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133. I did see it. And I thought about DU's Kennedy bashers and wonder how I came to be on

Thu Jul 31, 2014, 10:05 PM

Jul 2014

a forum that harbors such people. I left other forums long ago where almost the exact same attacks were constantly made on the Kennedy family, but those forums were dominated by the far right. I sought out Democratic forums in order not to have deal with it. Breitbart eg, is a perfect example of Kennedy bashing. His attacks on Ted Kennedy were no different to what we are seeing here on RFK Jr.

I am glad to see that most DUers dismiss them, put them on ignore, or let them know what they think of them. Still, it would be nice to have one place on the web where we could escape that kind of garbage.

I thought the show tonight was very good. It provided a lot of information on that period. I wondered when I saw the photo of RFK announcing his run for the WH with several of his children sitting behind him, if one of them was RFK Jr.

It is hard to understand how at the end of that tumultuous period this country ended up with Nixon. That I cannot understand.

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Did YOU hear RFK, Jr. mentioned in the Public Eye over the last 18 months? [View all] Octafish Jul 2014 OP

Keep tugging that forelock, octafish...nt SidDithers Jul 2014 #1

I found this interesting: REP Jul 2014 #23

Yeah, Salon put this up in place of the article... SidDithers Jul 2014 #24

Salon is a corporate rag RobertEarl Jul 2014 #55

Coming from someone who loves ENEnews... zappaman Jul 2014 #59

Salon is a whore to corporations RobertEarl Jul 2014 #62

Uh huh. zappaman Jul 2014 #63

Do you not Love Enenews? RobertEarl Jul 2014 #65

You misspelled batshit. NuclearDem Jul 2014 #66

Thank you sincerely for the first laugh of the day! zappaman Jul 2014 #68

First laugh? RobertEarl Jul 2014 #76

I humbly bow to your hilariousness. zappaman Jul 2014 #83

Why do you keep repeating that, SidDithers of DU? Do you want me to be a Republican? Octafish Jul 2014 #34

There are a few H2O Man Aug 2014 #146

50,000 people were killed by Vioxx alone MannyGoldstein Jul 2014 #106

Millions have been saved by vaccines... SidDithers Jul 2014 #112

I defended anti-vaccers? Really? MannyGoldstein Jul 2014 #113

Oh, sorry, I thought we were playing the false-accusation game... SidDithers Jul 2014 #114

June 11, 2013. HuckleB Jul 2014 #2

When was the last time William K. Black appeared on US television? Octafish Jul 2014 #48

Who gives a crap? HuckleB Jul 2014 #49

Excuse for what? You denigrating Robert F. Kennedy Jr.? Octafish Jul 2014 #52

You can conflate, all you want. HuckleB Jul 2014 #53

Not conflation. Denigration is the issue. Octafish Jul 2014 #58

"important news about his father's beliefs in regards to the assassination of the President." zappaman Jul 2014 #61

''Your manners overwhelm me.'' Octafish Jul 2014 #121

June 1, 2013. HuckleB Jul 2014 #3

When was the last time Greg Palast appeared on US television? Octafish Jul 2014 #50

Yawn. HuckleB Jul 2014 #51

June 12, 2013 HuckleB Jul 2014 #4

He's an anti-Vax kook. longship Jul 2014 #5

In the national news media? Iggo Jul 2014 #6

Here in Detroit, his dad's POV regarding JFK assassination was reported in the Free Press... Octafish Jul 2014 #35

July 16, 2014... SidDithers Jul 2014 #7

July 21, 2014... SidDithers Jul 2014 #8

Still upset the Kennedy kids didn't blow the lid of the assassinations last year... zappaman Jul 2014 #9

His 'daddy' was Robert F. Kennedy whose opinion on his brother's assassination is of great interest sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #11

Ted, on the other hand, was bought off? jberryhill Jul 2014 #28

Ted Kennedy was a human being who was not infallible. He was eg, totally wrong about Bush Jr's sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #42

so, Bobby got more information and changed his mind... jberryhill Jul 2014 #43

How would I know, I wasn't privy to their personal conversations. It's very likely that he did not sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #119

