And I do have a sad note tonight. Senator Kennedy is in the hospital. He's a dear and beloved friend to all of us. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the lion of the Senate.

我今晚感到不愉快，因为肯尼迪议员在医院，他是我们亲爱的朋友，我们的思念和祈祷去到了参议院以外。

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Edward Kennedy was known as "the liberal lion of the Senate."

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He became known as "the liberal lion of the Senate."

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Instead,the president found himself talking to the nation about the loss of a man known as "the liberal lion" of the Senate.

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Kennedy, deemed the Lion of the Senate, was an early, vocal supporter of Obama's primary and general election campaigns, despite having a longtime history with the Clintons.

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The transformation of the lion of the Senate into the baffled old man who, all too obviously, had little idea how to respond to the collapse of America's financial system in mid-September is painful indeed to read.

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Now when many people think of Ted Kennedy, they think of the unabashedly liberal Lion of the Senate, not Chappaquiddick.

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