[Maria} Shriver takes on topic she knows well

[rodeodance]

Source: ap

Shriver takes on topic she knows well

By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

NEW YORK - There are few stories about the Kennedy family that could rightly be described as undertold. Maria Shriver thinks she has one. It's about her dad. California's first lady has produced a documentary about Sargent Shriver, the Kennedy in-law who helped create 1960s era programs such as the Peace Corps, Head Start and Legal Services for the Poor and was the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 1972.

The film, "American Idealist," debuts Monday night on PBS (check local listings).

His daughter believes few people remember or are even aware of Shriver's role in American history.

"A lot of people just focused on Uncle Jack or on Uncle Bobby, or they focused on Lyndon Johnson," she told The Associated Press. "There wasn't a lot of media for the quote-unquote second-tier players."..........

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[classykaren]

1. She is right n/t

[humbled_opinion]

2. Its time that a Democratic Candidate

Talks about rebuffing those programs... The Peach Corps... etc are ways to get America's moral compass straight again.

[DavidDvorkin]

3. I assume you don't mean "rebuffing"

Which is to say, rejecting. Perhaps you meant strengthening them again?

[humbled_opinion]

4. Yes I did sorry too much

World of Warcraft where a Buff is a strengthening.... sometimes I regress... lol

[keroro gunsou]

5. *snicker*

+.01 skill to H_O's foot in mouth skill :headbang:

don't feel too bad, that was the first thing i thought of when i read it... and all i thought was "aw shit this guy is a red mage in FFxi"

[undeterred]

6. Being married to a dufus?

[Xenotime]

7. ha! or how I manage living with a pug.