Sir;...If you take a look at Mr. Kennedy as history must, you will see a place holder...If he had been Caesar, he would never have crossed the Rubicon... If he had been Jefferson, we would not have the Declaration of Independence, and if he had been Lincoln, we would not have the Emancipation Proclimation...The ability to see clearly and act firmly were not in his character... Like so many others, he said the Democratic party speaks for the people, and never minds how much they stop up the mouths of the people with sop so they cannot speak for themselves... We all know we must work with others to achieve good... Where was the good in opposing Mr. President Carter only because he was vulnerable, and honest, and did not know how to manipulate the beltway system??? That man helped to give us Reagan, and helped us to realize all of Mr. Carter's worst fears for this country...At least Mr. Carter was a man, and could tell it like it is...People like Mr. Kennedy are too common in every community in this country...Without doubt, they get things done; but it is by way of denying the people justice to hold power for ones own self...He is lauded and larded with syrup from politicians on both sides, and from every party...It is because he moved for the left, and moved with only baby steps for the right... Not one of them can say how we shall reach virtue, or honor, or morality, or community, or justice, or welfare, or tranquility with baby steps...We need not alone haste; but a firm and true purpose...If we should die with the acclaim of our enemies and with the envy of our friends, and have left the mighty work of this day to other generations, we deserve no more than ignomy...I would trade a thousand Kennedys for any number who can seek, and bear, and speak the truth...And the fact is, that such people who can tell the truth as they see it will never stand for election, or be elected...No matter how essential is truth to democracy it is not a democratic virtue...To do justice we must often say what few wish to hear, and to be elected we must flatter, and fill empty humanity with shine...Thanks...Sweeney