Sen. Edward M. Kennedy spoke to the Alaska Democratic Party Convention in Sitka on April 7, 1968. He addressed the convention shortly after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and weeks before Robert F. Kennedy's death. Senator Ted Kennedy was standing in for his brother, Robert, who had been scheduled to speak.
This speech was discovered as an open reel simply marked, "Ted Kennedy Sitka" forty years later and was in near perfect condition.
Senator Mark Begich referred to this speech in his statement:
"Many Alaskans remember Senator Kennedy's visits to our state - notably in 1968, when he joined Alaskans in mourning the loss of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and in 1971, when he promised rural Alaska help fighting poverty, a promise he made good on."
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Few have accomplished as much as Teddy. I hope that Obama rips off the carpet and puts in the new with Health Care reform carpeting. The terms of Teddy's endorsement of Obama was to get the Health Care Reform bill passed. Obama made a promise.. Even if his approval ratings plummet and he doesn't get re-elected, I can't say enough about how important it is.
Rest in Peace Senator Kennedy. Hopefully your passing will cause the apathetic to take a peek behind the Wizard's curtains and see the tiny 1% minority/cult of conglomerates that own the mass media while calling itself Liberal - disgracing their Charter as Republican or Blue Dog Democrats for the greed of big Oil, Coal, Banks, etc. That is the industrial military complex.
Knowing the cause of the problem, provides the level of action necessary to restore the Constitution. Checking facts, would in itself, set the dynamics in motion for us to "throw the bums out", and rapidly achieve our potential as a true Democracy and not as the current deregulated Oligarchy (rule by a small class), controlling us through reduced access to education and creating debt.