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Mexico awards “Aztec Eagle” to Ted Kennedy
Mexico awarded Sen. Edward Kennedy the country’s highest honor “for his work defending the rights of immigrants during his decades in Congress,” Reuters reported.
According to the Mexican government’s official gazette, it presented the “Aztec Eagle” honor to Kennedy in Washington on Friday, the story said.
“He has denounced injustices suffered by immigrants,” and “promoted initiatives to promote full political participation and increased access to health and education services for the Mexican-American community,” the official announcement said.
Kennedy, who is recovering from brain surgery, was a lead sponsor of a broad immigration bill that would have given many illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship. The bill failed in the Senate last year.
Previous recipients of the “Aztec Eagle” honor include Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melissa, who were given the award last year for their philanthropic work in Mexico, Reuters said.
This photo from July 9 shows Kennedy’s first return to the Senate after his surgery.
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By George
July 21, 2008 12:12 PM | Link to this
Kennedy’s a traitor to our country. He lives in his high society neighborhood and has no clue what goes on in the real world.
By L1M89
July 21, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this
[‘Kennedy’s a traitor to our country.’]
Well said George, Teddy & his “high society” pals see themselves as royalty.
By TED PLUM
July 22, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this
Not hard to see why mexico would honor the whale of the senate, he not only built the one-way door for illegals to come in here, he stands down there and holds the door open for them. It is time for this old liberal to go home and live with his assinine legislation he has forced on the American taxpayers. Have the liberal press ask the American taxpayers what they think of “good old teddy” and they will get a different view of this over weight liberal.
By L1M89
July 23, 2008 2:21 AM | Link to this
[‘Have the liberal press ask the American taxpayers what they think of “good old teddy”’]
“The liberal press” isn’t interested in what “American taxpayers” think. “The delusional liberal press” thinks we gain all knowledge from “the liberal press” & it’s the fountain of all filtered knowledge. Bah, humbug…
By Larry
July 24, 2008 6:27 PM | Link to this
Shouldn’t this award embarrass Kennedy?