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Originally Posted by KSigkid
Maybe I'm giving people too much credit, but I think people fully understand the flaws in Kennedy's background, the dark parts in his past. People understand about the cheating at Harvard, Chappaquidick (and the lack of reacion afterwards), the William Kennedy Smith trial, etc. In each of the retrospectives I've seen on Kennedy's life (both on TV and in the news), those topics have been addressed.
I think the other side to it is addressed in comments like buck1, and comments I've heard from friends in conversation, on Facebook, etc. The whole of his life wasn't the mistakes, just like the whole of his life wasn't the work he did in the Senate. I think the problem is when people say "Well, Mary Jo died, so nothing he did since then is important."
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Amen!
The coverage I have seen thus far has addressed these areas. And perhaps I, too, am giving people too much credit, but I think most people can comprehend that his life consisted of great triumph and horrible tragedies, extraordinary accomplishments as well as major mistakes. He was hardly a saint, but I believe he did do a lot of good for a lot of people and he will be missed.