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My last words on this OFF-topic topic. Don't forget, please, that you're the one who brought the Kennedy's into an article thread about Michelle Obama's speech.
I am an American, and around 3/4 Irish in my heritage, and proud of that. I, too, have read extensively about the Kennedy's. I, too, was disheartened by many things I read, saw, heard.
You wrote: "Of course, I wanted to believe in them, considering my nationality, but a person's ethnic background means nothing to me if I discover that the person is a hypocrite."
That's logical. You drew your line in the sand that you could not cross, in your own conscience.
As for myself, I will not discredit the good that has been done by several Kennedy's, and certainly not only the most famous three brothers. I do not canonize. And now I return to my original point: no legacy is perfect. No person is perfect. I do not necessarily condone if I forgive. I hesitate to finish with this, but maybe all the good that's been done can be reckoned as doing penance or paying back?
