RFK would have made a wonderful President. Your ideals are still valid to this Day. Continue to Rest in Peace RFK.

A good man who learned and grew from his mistakes…and owned up to them.

@CriticalThinker13

Жыл бұрын

wow...he said it...ifg they hadn't killed his brother...at the six minute point...

He was the last of the torch bearers of hope of that era.We lost a vision when we lost him

When we lost Robert Kennedy, we lost a lot more than just one man. The hopes and aspirations of untold numbers of people were lost. It is quite conceivable that, had he lived (preferably as his party’s nominee), the course of history very well might have been radically altered. Think of it! No Chicago police riot, no Nixon, no Agnew, no Kissinger, no incursion into Cambodia, no Watergate. It is tantalizing and evokes a deep sorrow that cannot be expressed. But what if he had lived and not captured the nomination? Would his influence have been enough to avert many catastrophes? Who knows?

@xochitljustice777

4 жыл бұрын

The assassinations of the 1960s are indicators of the large monolithic conspiracy President Kennedy described to the newspapers after the Bay of Pigs when explaining his theories about the need for government secrecy. This conspiracy endures of course in the global war on human rights. RFK was very brave to oppose those who killed his brother. In hindsight, it's no surprise he was rubbed out, but that's no reason not to follow his courageous example; the more who do so, the better.

@johnhearn5043

4 жыл бұрын

Just from an engineering stand Point the timing is significant. He announced his candidacy And month later he was dead. That in itself shows the contempt The conservatives have for political freedom. If the southern Boc can't win, they kill.

@syourke3

4 жыл бұрын

Johnson and the CIA murdered JFK, MLK and RFK on behalf of the military industrial complex that they served. The monsters have run the US Empire ever since.

@syourke3

4 жыл бұрын

Notice how the media tried to slander McCarthy as a Communist. Red baiting. They did that to MLK, too. Anyone who opposed the US war in Vietnam was called a Communist sympathizer. Today, they call you a Russian agent. Nothing much has changed.

@mikejones9961

4 жыл бұрын

thank God for Sirhan

RFK, the man who should have been the 37th President of the United Stares

@mikejones9961

3 жыл бұрын

thank God for Sirhan

@mattsmith3835

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikejones9961 fuck you

@mikejones9961

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattsmith3835 are you gay?

@mattsmith3835

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikejones9961 u wish, sorry fruitcake, I like women

@ianhines2302

3 жыл бұрын

Play nice you two

Killing a man doesn't kill his message.

@xochitljustice777

4 жыл бұрын

yes

@b.ghould8077

4 жыл бұрын

But the unspoken ones..

@russellsteventon8069

3 жыл бұрын

I fear you are wrong. What did you do after his death? I am not criticising you, I did nothing.

@vincentlussier8264

3 жыл бұрын

No, but it kills what he could have done and what could have been!

@justinturner8219

2 жыл бұрын

but sadly, it did kill the direction the country could have gone, which i tend to think may have been a positive one.

"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and injustice." ROBERT F. KENNEDY University of Cape Town June, 1966

@ClassPresidentAlejandro1999

4 жыл бұрын

Roman Clay does anyone have the transcript for this video of what Robert Kennedy says.

@jamessharp9790

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yes ! And when Ted eulogized him he said he was a good a n s decent man ... some see things that are and say why , he dreamt things that never were and said why not 😥

I admire his love for children.

@charlesnye1736

2 жыл бұрын

Biden loves children

Wow! This is what I love about KZread. To be able to view a historical clip like this is pure gold. It is heartbreaking thought to hear RFK talk about his plans for the California primary. I don’t even like to think about it.

@theCarbonFreeze

4 жыл бұрын

Its amazing that nobody uploaded so much of these before i had to

@lenr7137

4 жыл бұрын

theSuperMetroid Yes it is. I really appreciate that you did so. Just curious-do you have anything else on RFK?

@theCarbonFreeze

3 жыл бұрын

@★ Froggie Animation ★ cspan.org

@fezzik7619

3 жыл бұрын

It really speaks to American educational levels and priorities. This gets posted and. Has 26k views right now. If I posted a video of “dog doesn’t know what to do with new family kitten” and subtitle some deliberately misspelled anthropomorphized dialogue it will get 1M views in a month.

he is what this world needed...

