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Mr. Evil

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16. The powers that be

Reply to maveric (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 5, 2017, 04:20 PM

Jun 2017

could never allow another Kennedy presidency. Looking at suicide bombers of today and it proves one thing. You can always find someone gullible or trainable or just plain fucked up enough to do your bidding for you. Sirhan Sirhan, just another in a long list.

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What could have been... maveric Jun 2017 #1

The powers that be Mr. Evil Jun 2017 #16

Exactly right. RFK wins and this Country goes down an entirely different path Va Lefty Jun 2017 #2

That must have been a VERY good day to at last two cretins I can think of: sandensea Jun 2017 #10

He was such a gifted speaker. sinkingfeeling Jun 2017 #3

I saw him as a kid 3 days before at a rally in SF kimbutgar Jun 2017 #4

Lucky! deurbano Jun 2017 #8

such a tragic loss bdamomma Jun 2017 #5

I remember that day quite well. Tet offensive, MLK murder, and Kennedy's death. It was kairos12 Jun 2017 #6

It was the moment tat transitioned me from child too adult uppityperson Jun 2017 #7

I remember like it was yesterday. I was watching him live on TV as it happened. crazylikafox Jun 2017 #9

I remember seeing a flag at half staff before I heard the report and I knew it was Bobby. Vinca Jun 2017 #11

I met him while at a youth conference in DC in 1967. jalan48 Jun 2017 #12

I have been binge watching Mad Men. Lucky Luciano Jun 2017 #13

The best thing about Mad Men mainstreetonce Jun 2017 #24

I remember the next morning Victory at Yorktown Jun 2017 #14

I was a college student. murielm99 Jun 2017 #15

A sad day. Then and still. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #17

Actually, RFK was a long way from having the delegate count PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #18

You have a point. murielm99 Jun 2017 #19

True this. (nt) ehrnst Jun 2017 #20

My mom never got over him prosecuting Jimmy Hoffa and supported McCarthy in 68. mountain grammy Jun 2017 #29

I was with my friends at the small California town's Gene McCarthy HQ warching the returns... Hekate Jun 2017 #21

Why the crack about Bill Clinton? Why lump him in with Vietnam? ehrnst Jun 2017 #22

I went to a JFK dinner in Northern Illinois murielm99 Jun 2017 #23

His father, not grandfather Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #31

Chris Kennedy, the candidate is RFK's son. murielm99 Jun 2017 #33

My fault: sorry! Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #36

I was a 16 year old High School student when...... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2017 #25

Pretty much why he had to die mountain grammy Jun 2017 #26

I had the first of only two eerie dreams I've ever had regarding this. nolabear Jun 2017 #27

... Different Drummer Jun 2017 #28

I was in 3rd grade Awsi Dooger Jun 2017 #30

Thanks to the many of you who shared your personal stories and a note about Bill Clinton Chasstev365 Jun 2017 #32

I miss him. Lifelong Protester Jun 2017 #34

I still have my RFK Peace Sign Button from 1968... GReedDiamond Jun 2017 #35

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Jun 2017 #37

how different our world would look now. niyad Jun 2017 #38