What If RFK Had Become President?

Corncernig RFK, I guess we will never know. We have other problems than "What If"s". What a waste of news space.

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Must we forever read romantic drival about Robert Kennedy? You mention Richard Nixon in here as the consumate schemer -- but Richard Nixon (and his wife Pat) had lived the American Dream...they had worked hard and been a part of the real life of American'sin the 20th century.

The Kennedy's only discovered (by their own admission) that there had been a depression in America as late as1960 while campaigning in West Virginia some 30 years after the Depression had begun. Talk about being out of touch. Robert Kennedy had lived a life of relative ease in the bubble of wealth. He did not understand America and was a divisive political figure at the time of his terrible death.

Robert Kennedy was not going to be the nominee in 1968. He had not even had the courage to challenge President Lyndon Johnson -- he only jumped in after Senator Eugene McCarthy had already forced Johnson out of the race. The way Democratic Party politics worked back then assured Hubert Humphrey of the nomination. Kennedy was an ego trip...certainly and eloquent and elegant one...but not one that understood the political climate of 1968.

Robert Kennedy is a myth of the elitist media...we are to worship a 'what might have been that was never going to be' from the man who ordered Dr. King to be secretly taped and was known to belittle King in private conversations at trendy Washington parties.

Please, enough already with this nonsense. Kennedy was ruthless, unprincipled, felt entitled and would have been nothing had in not been for the family wealth. Perhaps a serious article on other political leaders of his era would be far more enlightening. This article surely is not.

What was the reason for writing this article? What if Adolph Hitler and Fidel Castro had never been born? That would have had a much more dramatic impact on the world than if RFK became president.

Of course, powerful people behind the scene had him killed because of his radical ideas, and they will do the same with Obama if he is elected. This country is run by the most powerful mafia in the world.

looks like bardic fool is appropriately named

I was able to meet RFK on the side of the road in Windside, Nebraska as his motorcade traveled from Norfolk to Wayne State College just weeks before his death. A small crowd of mothers and children( I was 9) had gathered at the edge of town to wave to the passing cars. The cars pulled over and stopped. I stood at the side of his car, inches from him as he was shaking hands and talking to us. I remember my mother telling him he looked tired. He just smiled that big teeth smile and said yes. I don't know if I would have ever voted for RFK; but I think he would have been a great leader. RFK was a man of BIG substance and great experience. I see Obama as a man of just BIG talk , no experience, and no substance. I think people will rally and vote for him for the wrong reasons. With a Democratic controlled Senate and House; we are in deep trouble. Watch the handouts begin and our taxes rise. KLL

The only good thing I can say about this POS is, we still do not know if HE murdered anyone like his younger brother. I jumped for joy the day I heard the news.

Craig, you may want to hold off on some of those comments. Though I agree with most, the US is far from prosperous - our workers have never made less than they do today or had lower standards of living. We are far from stable and with the coming elections that stability will worsen regardless of out come. And finally with the passing of the patriot act, passed under the guise of fear, we are less free than we have ever been in history and that too will get worse regardless of the out come of the next election. Geoege Washington and Thomas Jefferson predicted this when they warned of the limited two party system. Also history has proven all governments can and will destroy themselves they simply eat themselves alive by becoming too large and controlling - Julius Ceaser, Hitler, Soviet Union and if we're not careful democracy!

I want those bullets back!

Imagine if we could just pluck a few bullets from the bloody tapestry of the past. If we could only freeze that fatal bullet before it hit John F. Kennedy, or retract the rounds that struck down Martin Luther King, Malcolm X or Bobby Kennedy. Just imagine if we could, imagine the revolutions, imagine the massive difference removing just one of those bullets would make...

It's so sad that the very traits that make our greatest leaders GREAT, often end up costing them their lives. It pains my heart to think of how much closer we would be in this nation, if Martin Luther King had not been struck down; if his brilliant heart and mind had been allowed even 1 more year.

In the dim light of my mind's eye, I can see a grey-haired Jack Kennedy serving proudly as an elder statesman, guiding and instructing new generations of leaders, carefully escorting us all toward a better America. I can see Bobby Kennedy and Malcolm X, older and wiser, busily nurturing social and political movements; building coalitions and creating a climate of hope and optimism where progressive ideas are not crushed, but encouraged. I can see Martin Luther King and John Edwards stamping out poverty in the U.S. and abroad and paving the way for smart, long-lasting economic reforms.

In the not too distant tomorrow that might have been, I can see a great speech by John Lennon at the Hillary Clinton / Elizabeth Edwards Universal Health Care Organization marking it's 5th anniversary and celebrating a successful campaign to cover every U.S. citizen and create a health care system with prevention and healthy citizens as its only goal!

I can hear John Lennon's song "Imagine" lifting softly to my ears, as the cold and brutal blast of reality drapes over me, breaking the dreamy haze of still-born aspirations.

I WANT THOSE BULLETS BACK! -- Steve Ford