The Other Kennedy Mystique
We all know how the party of John Kennedy morphed into the party of Teddy Kennedy. Just came across George Weigel's tribute to Sargent Shriver in First Things. A little "what if."
Among the telling little notes here is an almost Reaganesque sense of self:
We last met several years ago when Sarge called me up and invited me to lunch. He had read and liked my Letters to a Young Catholic and wanted me to sign copies for several of the younger members of the Shriver clan, which I was happy to do in his Special Olympics office before we repaired across the street to the Willard Hotel for lunch. While I was signing, he casually and cheerfully mentioned that “Lunch might be interesting, because I can’t remember anything I’ve said 10 minutes after I’ve said it.”
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Dec '10
Re: The Other Kennedy Mystique
Under those circumstances, I recommend a Chinese restaurant; you'll soon be hungry again.