Ted Kennedy is gone, and taxi drivers still have to go to work. Parhaps a day off for the liberal lion of the Senate is in order, well at least in Boston. It is a big name by any standard. But not one you would find in a cab unless you refer to his nephew John Kennedy Jr. or his ex sister-inlaw Jackie O.
A friend of mine, a cabbie of some renoun once drove the former First Lady. It was not a long ride as I recall the story. But nonetheless it is one worth thinking about. The woman who sat next to JFK in the moment that stopped time, casually getting into a yellow cab and asking to go to the museum, or the doctor......
In the political climate of the day we will hear form all sides about all things and they will link Ted Kennedy to whatever suits the writer or commentator's cause. I will avoid watching and listening. But I will remember.
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