@GoGreen1977

Жыл бұрын

He is still needed. I still sob when I see the thousands of people of all ages, races, and backgrounds lining the railroad tracks as his funeral train makes its way to Washington, DC. He united this country as opposed to those now who are doing their worst to wrench us apart.

@sds5502

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully his namesake will be the next president and carry on Bobby's ideals. So far he seems to be on that path.

@slampersand3145

11 ай бұрын

#kennedy2024

Even as a Republican, I would’ve voted for him had the assassination never occurred. RFK was nothing but a generous and humble senator who showed no ruthlessness.

@josephcollesano1205

Жыл бұрын

Would you have voted for Bernie?

@slampersand3145

11 ай бұрын

Vote for his son! #kennedy2024

I'm a big fan of the late Senator Robert Francis Kennedy! I've always wanted to see this entire footage including the reporters' questions. What a powerful announcement for President of the United States. What charisma and intelligence this man possessed! Thank You! "the SuperMetroid". R.I.P. ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY. Raul.😐

@josephgeorge7385

4 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating I've never heard him in a press conference before very sincere honest man

@Kayte-tv2cw

4 жыл бұрын

raul macias, I just loved the man, and was absolutely devastated by his assassination. I cried throughout Bobby’s speech just now. I last heard it on live TV in 1968 as a 17 year old. I cried then for what might be. Bobby gave me so much hope. I cry now for what we have lost, and for what I am afraid will never again be. We need our Bobby Kennedy today.

@vivianpowell1732

4 жыл бұрын

@@josephgeorge7385 His interview on Face The Nation in November 1967 (video available on KZread) will also leave you with the same favorable impression.

Greatest Man & Greatest Direct Message for the values of future change for All of Us💖 Thank you Bobby & to your family...your Speech made me believe as a boy in the 60's. Today I am a College Professor in Canada. I teach my students your words live on! Thank you! Sir❤💥💯 Professor Walter Belcourt

Those were dark times, but there were lights, and he was one of the brightest. Hard to find such lights today, given the clownish adolescents who dominate public discourse, given the grave issues we face.

@andrewcharley1893

4 жыл бұрын

Very profound statement!!!!!!

@jamessharp9790

3 жыл бұрын

Vocaloid spot on . I’m gen X my kids are 21 and 15 and I’m amazed by them

@jamessharp9790

3 жыл бұрын

My wife was born 23 days after MLK was assassinated and I was born 34 days after RFK was assassinated . Each Of our parents are Silent generation and I gotta think they must’ve wondered by God what have we done

@mikejones9961

2 жыл бұрын

go back and watch old clips, The Democrats are still crying about the same problems, stupid

Such an inspiration to so many people who chose to do better by helping those in need by serving as congressman and women, senators, etc.

Rest In Eternal Peace. We miss you so.

I can literally sit and watch Bobby's speeches all day.

@slampersand3145

11 ай бұрын

Have a listen to his son. #kennedy2024

The most inspirational American politician of all time

What a lot of people (most especially the reporters in the room) failed to grasp was that RFK was hoping to energize and engage a base of minority voters that up to then not been involved in American politics. RFK was hoping to show the party bosses that there were untapped resources, and he was correct in suggesting that he was the only one who could galvanize those potential voters. Of course, there’s a very real possibility that party bosses, including labor leaders at the time, wanted very little to do with disenfranchised citizens. Indeed, their own policies were one of the reasons the potential voters were disenfranchised. And the party bosses and labor leaders didn’t care - even if it cost them elections. RFK cared. He’d come a long way from his days as an attorney on Joe McCarthy’s committee.

@nassauguy48

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed. RFK would probably NOT have been nominated. Back then, only a few states held primaries, as most sent their delegates to the national convention with "uncommitted" status. Those "uncommitted" delegates were basically the longstanding party bosses in their respective states, most of whom were firmly committed to Johnson, Humphrey and the "centrist" agenda. As it turned out, RFK beat McCarthy in California by three percentage points. Hardly a mandate. Humphrey already had this wrapped up, which is why he chose not to compete in the primary states after Johnson bowed out.

