Senator Kennedy's speech in Alaska in 1967.

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I am posting this for a friend. I can not see youtube, but have been told it is good.

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1. the best starts at 18:00. Rachel Maddow played that portion last night.

"Sen. Edward M. Kennedy speaks to the Alaska Democratic Party Convention in Sitka on April 7, 1968, shortly after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Senator Kennedy was standing in for his brother, Robert, who'd been scheduled to speak."

From the speech:
"...we have let events masters us...In a land that was created on Judeo-Christian ideas of love and brotherhood, we have let the haters take the lead and we are paying that price today.....we are where we are because all of us are passing through life with our own personal blinders on....all too busy with our own concern to fight injustice, to fight poverty, and to fight ill will in the immediate world around us...."

I don't have time to transcribe more, but please listen to the 3rd portion of this speech; it's still relevant today.