Bobby Kennedy assassinated 40 years ago tonight

AmericanUnity

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Thu Jun-05-08 05:57 PM
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Bobby Kennedy assassinated 40 years ago tonight

Bobby Kennedy was gunned down at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles 40 years ago today.

Had he lived and won the WH America would have extricated itself from Vietnam, racial tensions would have been eased, and average Americans would have been treated with much more respect.

He was a champion of the poor and downtrodden.

Barack Obama reminds me of RFK.

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AmericanUnity

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Thu Jun-05-08 05:58 PM
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1. I remember it like it was yesterday

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Hippo_Tron

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Thu Jun-05-08 05:58 PM
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2. Easily the best President we never had

I can't even fathom how different this country would have been if 1968, 1980, and 2000 elections had produced different results.

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sicksicksick_N_tired

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Thu Jun-05-08 06:00 PM
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3. He threatened the military/industrial regime,...and they killed him.

:cry:

Just like they killed his brother and MLK!!!

WE MUST PROTECT OBAMA!!!! :grr:

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AmericanUnity

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Thu Jun-05-08 06:03 PM
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6. "They" is right

The actual assassin's name is Thane Eugene Cesar, who was dressed as a security guard and standing behind RFK.

The autopsy report by Tom Noguchi states categorically that RFK was killed by three bullets fired at point blank range from behind.

God, if he'd been elected Vietnam would have been over, Nixon would have faded into history, and racial tensions and poverty in America given the attention it needed.

You're so right. He's the best president we never had. Good statement.

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aquart

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Thu Jun-05-08 06:01 PM
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4. I didn't know till morning.

My mother woke me up with the news. She looked white and completely shaken. She didn't like him. She never liked him, not since he worked for HUAC, but this had her rattled to her bones.

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RadiationTherapy

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Thu Jun-05-08 06:02 PM
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5. Oh, yeah! I just heard Clinton talking about this last week or so. nt

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Sultana

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Thu Jun-05-08 06:06 PM
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7. RIP Bobby

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uppityperson

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Thu Jun-05-08 06:38 PM
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8. The defining moment of the transition from childhood to non-childhood.

Hearing, on the radio, that he was shot. That was the moment I moved away from being a child.

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99th_Monkey

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Thu Jun-05-08 06:44 PM
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9. I posted this earlier today, and it felt good. I've been tripping out on this 40 year thing

In case you missed it ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3392432&mesg_id=3392432

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newmajority

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Thu Jun-05-08 06:44 PM
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10. I posted a video tribute earlier today

To Abraham, Martin, JFK, and Bobby. You can see it here

I'd like to think all of these guys were happy to see history made this week. Bobby thought it would happen in 30 years. Better late than never, I guess.......

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WillowTree

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Thu Jun-05-08 06:58 PM
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11. Actually, it was 40 years ago LAST night.

It was 12:15 AM on June 5th when Senator Kennedy was shot. I remember so clearly how we heard the news first thing in the morning on the fifth and, through his tears, my Dad commented that it was such a horrible way to start his birthday.

Rest in peace Bobby and Daddy. I miss both of you so.

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AmericanUnity

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Fri Jun-06-08 12:45 AM
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12. Guess it depends what part of the country you live in, but either way it was a huge tragedy for Amer

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