Ted Kennedy, RIP

Before I say anything else let me quote the Rott: http://nicedoggie.net/

To the loved ones and family of Ted Kennedy,

Ted was something to you which he will never be to me or the majority of the rest of us; he was blood. He was family. Today, you are left with a hole inside of you because of his passing. Having lost loved ones of my own, I know what that means and I do truthfully, honestly grieve with you for that. I will not hypocritically lionize or make up excuses for a politician that I despised, but I will also not deny that there are people left behind to whom he was more than just a politician, nor will I withhold my sympathy from them just because I loathed him.

It is a painful time you’re going through right now, but I hope and pray that you’ll remain strong. I want you to hold on to the joyful memories that you have of him, not only to grant you solace in your time of grief, but also because that is what will remain with you once the grieving period is over. That is what must remain for, in time, those memories will fill the void that you find within you now. And what’s better, unlike the mortal man who is now gone, those memories will never die. You will never need to fear that they will grow old and infirm and pass away.

I, personally, will never be able to even pretend that I’ll miss him or that he was a loss to our nation but, again, I don’t know him like you do. I do not have any happy memories of days gone by with him, as I’m sure that you must have. You have my sincere condolences for your personal loss, and I pray that G-d grant you strength to work your way through this.