RFK: I Miss him every Day. Any thoughts or Observations?

[GalleryGod]

[Maccagirl]

1. 1968-seems like a lifetime ago

and in many ways it is. RFK himself wondered (according to aides) whether he could bring about real change. America doesn't like change, you know. I retch every time I hear the phrase "Reagan Revolution"-the Reagan era was the polar opposite of a revolution-it was REGRESSION. FOr Bobby's sake I hope he's at peace.

[Jimbo S]

2. If he would have been elected in '68

just think how different our world would have been (for the better).

No War
No Nixon
-> No Carter
-> No Reagan
-> No Bush

[deutsey]

3. Something I wrote about RFK back in 2002 for DU

http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/02/07/27_rfk.html

RFK: A Reflection on True American Leadership
July 27, 2002
By Dwayne Eutsey


"At stake is not simply the leadership of our party and even our country. It is our right to moral leadership of this planet."
— RFK announcing his presidential candidacy, 1968
Robert F. Kennedy is a personal hero of mine.

For me, RFK (or Bobby, which seems more appropriate to me) embodied the best qualities of authentic American leadership. Until his abrupt murder, Bobby’s pragmatic idealism inspired a nation ripping itself apart to come Together - and it still speaks to us now in a time when corrupted, illegitimate power has such a stranglehold on our country.

Unlike what lamely passes for leadership today, Bobby was the real thing. The inclusive vision of America he proclaimed emerged from a conscience deepened by personal tragedy and moved by the suffering of oppressed people he encountered around the world. Instead of simply talking about compassion, Bobby demonstrated it. He was a true uniter: he brought together anti-war activists and veterans; Hispanics, inner city blacks, and rural whites; young and old; the affluent and the poor. And he was truly one of the most eloquent, impassioned political orators America has ever heard.

MORE...

[bridgit]

4. my sainted brother Willy was working in Robert's campaign and was in the room...

when Robert was shot...it is all so very sad :cry: Robert F. Kennedy

[GalleryGod]

5. THANK YOU ALL!

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[kedrys]

6. It's not much solace, but

John Edwards is starting to look like him a little, in his best moments.

Gads I miss the Kennedys. And I was knee-high to a cricket when all that madness happened.

[GalleryGod]

7. I've noticed that "Bobby Essence" in John,also.

He's got my vote in the Jersey Primary.

[GOPisEvil]

8. I was born the same month he was assassinated.

His death and Humphrey's subsequent loss in the 1968 election drove my dad away from voting for quite a while. He started to feel like it was all rigged back then.

[EFerrari]

9. I do, too. That is all.

[Shell Beau]

10. Wasn't alive then so I only know him through history!!