gauguin57
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Sat Jan-22-11 02:34 PM
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CNN has lots of great clips of eulogies from today's Sargent Shriver funeral |
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I'm listening to Bill Clinton's wonderful bit right now ... Check it all out here: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/22/sargent.shriver.funeral/index.html?hpt=C1
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Sat Jan-22-11 02:53 PM
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1. Maria talks about how Sargent taught his sons to respect women. |
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I think it says a lot that, with all the divorces and scandals in the Kennedy clan, every one of Sargent and Eunice's five children is married, and married to his/her original spouse.
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Sat Jan-22-11 11:14 PM
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5. He sounds like a very great man. |
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Sat Jan-22-11 11:18 PM
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I did wonder if she was 'throwing some harsh words' at him.
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Sat Jan-22-11 02:53 PM
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2. I think most people have no idea at all of how Eunice and Sargent Shriver's |
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work improved life for the mentally handicapped all over the world!
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Sat Jan-22-11 03:01 PM
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3. And they taught their kids to do the same. A member of my family has benefited from their work. |
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Anthony Shriver founded Best Buddies International, through which students and adults are paired with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities -- to take them to the movies and just hang out.
This member of my family has loved both of his college-student Buddies, and all they've done together, and he has also been involved for years with Special Olympics (which has given him a sense of pride and dignity and purpose).
I have another family member who served in the Peace Corps.
For these and so many other things, I will always love the Shrivers.
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Sat Jan-22-11 03:03 PM
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4. Be sure to listen to Bobby Shriver's story about how his dad "saved his life" after a pot arrest |
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Bobby is the only member of the Kennedy clan serving in elected office right now; he's mayor of Santa Monica.
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Sat Jan-22-11 11:17 PM
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6. We had a thread with live coverage |
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this morning. His children were wonderful and so were Clinton and Biden. Bill Clinton has a gift - he can tell a story - he was excellent. I learned a lot from both Clinton and Biden
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