June 5, 1968

[murielm99]

15. I was a college student.

I had seen RFK at Valparaiso University about a month before his death. The room was packed. He quoted Camus about hungry children.

He went on to Indianapolis. He told the black crowds that MLK Jr. had just been assassinated. He is credited with calming the crowd and saving the city from riots. Other cities erupted into violence. It was just before spring break, and I had a hard time getting home.

RFK was shot, and died later, the morning of my last final. I was devastated.

When I went home a bit later, I was doing some door-to-door canvassing for a couple of local Democratic candidates. I don't even remember any more who they were. People came to their doors to commiserate about RFK. Some of them were republicans, too.

Yes. The were shooting all the good guys.

On edit: I don't like your snide commentary about Bill Clinton. He was a good President who had to put up with endless witch hunts and he had to twist himself into knots to get anything done.