Cesar Chavez: I saw the movie last night with my wife

[gopiscrap]

while we were in Portland. It is an excellent movie and I would recommend anyone to go see it!

In a part of the movie, there is a clip of Ronald Reagan as governor of California bitching about how immoral Chavez and Robert Kennedy and the grape boycott is. You should have seen the clip, the venom in his voice and hatred on his face was clearly evident.

My wife who was with me leaned over and whispered, "I wouldn't be surprised if Reagan had something to do with Robert's assassination." I had never thought about that. I was really young and wasn't too cognizant of all the nuances of politics and the news plus, I was living in Germany at the time. DU'ers what do you think? Do think there is a possibility that the old fuck wad could have been complicit either by commission or omission in the RFK assassination? I know it may seem like a dumb question, but she got me to thinking.

[Dawson Leery]

1. Reagan was filfth.

[gopiscrap]

2. I totally agree

so you think there might be a chance?

[Dawson Leery]

10. He did have the backing of some horrible people thoughout his political career.

Anything is possible.

[Ken Burch]

11. It did happen on his turf

But Reagan was more likely the beneficiary, rather than a plotter(can you picture him personally plotting ANYTHING?)

Nixon seems more plausible(possibly in collusion with LBJ, since Bobby had forced Johnson out of the race and was the only Democrat with a realistic chance of getting nominated who had a real shot at stopping ol' Milhous).

I always kind of figured that, once LBJ knew he wouldn't get another term, he was bound and determined to make sure NO Democrat would replace him. That, to my mind, is the most plausible explanation for his insistence of forcing Humphrey to defend the war in his campaign speeches all the way to Chicago(since he knew Humphrey would make himself unelectable by doing that).

[yeoman6987]

12. A lot of respect for Minnesota and Washington D.C.

Those were the only two spots in the country to not reelect President Reagan in 1984. I am still shocked that Maryland went for Reagan….Ugh!

[oldandhappy]

3. Saw the film last Saturday

and agree with you that it is worth seeing. I recommend it also. Re Reagan, I don't know. Hate has many forms. The growers and the politicians were definitely not on the side of the workers but that is nothing new then or now. I'll be interested to see what others have to say.

[WillyT]

4. Thanks... Going This Weekend...

[hunter]

5. Reagan fronted for hidden players.

Whatever was going on in Reagan's mean, venal, empty, and incurious mind, he was an actor, not a director.

[gopiscrap]

7. What I meant was he might have turned a blind eye

or knew before hand what was going to happen and didn't intercede....

[mountain grammy]

6. Something I never thought about, but everything turned out fine for Reagan

not so much for RFK. what that blow did to all of us; proved once and for all, true liberals who capture the imagination of the people, who are popular, even loved, by the people, will no longer be allowed to survive in America. If character assassination won't do it, there's the real deal.
Yeah, I could believe Reagan was behind it. Probably silly, but the way things turned out...

[gopiscrap]

8. those are kinda my thoughts also!

[struggle4progress]

9. I've always regarded Ronnie as an empty suit, the slick snake-oil salesman

His job was never to decide what happened: it was to deflect attention from whatever the boys were actually doing behind his caravan, a matter with which he never much concerned himself

Ronnie stood up and spoke sonorously, and when too many people tried to peek in back, he'd razzle-dazzle some controversy so everybody would run around front again to see what all the commotion was

In the 80s, I spent far too much time paying attention to Ronnie and far too little time attending to the creeps and thugs back behind his caravan: it was hard not to, because he was good at it: