If there is one thing you can say about us "M-Holes," it's that we are an arrogant bunch. Sure, people mock our accents, but what do you expect from New England? Fine, make fun of our attitudes, but remember that if we weren't so cranky we may have never started the revolution. We dumped tea into a harbor. We didn't steal it, we destroyed it. That's how cranky we can get.
We also got a lot to be proud for. We are the Commonwealth that started everything, and the history is always around us. Too much history to even be able to recount here. We got incredible colleges on both sides of the Charles. We also got great hospitals too, and I am grateful for that. Beth Israeli Deaconess, which I know saved my brother's life only because of how incredible they are. I know that in the city of Boston, Senator Kennedy is in the best of hands.
That's another thing that we always have. We have the Kennedy Clan. We are proud to be the Commonwealth that gave Camelot to America. The place where Bobby came from. We are proud to be the home of the Lion. There are few voters here who never once voted for Senator Kennedy. He has fought for us for over four decades with tooth and nail. He has stood as a pillar, and a reminder of his two older brothers. Running against Kennedy for the Senate was something Republicans would do as gentlemen, being fully aware that there was no way to beat him here. Indeed, people like Romney ran against Kennedy so they could try to make a name for themselves.
Within an hour of the news breaking, just about everyone knew about it. A lot of people had grim faces, a lot of people retold some of their own struggles with cancer. There are people who're sixty years old and have been voting for Kennedy since they were old enough to vote. People who still remember the fight that his brothers put up for everyone. Like the Curse of the Bambino, now broken, there was the Kennedy Curse. The Kennedy Clan has a checkered and tragic past, but Ted has dodged those misfortunes.
John and Bobby are immortals here. "Uncle Ted" already stands amongst them in greatness as a source for our pride. He has done more for the cause of progressives than anyone else that I can think of today. As much as we have him, he'll have Massachusetts. The Kennedy Clan is Massachusetts. Period.