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Robert Kennedy declared victory in California Democratic primary near midnight tonight 1968 ... [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 OP

Lord, what could we have been with RFK. MerryHolidays Jun 2022 #1

The path that became closed to us 😔😔😔 electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #24

I adored Bobby. Still cry hearing his recorded voce. sinkingfeeling Jun 2022 #2

Certain recordings, certain photos... +Abraham, Martin, and John.... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #25

One of the saddest days of my young life Jilly_in_VA Jun 2022 #3

My life was relatively ok (except for my mom's oft terrible asthma [eggshells]) But '68 was like... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #23

What could have been. . .The ongoing horror in 1968 marks, for me at least, niyad Jun 2022 #4

You ARE soooo right. We lost so much time trying improve things electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #26

Indescribable loss. Boomerproud Jun 2022 #5

When whomever makes "History" come alive! I'd hope younger gens would get a sense of what it felt... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #28

. crickets Jun 2022 #6

What would have happened if he didn't get shot? Polybius Jun 2022 #7

He might have had a possibility of being VP. former9thward Jun 2022 #11

I am really curious about the 1972 election had they won in 1968 Polybius Jun 2022 #12

Rockefeller or Reagan would be good possibilities. former9thward Jun 2022 #15

Even if he wasn't added to the ticket...His voice and passion for fainess would have continued to... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #27

1968 moondust Jun 2022 #8

Add to that, the Chicago police riots at the DNC Hekate Jun 2022 #32

My family and I watched it on TV while we were on Summer Vacation... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #34

I remember Jilly_in_VA Jun 2022 #66

We were watching B&W TV but, boy, the Rage on Daley's face!!! electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #67

Yup. moondust Jun 2022 #36

Apropos, Lawrence O'Donnell wrote a book about the events of 1968. keep_left Jun 2022 #9

Ah... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #29

I'm going to have to check that out.. love Lawrence O'Donnell electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #57

Unlike Humphrey, the eventual nominee, Kennedy had come out in opposition to the war. jalan48 Jun 2022 #10

I was 17 at the time and in college PlanetBev Jun 2022 #13

Woah.... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #30

Paul Schrade, an auto worker union official, who was escorting RFK says Sirhan did not shoot him. former9thward Jun 2022 #14

Yes. I've heard Mr Schrade! And there were ?12 bullet holes in the walls... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #35

I was a ten-year-old volunteer for Bobby Kennedy Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #16

💔 nolabear Jun 2022 #18

Oh, a bit envious I am... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #33

I had the lowest possible position in RFK's campaign: unpaid envelope stuffer. Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #37

Aw, it doesn't matter! You worked in his campaign! I've .... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #38

I also worked for McGovern in 1972 (at 14) Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #41

Ah... got some McG campaign stories... later for those! electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #42

Baaaahahahaaaaaaaaaa 👏😂 ... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #44

In my current moving elsewhere situation I packed some of my Campaign Buttons... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #74

Cool you remember Lindsay! .... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #39

As far as Lindsay goes... it probably would have been a pretty different Republican Party electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #59

Oh, I Forgot to mention your dad's documentary! Pretty sure I must of seen it... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #53

The scene that really stick in my mind Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #54

Yes...The Train... Omg that was SO Intense, so poignant.... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #55

And yeah, time hasn't really mitigated the pain. It's in a little memory box... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #56

I found it on YouTube Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #61

Thanks for finding it. And wow your dad did the '64 JFK film... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #63

My dad also made the Making of the President (1960) that chronicled the Kennedy-Nixon campaign. Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #64

Wow was probably too young to see that. I'll have to look for that too. electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #68

57 years later the Making of the President (1960) might not seem as groundbreaking Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #70

Ah, interesting, makes sense. TV was still pretty young then. electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #72

And for the most part television documentaries were very static in their natures. Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #77

Ah! And I probably saw more of his, and others works eventually... than the former electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #78

Took a quick look. Will be watching it over next few days. electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #75

I know one of the doctors who treated him. nolabear Jun 2022 #17

I'm sorry to read that your mom was among those lost in 1968 Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #20

Thank you. It was a year of despair. And yet we carried on. nolabear Jun 2022 #48

Good graciousness! 😮 So sorry you lost your mom that March before all the national crap hit the fan electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #21

Thank you. Strange days, those. But here we are! nolabear Jun 2022 #49

Yw. Not unusual to wander that way in thought. Strange times then & now. But... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #50

Oh, woah, that's also intense finding out about the doctor! electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #40

How on Earth after all these years did you suddenly find out that this doctor was part of that?! electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #58

We were working on a diversity project where we teach. nolabear Jun 2022 #65

Just... woah! electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #69

I was in high school watching the returns that night and saying "He's going to be President" Raine Jun 2022 #19

{hug} 😔 electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #22

About the time my transistor radio battery died & I went to bed discouraged that my candidate lost Hekate Jun 2022 #31

I was so hoping he would survive the attack...I had no idea of how badly he was shot. CTyankee Jun 2022 #62

Hmmm, not sure I knew, or we the public paying attention knew how bad it was... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #73

Momentum LessAspin Jun 2022 #43

Yes, and the fact that he brought such different groups of people togther electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #76

My dad's little transistor radio's batteries didn't run out, so... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #45

I will never get over how I felt the next day nini Jun 2022 #46

I know exactly how you feel. 😔 {hug} electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #60

Then there was the St Patrick's viewing, the funeral, the procession to... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #47

I don't want to imagine what it must have been like ecstatic Jun 2022 #51

You don't have to imagine u can see from our responses, and Big Emotions... electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #71

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2022 #52

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