His "daddy" worked for McCarthy and retained a great fondness for him REP Jul 2014 #33

RFK made a remarkable transformation between the '50s and '60s Art_from_Ark Jul 2014 #127

Lol, thanks Octafish. Apparently it worked as I saw a snarky comment yesterday about 'waiting for sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #10

Many here at the "underground" are quite content with their programming villager Jul 2014 #26

I've noticed that too. sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #37

When dealing with conspiracy theories.... NCTraveler Jul 2014 #12

Not sure. I do know RFK, Jr. and his sister said what their good father told them. Octafish Jul 2014 #36

Not sure? Interesting. Kennedys are about as large of a dynasty as you will ever see. NCTraveler Jul 2014 #44

Oh, I'm sure I prefer the Kennedy over the Bush philosophy. Octafish Jul 2014 #47

Since dynasties appear to be 'in' these days, I most definitely 'like to pick and choose' as you put sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #103

Well, we've done appreciation threads, 50 shades threads....is RFK going to be the new thing we all msanthrope Jul 2014 #13

A few years out of date, but some things are timeless. NuclearDem Jul 2014 #16

December is my favorite! zappaman Jul 2014 #18

We gotta make a "Summer Camp" weekly schedule! If I knew how to do that, I would, but msanthrope Jul 2014 #19

Well 4Q2u2 Jul 2014 #56

What's the point of this? mathematic Jul 2014 #14

My purpose is to gauge DUers' awareness of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's real views. Octafish Jul 2014 #117

Just Commenting Right Now So I Can ChiciB1 Jul 2014 #15

Following your tangent, Alvin Toffler predicted this, way back in the 1970s Electric Monk Jul 2014 #21

I Obviously Missed His Book! But I Do Think "I'm" ChiciB1 Jul 2014 #29

Still not changing that RFK Jr is a dangerous batshit crazy asshat. NuclearDem Jul 2014 #17

a lot of perfectly normal people believe crazy things. Believing that vacines cause autism in Douglas Carpenter Jul 2014 #20

I heard him say some incredibly stupid things REP Jul 2014 #22

I heard him say some incredibly brave things. Octafish Jul 2014 #54

You're confusing "bravery" with "hubris" REP Jul 2014 #60

No. Brave is standing up to the powerful and speaking truth. Octafish Jul 2014 #64

Name-calling by a powerful man is not brave. It's childish. REP Jul 2014 #75

Childish indeed... SidDithers Jul 2014 #82

Yeah. Like the time you implied Naomi Klein was a drunk in college. Octafish Jul 2014 #86

I don't get them confused. You do...nt SidDithers Jul 2014 #87

Did you actually see Naomi Klein drinking, SidDithers of DU? Octafish Jul 2014 #122

Naomi Klein bobduca Aug 2014 #140

Liberals and progressives are so low. Octafish Feb 2016 #147

Big Media and debunkers johnnyreb Jul 2014 #25

hey man glad to see you still hanging around! n/t wildbilln864 Aug 2014 #142

Need one more option Doctor_J Jul 2014 #27

"Other" H2O Man Jul 2014 #30

I'm sure he's a good guy and his environmental work is stellar zappaman Jul 2014 #31

Sorry, but Kennedy is the clown here... SidDithers Jul 2014 #32

Almost no more mercury in vaccines RobertEarl Jul 2014 #57

... SidDithers Jul 2014 #67

They quit using mercury RobertEarl Jul 2014 #69

And autism rates continued to rise... SidDithers Jul 2014 #70

RFK Jr got thiomersal removed from vaccines! NuclearDem Jul 2014 #72

You saying RFK had no effect on thiomersal being removed? RobertEarl Jul 2014 #73

