Tag: Robert F. Kennedy
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"A Tiny Ripple of Hope"
I came across this speech (Facebook, then Daily Kos) and thought I should share: Mr. Chancellor, Mr. Vice Chancellor, Professor Robertson, Mr. Diamond, Mr. Daniel, and Ladies and Gentlemen I come here this evening because of my deep interest and affection for a land settled by the Dutch in the mid-seventeenth century, then taken over…
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No RFK
All the comparisons of Barack Obama to the Kennedys, both John and Bobby, bring to mind the late Sen. Lloyd Bentsen’s putdown of Dan Quayle. Quayle was fond of invoking the martyred young president whenever anyone questioned his qualification to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. The question came up again during the vice-presidential…