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MoonlightHillFarm

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5. Bobby

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 03:35 PM

23 hrs ago

That’s the day I lost hope. I was supposed to go to the Ambassador Hotel for the victory party, but had a final the next day, so stayed home to study. Needless to say, the blue book essay I wrote for the final had nothing to do with the subject matter. I wrote about Bobby. And got a C

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RFK was murdered 58 years ago today. And then we got Nixon. I don't think America will ever really recover. [View all] Botany Yesterday OP

Also, Nixon's campaign was the beginning of the Southern Strategy, which is the core of the right. themaguffin Yesterday #1

And with Nixon we got Roger Ailes who went onto start Fox News* w/Rupert Murdoch and 4 1/4 years ... Botany 23 hrs ago #2

No, the country never has recovered from those "coincidental" 68er 23 hrs ago #3

It was a truely Devastating event for our country, and the world.... electric_blue68 23 hrs ago #4

Bobby MoonlightHillFarm 23 hrs ago #5

Woah. That's even more personally devastating! How terrible for you! electric_blue68 23 hrs ago #6

And TY for the funeral train short. electric_blue68 13 hrs ago #7

11/22/1963. That Marks The Beginning Of Fascism Here. ColoringFool 12 hrs ago #8