Here, let's review. NuclearDem Jul 2014 #78

You are confused RobertEarl Jul 2014 #93

The fuck are you blabbing on about? NuclearDem Jul 2014 #102

WTF? Not all mercury is the same? wildbilln864 Jul 2014 #134

... NuclearDem Aug 2014 #135

mercury compounds are different! wildbilln864 Aug 2014 #137

Anyone with a functioning knowledge of chemistry knows what I meant. NuclearDem Aug 2014 #144

right! anyone can read your mind, wildbilln864 Aug 2014 #145

Wow. zappaman Aug 2014 #136

See what I put up with? RobertEarl Aug 2014 #139

I know. wildbilln864 Aug 2014 #141

Too bad there is no vaccine for that RobertEarl Aug 2014 #143

It's the magic time machine... SidDithers Jul 2014 #74

You have been blaming him all along RobertEarl Jul 2014 #77

The medical community advised it removed as a precautionary principle. NuclearDem Jul 2014 #79

Comedy gold... SidDithers Jul 2014 #81

And you? RobertEarl Jul 2014 #95

Oh, you were done a long, long time ago... SidDithers Jul 2014 #96

I've long since stopped being surprised by the anti-science nonsense that gets posted here. NuclearDem Jul 2014 #80

Objections to that is not crazy talk; it's science. MattBaggins Jul 2014 #90

Uh. NuclearDem Jul 2014 #71

What wisdom? MattBaggins Jul 2014 #88

You left one out. zappaman Jul 2014 #89

So why was it removed? RobertEarl Jul 2014 #91

I told you why it was removed MattBaggins Jul 2014 #92

That is only your opinion RobertEarl Jul 2014 #94

No no no.. Not opinion.. Medical research even from the time it was removed MattBaggins Jul 2014 #97

So they put it back in? No RobertEarl Jul 2014 #98

I don't give a flying fuck about RFK jr MattBaggins Jul 2014 #99

Here is RFK being quoted at link posted RobertEarl Aug 2014 #138

No they didn't. NuclearDem Jul 2014 #104

Why do you have to keep calling him an asshat? Punkingal Jul 2014 #101

Gosh, do I trust H2O Man, or Sid? Tell you what, sport DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2014 #111

Gosh. RFK Jr, Jenny McCarthy, Alex Jones, naturalnews and whale.to ... SidDithers Jul 2014 #115

When you look again, you'll see I was not commenting on the OP DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2014 #126

Thank you, most of us here on DU are pretty smart. Whenever we see something that looks like a sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #39

Thanks. H2O Man Jul 2014 #40

You are a wiser person than I am H20 Man, not to engage such wonderful people. I'm afraid I can't sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #41

14 years ago, H2O Man Jul 2014 #45

Horrible that this happened to your nephew. And wonderful of RFK Jr to come to your assistance in sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #118

Well said. CanSocDem Jul 2014 #46

That's a good example, thanks for the reminder. bananas Jul 2014 #84

Yes, it can. It's not the DU we first came to, that's for sure. But it's the internet, and we have sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #107

Too funny. zappaman Jul 2014 #108

Of course not, that would be foolish on a Democratic Forum. sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #109

VERY astute: "I suspect that RFK is working on something important, possibly FRACKING, just a guess" Hekate Jul 2014 #128

Funny, those very same people are in this thread! Rex Jul 2014 #38

Remember Ohio in 2004? RFK, Jr. wrote about it in Rolling Stone in 2006. Octafish Jul 2014 #85

I don't listen to or watch any national news media. LWolf Jul 2014 #100

Those who study the Kennedy assassinations understand these cogent arguments to "Public Eye" MrMickeysMom Jul 2014 #105

Only at DU, Octafish. Only at DU. Hekate Jul 2014 #110

The only business mentioned by name in the Constitution is the Press. Octafish Jul 2014 #120

They don't count. H2O Man Jul 2014 #123

Thank you. You are correct. Octafish Jul 2014 #124

Thanks! H2O Man Jul 2014 #125

No truer words have been spoken. What they say does not matter at all sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #129

Thanks. H2O Man Jul 2014 #130

Lol, that reminds of Wilbur from Charlotte's Web when he tried to argue that sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #131

I think this thread, H2O Man Jul 2014 #132

I did see it. And I thought about DU's Kennedy bashers and wonder how I came to be on sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #133

"other" 2banon Jul 2014 #116