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Originally Posted by MikeinAR
Ted Kennedy was a morally flawed individual on a lot of things. He was a womanizer, an abortion right supporter, dishonest at times, and much much more I'm sure. To those sins, like all others, Ted will answer to a Holy God.
With all of the bad things, he also stood up for some very worthy causes for average people who didn't have a voice in the U.S. Senate. He played a major role in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which paved the way for people, regardless of economic status or race, to cast their ballot. In 1990, he helped pass the American with Disablities Act and then Family Medical Leave in 1993.
To be fair his legislative record, like most, contains both good and bad.
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Thanks for this post. I remember when Richard Nixon died, President Clinton speaking at his funeral said that he hoped that liberals wouldn't focus exclusively on the negative aspects of Nixon's career but on his many accomplishments. As far as I'm concerned Nixon was a very competent and often brilliant leader who had some serious complexes. Kennedy should be afforded the same sort of balanced evaluation.