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August 27, 2009

MITCHELL – Mississippi remembers political ‘giant’

Mississippi remembers political ‘giant’ “We’ve lost a giant,” said longtime civil rights leader Charles Evers, a friend of the Kennedy family. Those who are poor, downtrodden or down on their luck have “lost a great spokesman, and President Obama has lost a great supporter.” Kennedy died after a long battle with brain cancer. Many colleagues,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 27, 2009

Lott remembers Kennedy as ‘charming’

Lott remembers Kennedy as ‘charming’ Former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott opposed many of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s initiatives when the two were powerful forces on opposite sides of Washington’s political spectrum, but after Kennedy’s death late Tuesday, Lott called him a master of compromise who would be sorely missed on Capitol Hill. The 77-year-old Massachusetts…