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In reply to the discussion: Is Joe Kennedy who we need for 2020? [View all]calimary
(90,583 posts)I'm impressed and then more impressed.
He gave such a heartfelt comment about WHY we need and should support the Affordable Care Act, during a TV interview a few months ago. He characterized it as "the way we take care of one another."
We don't hear NEARLY enough of that kind of message. He speaks the truth and the Teachings of Jesus and the implicit nobility of living according to those Teachings. We need that kind of talk in politics - to remind us of what we once were, and still insist we are even when our actions confirm the opposite. We NEED that. We NEED those reminders that appeal to whatever's left of America's higher self. Especially if we yearn to get that back.
And stylistically (if nothing else), there's nobody better to lead us that way than another Kennedy. I'd vote for him in an instant. I'd vote for him right now. But in 2020, he'd have a few more years under his belt and maybe the "he's too young" argument might fade a little bit by then.