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As with all of us, he was not a perfect man. He did however, dedicate most of his life to serving the American people. Without him there would've been no civil rights bill. He wasn't in politics for the money. It was about helping people! He wasn't lining his pockets w/ money from the drug companies or or the insurance industry like John Kerry,Max Baucus,Thad Cochran, and Orrin Hatch! A vocal minority in the 60's wanted to keep things seperate but unequal in this country. If we had believed the news then, you would've thought all of America was opposed to civil rights and were raging bigots! Not everyone in the senate or the house wanted to approve the bill, but most did because the listened to the quiet, steadfast majority that wouldn't give up! The same thing is happening now. A vocal, rabid minority is once again claiming it speaks for the majority of us. The group that screams the loudest is not the majority by any means. If this were the case woman wouldn't be allowed to vote, slaves wouldn't have been freed, and a black man wouldn't be the President of the United States! Ted Kennedy fought for the people no one else would speak for! He gave voices to minorities, woman, and the disabled. If he were alive today he would be the voice of the uninsured, underinsured and those who have been denied coverage! Let's honor him and his family by giving hard working Americans a chance to have the God given right to decent healthcare! This is NOT a political issue, it is a human rights issue!
Gloomy~
READ ON:
At the 2008 Democratic Convention, after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, Sen. Ted Kennedy said:
This is the cause of my life - new hope that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every American - north, south, east, west, young, old - will have decent, quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege.
Kennedy chaired the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). On July 15, Kennedy's committee passed the Affordable Health Choices Act, which "will reduce health costs, protect individuals' choice in doctors and plans, and assure quality and affordable heath care for Americans."
It also includes a "strong public option that responds to the wishes of the American people to have a clear alternative to for-profit insurance companies."
Tell your Representatives.. to honor Sen. Kennedy by passing real health reform:
http:../../..www...democrats...com/..honor-..ted-kennedy
Senator Kennedy was too ill to vote for this bill, but he praised its passage:
Americans are an extraordinary people. We have created a nation of liberty and justice. We have defeated forces of oppression, and we have spread prosperity and progress across the globe. When the American people are on the march, there is no barrier that can resist them, no obstacle that can block their path.
The American people are on the march once more , and they will not stop until quality, affordable health care is the birthright of every American. And we are with them every step of the way.
We, the American people, are "on the march." As my Representative,.. I urge you to act quickly to honor Senator Ted Kennedy by passing real health reform - including a strong public option that offers "a clear alternative to for-profit insurance companies."
Sign the petition:
http:../../..www...democrats...com/..honor-..ted-kennedy
KEEP UP THE GOOD FIGHT!
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