LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE TWIN TIERS...IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS...LOTS OF FOLKS HAVE SHARED ANECDOTES AND STORIES ABOUT THE LION OF THE SENATE...TED KENNEDY...A LION THAT WAS LAID TO REST ON SATURDAY.
WELL, LET ME SHARE MY RECOLLECTIONS OF SENATOR KENNEDY. BACK IN THE FALL OF 1972...WHEN I WAS A YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENT STUDYING POLITICAL SCIENCE IN BOSTON...I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW AND TRAVEL WITH SENATOR KENNEDY ON A CAMPAIGN SWING IN SOUTHEASTERN, MASSACHUSETTS WHEN HE WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR A FIRST-TIME DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE.
I ESPECIALLY REMEMBER TAPING AN INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR KENNEDY ON A SMALL PLANE THAT FLEW FROM NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS TO BOSTON'S LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE SENATOR WAS EXTREMELY DYNAMIC, VERY ARTICULATE, HUMOROUS, AND GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME. HE ALSO TREATED ME--A YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENT-- WITH A GREAT DEAL OF KINDNESS, DIGNITY AND RESPECT. SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN.
GOD BLESS TED KENNEDY AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE. WITH COMMENTARY...I'M YOUR PH.D. OF POLITICS...DR. STEPHEN HURRICANE COLEMAN THE THIRD...THAT'S MY OPINION...WHAT'S YOURS?