@jorgejohnson451

4 жыл бұрын

atlantic1119 I’m sure you’re wrong. RFK trailed Humphrey by about 160 committed delegates. (McCarthy had well over 200. Once he fell out - and he would have, those delegates were going to RFK.) He may not have won a mandate in CA, but he had the momentum. And the convention was going to be held in Mayor Daley’s house, and he wasn’t about to let his Irish kin leave Chicago without the nomination.

@thewealthofnations4827

2 жыл бұрын

I would say the spirit of RFK's approach was pure in connecting with the poor and downtrodden and those from diverse backgrounds but it seems that approach has been corrupted today by pinning races vs races against one another. Also devotion by minorities to the Democrats has been taken for granted and the party has provied no clear improvements in many states they govern.

My life was horribly effected by the Robert Kennedy assassination. I was 17 when he was killed, about 1 week away from graduating High School. The turn in history from that dastardly act sent my life into turmoil that lasted for years and still effects me at 70 years old. I hate Sirhan Sirhan with a passion oppose his recently announced parole for that monster..

@vicbertfartingclack4559

2 жыл бұрын

I completely feel for you. I too was marked by that horrible event.

@honestone490

2 жыл бұрын

The 3 month timeframe from April until June of 1968 which included the assassinations of MLK and RFK haunts us all. This 3 month timeframe did more to shape history for the the better or worse than any other timeframe in modern day American history.

@joevierra2518

Жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry to hear that you were so deeply affected! Unfortunately the news lied to people then just like it does today being that sirhan sirhan was innocent and was just the patsey like Oswald with JFK. Bobby was shot in the back of the head by his security guard thane Eugene Ceaser

@joevierra2518

Жыл бұрын

Dr wecht did the autopsy and has a ton of content on KZread actually but sirhan didn’t actually kill Bobby

@michaelbarnhart2593

Жыл бұрын

@@joevierra2518 That was Thomas Noguchi and you are incorrect.

Thank goodness for KZread, C-SPAN, and all the people who make old content so much more accessible than it used to be. Beside its intellectual and educational benefit, it offers an emotional one: though many things are far better in almost 2021 than they were in 1968, there are certain things that were so much better in the past (public discourse and television news being two of them)-and my mental health is helped by this escape into a better time. There's a subtle yet powerful pleasure in hearing people who knew how to talk. I wasn't around for the '60s and the '70s; even in the '80s and '90s, though, these things were far better than they are today-and I think that people even decades younger than I, when given a moment to adjust to something different from so much of what they're used to, recognize the superiority of what used to be.

@vivianpowell1732

Жыл бұрын

Hearing Robert Kennedy's speeches also helps me escape into a better time and feel calmer. Even though 1968 was also a time of unrest in the United States and elsewhere around the world, one man stood up for the right of all his countrymen to dissent peacefully without fear of being ridiculed or canceled. I wish we could say the same thing about where we are now.

How different our lives would be today if only RFK could have been president.

@deepdrag8131

2 жыл бұрын

Or… …if he had behaved himself, not run, and McCarthy had become president.

@williamwingo4740

2 жыл бұрын

@@deepdrag8131 Now there's an idea--but I doubt that it would even occur to a Kennedy.

@mariekuijkenhistoricallyaw2598

Жыл бұрын

His son is now running. He's really a son of his father. America's and the worker needs RFKjr as president in 2024!!

Quote by SENATOR ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY ~ "At stake is not simply the leadership of our party and even our country. It is our right to the moral leadership of this planet." This quote is reminiscent of his late brother PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY'S Inaugural Address ~ "Let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own."

@xochitljustice777

4 жыл бұрын

absolutely. thank you.

@vivianpowell1732

4 жыл бұрын

That quote you mention is one time and probably the only time that I wish Robert Kennedy had chosen other wording, there in that last sentence of the quote. I think saying that our country has the "right" to the moral leadership of the planet conveyed a presumption that he did not intend. It would have been more diplomatic for him to have said, "It is our opportunity to contribute more to the moral leadership of this planet."

