Remembering John Kennedy
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- January
- 28
Remember Bill Clinton’s story about being inspired by meeting John Kennedy?
Well today Barack Obama got the endorsement of Teddy Kennedy and had this to say about the slain president and his own father, who came to the United States from Kenya to study:
“But what I learned much later is that part of what made it possible for him to come here was an effort by the young senator from Massachusetts at the time, John F. Kennedy, and by a grant from the Kennedy Foundation to help Kenyan students pay for travel. So it is partly because of their generosity that my father came to this country, and because he did, I stand before you today—inspired by America’s past, filled with hope for America’s future, and determined to do my part in writing our next great chapter.”
PHOTOS:Â Barack Obama and Teddy Kennedy at American University in Washington, D.C. today. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) Bill Clinton shakes hands with John F. Kennedy.
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Take the endorsement, Barack, just don’t let Teddy drive you anywhere.