Edward Moore Kennedy was very young, too much young, to bear all that misfortune, so much sorrow and responsibility. He could have left everything. Who wants jewels with teeth! I mean the political intricacies of holy aqua or atomic cigars. Nobody would have complained. But he took his family’s path and did it well, as well as or better than his three dead brothers, or even better, because he lived enough to demonstrate everywhere, his philosophy of life: the power for the common good. He fought until the last breath to create the health reform, “the cause of his life.”
It was, as predicted by his name, the “blessed guardian” of human rights. There was no point, comma or parenthesis that did not deal fairly. Citizens of all types and skin benefited from his quotidian tenacity; poor, employees, women, children, sick and immigrants. He opposed the war. He faced racism and participated in educational reform.
His speech, Tolerance and Truth, about church and state, should be manual to be read by certain nuclei of coconuts that, having no more clothes to tear, they anoint with ashes the different beliefs, as if they were the only owner of the kingdom. Men of little faith!
The list of well-being bequeathed to all his people is incalculable. The way to be followed indicated by his brilliant and unforgettable star is infinite. It pains me…I am very sorry! With the departure of Edward Moore Kennedy, is leaving us the last hero of a great dynasty. The daily work was his best allied and empathy, without a doubt, his best weapon.
Farewell, blessed guardian of human rights! And do not forget to send my best regards to your family.