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yorkster

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11. Gracious, intelligent man. When the Dem.

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 07:47 PM

Jul 2025

Convention was in Boston in 2004, I was with friends at an outdoor eatery/drinkery and David Gergen came in, noticed the TV, which was set on a channel carrying the
Convention, and said " I want to hear Kennedy's speech" to the 2 people he was with.

He sat down and I talked to my friends for a bit. Then on the large telly I saw Ted go to the podium. I got up, went to Gergen's table and said "Kennedy's speaking". There were thanks, then Gergen got up, went to the bar and listened intently to the speech until it ended.
He was impressive. I'm sorry he had to deal with such an awful disease.

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