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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore 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
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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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-11 02:53 PM
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1. Maria talks about how Sargent taught his sons to respect women.
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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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-11 11:14 PM
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5. He sounds like a very great man.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-11 11:18 PM
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7. Ahnold cried big time
I did wonder if she was 'throwing some harsh words' at him.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore 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
work improved life for the mentally handicapped all over the world!
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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore 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.
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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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore 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
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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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-22-11 11:17 PM
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6. We had a thread with live coverage
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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