So I've heard people mention him, I've seen the shows talking about him, from your personal experience or thoughts, who was RFK and what made him special to america?
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To me Jack and Bobby were two sides of the same coin, more than brothers, confidants, I think Bobby knew every move Jack would/did make. Even more so than LBJ and the rest of the cabinet. There was a joke when I was in the Navy about Bobby, Jack, and the Bay of Pigs. The President gave Bobby a note about air cover during the operation, Bobby put it in his pocket and promply forgot it. True or not, I don't know but the air cover was no show, ok.
When he desided to run against LBJ in 68 IMHO he really became his own man (out of Jack's shadow) and he changed into a much better, more caring person. You could see him grow as he made his whisle stops, he would have made a great president IMHO.
I was as hurt by Bobby's death as I was by Jack's. What a loss, so very sad. I was sitting and watching him speak after winning in Ca and still remember him wiping his hair back from his forehead and saying "Now lets go to Chicago and win this thing!" the crowd roared and the next thing you know he was dead.cnc66, unluckyluciano, dolphindebby and 1 other person like this. -
thanks bro. I appreciate it............. bumping for my own selfish purposes.....
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Well, what sticks in my mind about RFK is he ordered wiretaps on MLK's phones, the fact that is "lost" to history is mind blowiing to me.
It's a key compenent of the times, yet is rarely mentioned..if at all.gafinfan and unluckyluciano like this. -
I have to think about this lucky, I will return.gafinfan and unluckyluciano like this. -
AS I said he would have made one hell of a President. JMHO:up: -
As for Bobby way to many questions and way to many bullet holes in walls. The Kennedy brothers were marked because they wanted to do the right thing. Teddy is a different breed of kitty, no guts IMHO, so sad.:pity: -
RFK genuinely cared about the poor. he was to the left of JFK, but his arguments carried more weight and had more meaning in that era, imo.
i think that it cant be discounted though that there is some romanticism tied to him because he was killed. he get a pass on some things because of that. same with JFK. the fact that JFK got into vietnam is little more than triviaunluckyluciano likes this.