Ted Vs. Teddy, Who Was The Better Man?

Lately there has been a great deal of talk about two famous men who shared only a name. The two Men Ted Kennedy and Ted Williams, were each famous however led very different lives. Lets take a look into the two men and you can decide for yourself who the better man was.

Theodore "Ted" Williams was born into poverty, his mother did the best she could to raise he and his very ill brother. Ted later went on the become one of the greatest American Hero's of all time. Arguably one of the greatest baseball hitters of all time, the Splendid Splinter had a swing like no other.

Having played his entire career with the Boston Red Sox, Ted, was more to Boston than just a ball player. Not only did he play baseball, but he was a Fighter Pilot in two wars, and championed one of the greatest charities of all time, the Jimmy Fund.

Later in life, Ted enjoyed fishing and relocated to Florida however his love for baseball never died and he was seen every year at Spring Training in camp with the Sox watching all the young hitters. As he aged, his vision failed him however still being a fan of Baseball and the Red Sox Ted, made a special guest appearance at Fenway Park in the summer of 1999.

Because of complications with the erecting of the new ball park in Milwaukee, the Mid Summer Classic was moved to Fenway Park in Boston. Prior to the game, the living greats were all brought out onto the field, including one Pete Rose who was given special permission to attend the game by Major League Baseball. Then in what can only be described as a scene out of a Hollywood movie can Ted Williams on a golf cart from Center field. The Flash bulbs went wild and yet a pin could have been head dropping from within the hallowed grounds of Fenway. With what seemed like hours the Golf Cart slowly made its way to the infield by the pitchers mound and like children in a candy shop all the great players of the day and from the past surrounded Ted. The last baseball memory of Ted was him throwing that All Star Game First pitch and considering he was almost totally blind the ball sailed right over the plate...

Edward "Teddy" Kennedy was a man completely different than Ted Williams, Kennedy was not a war hero, didn't play baseball, and he sure was not born into poverty. Teddy Kennedy was born into wealth, his Grandfather was a bootlegger and a pretty lowly character. As a young adult Teddy was rumored to have driven his car into a pond while drunk and waiting for more than thirty minutes to go for help, knowing full well that his girlfriend was trapped in the submerged vehicle. Teddy later went on to become a career politician even having run a failed campaign in 1980 against then sitting President Jimmy Carter who later that year went on to suffer the greatest electoral college defeat in the history of the country to the late great Ronald Reagan.

Throughout his career as US Senator Teddy, a Democrat, later a Liberal and near the end of his life and career a closet Communist, fought for things like medicare, social security, and socialized health care. These programs while well intentioned had and will continue to have serious repercussions, medicare and social security are pretty much bankrupt, and socialized medicine while still not in effect will cause devastation among our health care community and looking at the failed socialized systems of Canada and Europe we need to look no further than our own back yards for a system that not only works well but would work a million times better if the government got out of it!

So again I ask you who was the better man? Theodore "Ted" Williams or Edward "Teddy" Kennedy?