Obama to deliver a eulogy at Kennedy funeral

By GottaLaff

There won't be a dry eye in the house, including my house:

President Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy Saturday at the funeral of Sen. Edward Kennedy, who will be buried later that day alongside his brothers at Arlington National Cemetery.

The Kennedy family announced his funeral will be held in Boston at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica. Both the funeral and burial service will be closed to the public.

Kennedy will lie in repose this week at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Dorchester, Mass. A motorcade on Thursday will bring Kennedy’s body from Hyannis Port, Mass., to the library, which Sen. Kennedy helped build for his brother. [...]

In a sign of respect, some Republicans and opponents of the legislation took a break from the [health care] debate.

It would be a real sign of respect if they called for an end to the mob mentality and lies... permanently.

The outpouring of sympathy that greeted Kennedy’s death prompted his staff to announce locations where the public could pay their respects to the late senator: the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum in Boston; the JFK Museum in Hyannis, Mass.; and Kennedy’s Washington office, 317 Russell Senate Building.

The staff passed along the family’s request that in lieu of flowers, those who wish to can send donations to educational programming at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.

They have also invited the public to share their thoughts and memories about the senator at www.tedkennedy.org .