<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9af3fcc6-f8c4-4b35-bf56-26926a32784e/F2100F36-61BC-4B95-B9AD-4D3043591B26/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://aplagueonbothyourhouses.typepad.com/a_plague_on_both_your_hou/2009/08/ted-kennedy.html" href="http://aplagueonbothyourhouses.typepad.com/a_plague_on_both_your_hou/2009/08/ted-kennedy.html" style="font-size: 11px;">aplagueonbothyourhouses.typepad.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://aplagueonbothyourhouses.typepad.com/a_plague_on_both_your_hou/2009/08/ted-kennedy.html"><H3 class="entry-header"><A href="http://aplagueonbothyourhouses.typepad.com/a_plague_on_both_your_hou/2009/08/ted-kennedy.html">Ted Kennedy</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://aplagueonbothyourhouses.typepad.com/a_plague_on_both_your_hou/2009/08/ted-kennedy.html"> He was human, he had his failings like all humans have.  Like a long line of old style Irish politicians from Massachusetts those failings and that humanity defined him and made him truly superb at the business of legislation and politics. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://aplagueonbothyourhouses.typepad.com/a_plague_on_both_your_hou/2009/08/ted-kennedy.html">So many are not able to make compromises because they do not see people as people.  They only see them as competitors, opponents, and ultimately enemies.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://aplagueonbothyourhouses.typepad.com/a_plague_on_both_your_hou/2009/08/ted-kennedy.html">His life as a public servant was not defined by high principal and lofty ideals, although he certainly espoused and fought for them.  In the end his public service and his life was defined, as ultimately all of ours are defined, by his accomplishments. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://aplagueonbothyourhouses.typepad.com/a_plague_on_both_your_hou/2009/08/ted-kennedy.html">our politicians and pundits and bloggers and all the ranters and ravers about principal and ideals should take a step back and say to themselves, “With all of my anger and vitriol and animosity, what am I accomplishing?”  What they will find is that they are no Ted Kennedy.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F2100F36-61BC-4B95-B9AD-4D3043591B26/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks:  Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!