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Ohio lawmakers mourn Kennedy
It may be a measure of Sen. Ted Kennedy’s reach that among the first Ohioans to release statements mourning his death were two Republicans.
House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester, called Kennedy “my friend.”
“While there were few political issues on which he and I agreed, our relationship was never disagreeable, and was always marked by good humor, hard work, and a desire to find common ground,” he said.
The two worked together when Boehner was chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, pairing up for No Child Left Behind.
“ For the better part of the last decade, Ted and I worked together to support struggling Catholic grade schools in inner-city Washington,” he said. “By helping these schools keep their doors open and helping them retain their committed teachers and faculty, this joint effort made a positive difference in the lives of thousands of inner-city children, who otherwise would have been denied the opportunity for a quality education.”
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, meanwhile, said Kennedy was a “guiding light” for him while he and his family dealt with his late-nephew’s bone cancer.
“His uplifting spirit and thoughtfulness helped steer my family through a very difficult time, and I will never forget the words he shared with us: ‘Even when it’s sometimes stormy one day, the sun always seems to shine the next,’” he said.
“Our great nation has lost a true statesman, and the Kennedy family has lost its beloved patriarch,” he said. “Senator Kennedy’s unparalleled leadership and decades spent in service to his fellow Americans will be missed by all, especially here in the United States Senate. While not always in agreement with him, no one can deny that Ted was a man of convictions, passion and resolve for doing what he felt was best for the country.”
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By j
August 26, 2009 2:32 PM | Link to this
Anyone that would make such cold and callous comments toward a deceased person was not properly brought up in this world.
By j
August 26, 2009 2:32 PM | Link to this
Anyone that would make such cold and callous comments toward a deceased person was not properly brought up in this world.
By William
August 26, 2009 12:27 PM | Link to this
America will never see another one like him, thank God. Now the Republicans can filabuster and stop the nonsense from the Democrats. Rahm said it best, “Never waste a good crisis”. To the Dems, it is a crisis.
By 1969
August 26, 2009 12:20 PM | Link to this
I hope he suffered terribly. I am sure he did. I hope Mary Jo and family are now happy. Burn with the devil you sob. Burn, burn in the deepest hottest part of hell that one can imagine.
By Bill White
August 26, 2009 11:36 AM | Link to this
My family have always been supporters of the Kennedy family. My mother was the Darke County chairman of the Kennedy For President campaign in 1960. I met Sen. Edward Kennedy in 1974 at a Democratic rally and the memory of that evening lingers with me still. There is a room in my old home dedicated to the 3 Kennedy brothers with much memorabilia and political artifacts from 1960 on. REST IN PEACE SEN. TED KENNEDY