This particular convention may mark the **true** change of generations

[Stinky The Clown]

Ted Kennedy is why.

If he speaks, this will be a very special event. A paradigm shift. Huge.

JFK and the whole Camelot thing survived through coming up on 50 years. It was, if one stops to think about it, evident to some degree in virtually every Democratic victory since we were challenged, on January 20, 1961, to ask what we could do for our country.

The dream of Camelot was never fulfilled. The hope and perhaps even greater potential of Bobby Kennedy was never experienced, let alone realized.

And then there was only Ted. And Ted may well be the greatest Kennedy of them all. All those years and the kid brother upheld the weight of his two older brothers, both widely held to be greater men than young Ted. But there was Ted. Always there. Eulogizing his siblings and those of the next generation. The family patriarch. Working tirelessly to enact every piece of significant **liberal** legislation of that half century.

God Bless you, Ted.

And Ted may speak this week. Ted the brain cancer victim. Ted, the legend. Ted the patriarch.

Ted. The end of an era.

And how fitting is it that the man he endorsed for president fits so perfectly the dream that was always the Kennedys'? A dream shared by another famous dreamer, also long gone. A man who intoned the now perhaps most famous words ever uttered. The man who said "I Have A Dream".

The Kennedy brothers and Martin were of a generation.

The dream of that generation is being made a living reality tonight.

Barack Obama is the embodiment of it.

A man has risen to the top of his party, ready to lead his nation, not by dint of the color of his skin, but by the character in his heart.

That was the dream of Martin and it was the dream of the Kennedys.

It remains the dream of the Kennedys.

And that's why Ted is going to be there, in Denver.

Watch it.

This **IS** history. The ultimate American barrier is about to be broken. The next generation will judge all men by the character of their hearts.

[geckosfeet]

1. Ramen brother.

[Lost4words]

2. Dont we all wish, I trully hope you are correct.

8643

[opihimoimoi]

3. DESTINY...It is TIME...I wish Ann Richards was alive to see this...she would smile her famous smile

Sniff

[Lisa0825]

5. me too.

:hug:

[opihimoimoi]

14. K&R.,....Tis a bit sad....Lets all hope for the dynamic change so sorely needed

:toast:

[givemebackmycountry]

4. That's a GREAT post Stink - BIG high five to you...

Every time someone brings up Teddy's past referencing ONE negative piece of history, I want to rip them a new one.
Right Wingers HATE the Kennedy's, so much they may have had two of them killed.
They didn't have the balls to take Teddy out, and Teddy NEVER passed up an opportunity to make them regret that.

They hate Teddy because he is everything they are not.
And tonight, Teddy is going to rip them a new one the size of the grand canyon.
I feel it coming.

If he's going out (and I hope he's around another decade, defying the odds yet again), he's going out with one final blast to the center of the decaying right wing.

GO GET 'EM TEDDY!

[Sparkly]

6. I'd thought he was going to speak via video, but...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6737323

:D

[Stinky The Clown]

7. He will be 'in the building'

God Bless Senator Ted.

[klyon]

8. Well there is a generation in between Kennedy and Obama

I guess you could say Bush the younger reined it for us in between. Clinton was one also, enough said. My generation was on track to save the world and I am still wondering what happened. We ended the Vietnam War but let Nixon and the CIA turn South America into fascist dictatorships and our economy into the Me Generation. Hopefully Obama/Bidden can get us back on track. It didn't help that our leaders where systematically assassinated. The Shock Doctrine worked.

[Stinky The Clown]

9. "It didn't help that our leaders where systematically assassinated."

And therein lies the 'why' to your 'what'.

[Hatchling]

10. The symboolic passing of the torch.

Both a sad moment and a joyful moment. A historic moment. Camelot reincarnated.

[senaca]

11. History in the making and Obama's keen sense of it.

It gave me goosebumps seeing him go to Springfield to announce Biden's as V.P. Having Hillary speak on the night of the 88th anniversary of Women's suffrage and his speech on the anniversary of MLK's, "I Have a Dream" speech will make this convention one for the ages.

As to the passing of the baton by Ted; I doubt there will be a dry eye in the house. The meaning of this night is profound. Ted's speech at this moment is powerful irregardless of his illness. It is exactly as you say a paradigm shift.

Isn't it great to have a candidate who with a great sense of the past can shape change for the future.

[Stinky The Clown]

13. "Having Hillary speak on the night of the 88th anniversary of Women's suffrage and ......... "

.......... his speech on the anniversary of MLK's, "I Have a Dream" speech will make this convention one for the ages."

The convergence is amazing, isn't it?

[DearAbby]

12. This post brought tears to my eyes...Well said

K&R proudly, tearfully. Thank you

[Stinky The Clown]

16. I'm getting myself all set for a flood of tears tonight ......

Sparkly just opened a fresh box of tissues for me.

[DearAbby]

17. They are flowing....Teddy Kennedy is my Senator too!

[many a good man]

15. Best post of the year!

Thank you, Stinky!

Here's to the future! :toast:

[ColbertWatcher]

18. Bravo! n/t

[undeterred]

19. But Ted is the truly great one

and he bore the weight of a scandal that he probably didn't deserve. In the end, he was the one who did the most, who people depended on the most. He IS the lion.