Ted Kennedy served the second-longest tenure to Sen. Byrd. There was much written before and after his demise. I googled Sen. Byrd and got articles about how votes may go after his death. Wikipedia didn’t even update his page.
People talk about how strategies must be deployed for major legislation and how his position will be filled. I know everyone expected him to die, as he was a very old man, but didn’t expect that his very existence would be annihilated to talk about a few Senate votes.
Yes, he led a checkered existence and I was not even alive when he joined the KKK at the age of 24. The Northern Dems never understood the Southern Dems as the Southerners often joined with the other party on votes. Perhaps little is made of his life and death because he had no regard for any of a different color, and a person of color sits in the oval office.
My life is not remarkable, but when I die, I’d like people to remember who I loved, what I did and that I made a difference. For the media to just count votes is so cold and calculating. It must be done, but the denizen of the US Senate has died and, like him or not, odes or faint praise must be given. Yes, we know that while the service is ongoing, you’ll be counting votes because this has to be one major bi-partisan funeral.
So, promise me this. When the press says “Dee Died, Cookbooks and Culinary Tools For Sale” bring a casserole to my husband and in a few months, introduce him to his new wife. I’ll even leave leave menus, recipes, lists of his favorite things in the kitchen drawer. What kitchen drawer I don’t know, as we still have many adventures ahead.
In memory of someone I abhorred for his racism and admired for the pork he brought to his home state, Dee
Cooking with Dee 