@mikejones9961

2 жыл бұрын

Catholic nonsense

@mikejones9961

2 жыл бұрын

@@vivianpowell1732 you should write for Sleepy Joe

There's a certain look of honesty and innocence on his face that makes him naturally trustworthy.

he would have been elected president

@jamessharp9790

3 жыл бұрын

With zero doubt

@mikejones9961

3 жыл бұрын

thankfully Sirhan was there

@jamessharp9790

3 жыл бұрын

mike jones come on . Way to talk about a murder. Total class 🙄

@mikejones9961

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamessharp9790 C'mon man

@jamessharp9790

3 жыл бұрын

mike jones ? Btw I’m no worshipper of the Kennedys but man that’s just over the top . Heck this happened shortly before I was born and I’m not young . At least RFK was 42 then . I don’t see anyone running for office young now

RFK have the magic of a Rock Star 🌟, we never watch again any campaign like he has.

Good manners and politeness at a press conference. I would like to see that today. His views on priorities as to what the nation needs as far as those in need are concerned are the same today. A good man with the needs of the nation as his focus. May his son continue .🙂

His son is now running. He's really a son of his father. America's and the worker needs RFKjr as president in 2024!!

@matt3024

5 ай бұрын

They're not at all the same.

When was the last time you heard a political candidate speak that intelligently and passionately for 35 minutes on substantive issues and flawed policies, and then tell the press he didn't want to be given anything but the chance to go directly to the American people he so desperately wanted to serve?

@chalinosanchez8113

4 жыл бұрын

Ron Paul of course

@mikejones9961

3 жыл бұрын

and he did it with a straight face

@melissa9375

3 жыл бұрын

Not since March 16, 1968.

@sds5502

Жыл бұрын

His son is following on his path. RFK JR, AMERICAS NEXT PRESIDENT

@vivianpowell1732

Жыл бұрын

@@sds5502 I am thrilled that RFK Jr has decided to run for president. His candidacy is a providential development in the 2024 race that frankly has thrown the establishment in both parties into a tizzy. Who thought this time last year that we voters would have a decent alternative to consider come 2024?

I often wonder if he had of lived won the presidency and was still alive today, what way would the world be

@mikejones9961

2 жыл бұрын

we'd be speaking Russian

Loved them and I thank them for everything ❤

his hair says it all he is not pretentious he is real

It was never a question of ‘could a good person be elected to the Presidency in the United States?’. It was a question of whether or not a good person was ready to lead. Bobby Kennedy was ready to lead.

@rrrrrr-kb9sb

8 ай бұрын

RFK was inarticulate, an ambitious opportunist, foolish, and had no “core” whatsoever

I Loved Bobby so much. He was kind, intelligent caring.I was in 9th grade and my friends and I thought he was so cute.I remember we liked the hair on his forehead that he would toss back in place.I was so young,but we all loved this man.I can not watch the film when he shot.I cry every time.

@edmundcharles5278

Жыл бұрын

Teddy could not hold a candle to his older brothers!

The dream of Bobby Kennedy must live on in any hope of reconciliation, of any hope of a brighter world. Lets rebuild what he did what they did.

@slampersand3145

11 ай бұрын

#Kennedy2024

RFK was our last hope :( :(

@willdrucker4291

4 жыл бұрын

Vote BERNIE 2020...RFK’s spirit lives on through him..

@Prx1ific

4 жыл бұрын

Will Drucker my brother rfk spirit lives through us all. The people that hold the power to make real change.

@mikejones9961

3 жыл бұрын

moron

@fezzik7619

3 жыл бұрын

It’s really impossible to say that. You never know what man or woman may come along that could move mountains. There have been so many throughout the history of humanity that to think there won’t be another is very pessimistic and somewhat fatalistic

@fezzik7619

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikejones9961 wow. That says and means absolutely nothing to anyone. Work a little harder next time.

“Man needs dignity and hope for the future “ That’s all blown to heck this day in 2023.

I can only imagine what our country would have been like had he lived.

@knightwatchman

Жыл бұрын

The Deep State would not be as powerful as it is today. That's for sure.

