The Kennedys have held US congressional seats, the presidency and the public's imagination for more than 60 years.
That era ends when Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island vacates his US House seat next month, leaving a city council post in California as the family's sole remaining political holding.
His departure marks the first time in 63 years that a Kennedy will not be serving in elected office in Washington.
The son of the late Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy says he has no qualms about walking away from politics.
The 43-year-old Kennedy says in his family, 'the legacy was always public service, and that didn't necessarily mean public office'.
Kennedy plans to continue the tradition by championing a national effort to boost brain research.
Kennedy hopes to inject the same urgency into his brain research work that his late uncle, President John F Kennedy, inspired during the 1960s with his challenge to Americans to put a man on the moon.
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Last of the dynasty
Last of the dynasty
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Last of the dynasty
It's about time...way past time, actually. I would not be at all surprised if Patches managed to kill himself by driving after half a dozen Long Island Iced Teas.
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
Re: Last of the dynasty
Strop, I'm gonna sue you for plagiarism: 
http://www.cybersoapbox.com/SMF/index.p ... #msg513474
Noted that one almost a year ago....
But then, you're a Cricket fan, so I suppose certain allowances for slowness must be made....
http://www.cybersoapbox.com/SMF/index.p ... #msg513474
Noted that one almost a year ago....
But then, you're a Cricket fan, so I suppose certain allowances for slowness must be made....
Re: Last of the dynasty
Mine's more up to date as he's actually going to go..
Sheesh, Jim, you of all people taking a Kennedy at his word...
Sheesh, Jim, you of all people taking a Kennedy at his word...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Last of the dynasty
The great irony of the Kennedy legacy is that the one who put the name on the map, JFK, was a democrat whose values gradually seemed more and more conservative relative to the political philosophy of his younger relatives. He was staunchly anti-communist, pro-defense, and fiscally moderate.
It is difficult to say whether he would have gone soft in the head had he survived, but the contrast between JFK's rhetoric and Teddy's Social/Democrat philosophy was stark.
It is difficult to say whether he would have gone soft in the head had he survived, but the contrast between JFK's rhetoric and Teddy's Social/Democrat philosophy was stark.
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Lovely choice of words there Davedgs49 wrote:
It is difficult to say whether he would have gone soft in the head had he survived, .
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Which describes all Democratic presidents since Truman; except for the ones who were fiscally conservative like Carter and Clinton.dgs49 wrote: "... He was staunchly anti-communist, pro-defense, and fiscally moderate.
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