tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615961553701645495.post5609545840650079173..comments2023-10-30T02:26:40.926-07:00Comments on Uncouth Ruminations: Edward M. Kennedy (1932-2009), R.I.P.Carl Wicklanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10743503122650895906noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615961553701645495.post-3790093685428797802009-08-31T09:02:32.040-07:002009-08-31T09:02:32.040-07:00I know what you mean. It's not as though I...I know what you mean. It's not as though I'm here wishing I had known him better or shown greater respect for him while he was alive. <br /><br />When I say that it's a struggle to find something nice to say about him, feeling sympathy for personal tragedies 40 or more years ago is about all I could come up with. But as despicable as his character and agenda were, no one deserves that. <br /><br />After all, we've had all our opportunities to justifiably trash him over the years, but now it's over.Carl Wicklanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743503122650895906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8615961553701645495.post-40927386185174073212009-08-29T14:43:52.780-07:002009-08-29T14:43:52.780-07:00I could sympathize with someone I disagreed with 1...I could sympathize with someone I disagreed with 100%. However, I cannot sympathize with someone with this much personal baggage. With the numerous affairs, general spirit of alcoholic nihilism and probably guilty of murder, it's hard to feel sorry for someone like him.Jeremiah Whitmoorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10414537187093350166noreply@blogger.com