@slampersand3145

11 ай бұрын

His son is running. #kennedy2024

81 days of hope

At 3:40, the caption reads: LIVE FROM WASHINGTON. God, I wish that were true.

3:00 “...a gilded German nightclub...” Roger Mudd, Party animal. The original Sprockets.

Rest in peace, beautiful soul and forgive this sick world!

Bobby would have been a great President.

I love rfk. he should be the next president in 1969 but he was shot. I sorry of this family. If jfk was president until 1969 and rfk became president in 1969. America will be the best at that time.

@LittleBigMac_1

5 жыл бұрын

Nathanon Pumarin the maximum years for a president is 8 years

@michaelbarnhart2593

5 жыл бұрын

@@LittleBigMac_1 JFK and RFK were two different people. If JFK not been killed and had served two terms, his last day in office would have been January 20th 1969.

@josephgeorge7385

4 жыл бұрын

Favorite politician real man real beliefs I hate when he said he was going into to California but he didn't go out of California

@lipanmesh

4 жыл бұрын

👍

@vaniapinto8214

3 жыл бұрын

Robert was shot in ‘68

It was Eugene McCarthy who made Lyndon Johnson vulnerable -- and Robert Kennedy's late candidacy possible -- and it was Richard Nixon who spared the country from a third term for the Kennedy-Johnson administration. Things work out in the long run.

@notnilccm

Жыл бұрын

Yup they sure did Trumptard

@temporarystranger95

Жыл бұрын

Are you suggesting that “Robert Kennedy’s late candidacy” (meaning his assassination) was best for the country “in the long run”?

@richardn6768

Жыл бұрын

With much respect to Senator McCarthy and his supporters, I've always firmly been of the opinion that RFK brought a significantly larger and thought-out slate of issues than McCarthy. Again, no disrespect. He was the person willing to be THE antiwar candidate, but he had less experience at that point working with issues like social justice, civil rights, law enforcement, inner city revival, and international affairs.

@philipterzian4581

Жыл бұрын

@@richardn6768 Eugene McCarthy had already compiled a long and distinguished record on those issues when Bobby Kennedy was a staffer for the other Senator McCarthy -- Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, his daughter Kathleen's godfather.

This is now The Kennedy Caucus Room. A plaque with thier names is outside the room. All 3 served in the senate. I bet that if he had lived, the convention would have been much more peaceful.

I am a right leaning centrist, but really respect Bobby Kennedy. His speech the night MLK was killed was really impactful to me.

44:58 It's interesting how Eugene McCarthy makes a memorable comment about his better qualifications to run for President in 1968 when he compares himself to that of John F Kennedy in 1960. It's reminiscent of when Dan Quayle made a similar comment about himself during the VP Debates in 1988 when he campaigned comparing his qualification as well to that of then freshman Senator John Kennedy. It makes you wonder if Dan Quayle had also seen this interview prior to making his own similar statement. It's too bad Dan Quayle never factored in the possible consequences.

A fateful decision, as LBJ did all that was in his power to make sure that Robert Kennedy would not go so far, for fear of him investigating his brother's assassination.

I've said it before: President Johnson dropped out of the '68 race because he knew he couldn't beat Bobby Kennedy. Then couldn't undo the decision when Bobby died.

Quote by JACQUELINE LEE BOUVIER KENNEDY ~ "Do you what I think will happen to Bobby, the same thing that happened to Jack. There is so much hatred in this country."

It is important to respect the media effect which is sometimes missed.

RFK wasn't perfect, but he prayed regularly and read the bible with his family, and attended weekday Mass, even offering to serve when needed. Blacks, Latinos and poor whites mourned his death with antiwar protesters and soldiers. I think he would have won, because his character and comportment won the people's trust. Ironically if he had won I fear he would have been blamed for losing Vietnam.

A disturbing theme throughout RFKs speech is that he implies that government represents the sole and best solution to problems that are not entirely within the capability or scope of the government to be able to solve the articulated problems.

19:51 9 of his kids are there Kathleen (b. 1951), Joseph (b. 1952), Robert Jr. (b. 1954), David (1955-1984), Courtney (b. 1956), Michael (1958-1997), Kerry (b. 1959), Christopher (b. 1963), Max (b. 1965), and Ethel is pregnant with Rory (b. December 1968). Douglas (b. 1967) must've stayed home.

