United States President Barack Obama delivered a word of praise for Senator Edward Kennedy, Saturday (29 / 8) local time, as the fighter of the poor and marginalized, not broken by the tragedy that tore mercilessly for his political clan.
In a quiet and touching speech at Kennedy's funeral, Obama called Kennedy, who died Tuesday at age 77 years, as the "Happy Knight" who "managed to overcome the pain and tragedy that most of us know."
The Senator from Massachusetts, the last of three brothers who experienced the tragic and bitter politics, a "fighter for those who do not have the right; the soul of the Democratic Party, and the lion the U.S. Senate," Obama said.
He delivered speech to visitors who mourn in the Roman Catholic church in Boston in front of Vicki, Kennedy's widow, the relatives of the Kennedy dynasty, and former President Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
