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After the Show Show: 8/29

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After the Show Show: 8/29

Published: Sat, 29 Aug 2009

Description: 'FOX & Friends' reflects on Sen. Ted Kennedy's life

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" That was. Yeah yeah we just we just finished three hours on -- ought to be -- Saturday okay it's nice inside outside the -- Otherwise it's not a great day Betty it's a nice day otherwise one of those station ever gonna forget right because. Certain times of certain events see you host these shows and you gotta remember and this is a funeral and this is a weeklong tribute of take Kennedy that culminates today do you."

" Have to realize what taken -- met from Massachusetts in a hot and lived in Boston. And it is synonymous Massachusetts and Boston are synonymous. With the Kennedy family and of course if you've ever -- Cape Cod. You can't miss a Kennedy somewhere out there that from Martha's Vineyard. -- I mean I just have so many memories of them being around that tragedy there with John junior's plane crashed. So this changes the whole landscape frankly in Cape Cod and Massachusetts is very big deal there in Boston today how much of the push to get Joe Kennedy in that seat is it that you. He's a people of Massachusetts just wanna see the need Kennedy there I can't tell because I can't tell Joe is really interested yet Joe has gone on to do other things he had an energy companies and blah -- Hugo Chavez's get well big contributor that was a contributor -- he's done lots of environmental sucks I don't know he wants to get back. Into political life and of course that would be difficult if that you know you have to really -- the fire in the belly to deal it. Because just being Kennedy well I -- Massachusetts think Kennedy might work but. You would help if you really wanted to do it which isn't prevent."

" Share I spent the last week in Ireland where when the news hit on Wednesday morning. Big story in the papers and big story on television because let's face it went up after Boston. Ireland want certainly has got that. The biggest built in constituency for of the most of Irish in Ireland right in the -- dryers. Ireland is largely. That is strange how that worked out and it's -- And when you look at an Alley brought up that Kennedy compound and in our. In the miscue recesses of our brain we can see the Kennedy family out. -- those black and white photos and to date does really marked the end of a legacy because you had. John and Bobby and the older brother Joe all whose lives were cut short and then Ted Kennedy. Who was the little kid one up having a 47 year. Career in the US senate. He I think he was the third longest serving in history he had quite a life. Listen love over hate him he had a colorful life. With a much controversy as well and -- you know it it try to run for president once maybe twice. -- I I can't get enough to see in the black."

" Once put it from the fifties and sixties of them playing in growing up. And Joe he knew so little love until recently did have found movie about fifteen years ago and you realize that television Joe was -- was in World War II. And -- essentially his playing the way the story goes I understand correctly from wrong but supposed to -- it was a training mission which. He's supposed to get out of the plane really played a supposed to crash on -- Sony you supposed to reject he was not able to Jack. And that devastated the famine but it just goes to show you and he's the debate his role parents -- apparent."

" Let it blow torch as -- with Ted Kennedy called it under their kids and make them great can you make peace can you make your kid a superstar sacrifice something."

" Perhaps a well -- life."

" But just pushing them and pushing them in pushing the pilot could you end yeah."

" I like -- I think that's fascinating also because I didn't know I NASA one what is that it was talking about the the father was so intent and fervent. On his son's going into public light of politics that he really steer them in that that pressure. My children won't -- the table. I don't know how used to turn your children into your own life trajectory that they will carry for the next fifteen years I'd like to know -- because --"

" I don't look at it and an acute accent -- such controversial. A controversial family to single his level for him. But Joe Kennedy. Wanted to be president -- the matriarch patriarch wanted to be president but then he was ambassador to the United States. From the United States it's time world war two and you know. So controversial ties to the German well -- you know -- his attitude toward the United States and Germans Germany's involvement. Essentially made his political career. Not go anywhere so he put all of the old. Into the into the kids and it was probably Joe junior who's gonna be first but he died tragically and then it was -- John F. Kennedy. Who became president Bobby Kennedy was his attorney general and the legacy of that family in the form of the male heirs ends today -- we Kennedy Smith. You receive a lot of the Kennedys come through now and on top of that if it is tell us -- What it's lost bird and his wife is Carol airline can. Then here's the other question. When you it was a good one we just in my head. Or I trust right OK if the other question. As you're Kennedy and you will see all these other reporters gather around and salute you are you a little angry saying he tortured us. Everything we've done all the beaches we've gone -- don't believe data. You low rollover -- a library and the way I think now is because the Kennedy family. Worked the publicity machine from the very beginning. Weird you know you read stories about how. John F Kennedy's story with PT 19 turned into profiles of courage and who really wrote that book and whether he is the president and former president did. Through their whole trajectory of Camelot they work the publicity machine and so you know. I would say that it would not have been hard for Ted Kennedy get any of those reporters on the phone any. Hour of the day or night simplest for them you know when we get the media publicity it cuts both ways."

" Because it if I have to die and that according to reports I will but I do it that way."

" Having you and I have to say go by the people put everything prospective sale and almost choose -- in which -- I agree that is a good -- now mean that it's even more to letter to the door. He wrote he wrote that final letter about what he wanted them to do in his -- hits that's also very helpful on and that was a plus it's not horribly painful but is a good way to go -- the -- he's got a book out it's gonna come out and a week."

" And it is already was twenty yesterday on Amazon measures have propelled number when he got an eight million dollar advance for it. Took all his diaries for fifty years of people wanna know too. My humble opinion. The relationship with -- Brothers what did you do had to get over how did you deal he never played that card at the very rarely would he talk about I'm doing this for John I'm doing this for a Bobby and my brother would have been very rarely does he referenced but you've got to wonder how. How revealing it will be you know will it be what really went on or will it be a -- right to vote tomorrow."

" Yes but I will need to act dressed Calderon a scandal and that was also bought some controversy there -- scandal in his life he."

" Delve into that world to me if you wanna clear the slate isn't cured. Final memoir the way to clear the slate that would Geraldine what did with Thomas to frank he -- here's the real story right it when I'm gone and that was the name of the book. Right we'll know one a week when it comes up bank. Hey thanks for join as an Alley I got her."

" How on -- shared the couch with you and it's time into -- not tomorrow then hop. I said hey thanks that's."

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always had to worry about what he wanted. And he got his run for president out fairly early. Which allowed him to kind of folks on the issues that were important to him I think service senator Durbin could replace issues but he's part of the Democrat leadership. He has a run for president yet. So he's going to be forced to do some things to kind of move towards the middle if he wants to further his agenda in his career. As opposed to take on the liberal -- which is what Ted Kennedy did so well for so long as Steve obviously have never been in the US senate I still don't understand how the