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...Jacksons] didn't know the doctor ... He should have met with the family, given them comfort on the last hours of their son." - The Rev. Jesse Jackson, speaking at a press conference on behalf of the Jackson family on June...
...surprised even us when he trounced Carter in New York. Expecting Kennedy to be defeated, I had originally drafted a statement for him to deliver on the night of that primary that was not just a concession but also a withdrawal from the race. Though the speech wasn't given, its language would be woven into the convention speech two months later. (See a pictorial tribute to Ted Kennedy...
...Denver. It was courage and conviction about the true purpose of politics that brought him to this moment. He spoke of economic justice, of equality, of health care as a fundamental right, of war and peace. He passed the torch to Barack Obama - to whose candidacy he had given a decisive endorsement the winter before. And he touched millions of hearts one more time: "The work begins anew, the hope rises again, and the dream lives on." (Read Joe Klein on Ted Kennedy: "The Man Who Found Himself...
...swapped stories. One was about my cutting the speech in half just hours before he gave it to make it easier for him to get through. He looked at the cuts and teased me, "You took out some of my favorite parts." He laughed, this indomitable man who had given his life to the dream - the dream that in many ways because of him does live...
...frantic run-up to Afghanistan's presidential election has given way to a bitter anti-climax. Even as results trickle in, they are in danger of being overwhelmed by mounting claims of fraud from the leading candidates, who appear to be increasingly unlikely to back down should the final verdict not go their...