even a 
close approximation thereof, there's still an aura around John F. and Bobby 
Kennedy, even after all these years.  It's that aura as much as anything 
that Teddy and Caroline are trying to pass on.

John Wason