@silviaericsson665

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting comment you did 🙏 It shows life will go on even without a father in presence. God in Heaven knows everything 🙏 AMEN I ❤️ the Kennedy family

@mariekuijkenhistoricallyaw2598

Жыл бұрын

​@@silviaericsson665 and now I've of these sons is running. RFKjr24!!

@silviaericsson665

Жыл бұрын

I have waited for this moment almost my whole life 🙌 " Ich bin ein Berliner" JFK Prayers for the future president RFK junior 2024 💞🙏💞 Greetings from Berlin Germany with LOVE ❤️🙋🏻‍♀️🇩🇪

The late Senator Robert F. Kennedy had such an empathy for our Native Americans. Here's a quote I'd like to share with you by Senator Kennedy as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Indian Education. SENATOR ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY ~ ''We have not done what we should have done to encourage the Indian child, to improve his education, to increase his educational possibilities, to go on to a university, go on to a college and be the lawyers, the doctors, the engineers, they are capable of being.''

@raulmacias1311

3 жыл бұрын

@vitoduval I call LBJ that big fat ass! That fat man ate Vanilla Ice Cream for breakfast everyday! Unbelievable!

Interesting that Roger Mudd mentioned that Robert Kennedy had already received the support of Democratic Party chairmen in three states where primaries were forthcoming, one of those states being Oregon. Kennedy ended up losing the Democratic primary in Oregon, ostensibly over his stance on the issue of gun control. I probably should rephrase that because it was actually not Kennedy's stance on gun control that cost him the Oregon primary, but rather it was his inability to convince skeptical voters there that he had no wholesale intention of coming after their guns.

Quote by RICHARD M. NIXON (Upon hearing of Senator Robert F. Kennedy's announcement for President) "We've just seen some very terrible forces unleashed. Something bad is going to come of this."

@melissa9375

3 жыл бұрын

Nixon had been in politics long enough and at high enough levels to know exactly what was coming. Nixon didn't hate RFK or the Kennedys the way LBJ did. It was visceral with Johnson. And he dropped out two weeks later.

@williamwingo4740

2 жыл бұрын

@@melissa9375 There are those who believe that RFK bought LBJ off to avoid a primary battle against an incumbent, as with Ted vs. Carter in 1980 and Hillary vs. Obama in 2012. Certainly Johnson had his price, and the Kennedys could afford it. Personally, I think Johnson was just tired of the criticism and decided to let Kennedy lose the war and take the credit and the blame. Basically he said, "I don't need this."

I just realized an important synchronicity: RFK announced his candidacy on March 16th, 1968...the day of the My Lai Massacre.

@sds5502

Жыл бұрын

Mi Lai

At his funeral Tom Hayden the leftist radical and Mayor Daly of Chicago, a conservative sat down and both cried. We haven't yet recovered from his death.

@sds5502

Жыл бұрын

Richard Daley was a Democratic, not a Conservative as is the political machine still in existence today in Chicago

57:35 True comment.

Same room his brother announced

Now 55 yrs later RFK JR is officially running!!

@aleksandarmatejic2927

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, he was watching his father at 25:30

Crazy. He made a decision to run, such a sacrifice already and then 3 months later he is killed by (?).

President robert f kennedy would have love to seen that

@theCarbonFreeze

5 күн бұрын

Me too

In terms of the charge of "opportunism" in his announcement to run, RFK makes an interesting defense here: 'He did not find it appropriate to challenge President Johnson until it was clear from New Hampshire that the Democratic Party was so divided over him.' But given RFK's explicit denial just a couple months earlier on Face the Nation that he had no intention to challenge Johnson, his words ring rather hollow. It would have been much better had he announced prior to New Hampshire, simply stating he changed his mind about running. But he clearly was intent on waiting to see what would happen to McCarthy in New Hampshire --- in other words, letting McCarthy be the "fall guy." Kennedy was clever and calculating, but in this case, a bit too clever and calculating for the media.

@syourke3

4 жыл бұрын

2Uahoj Not opportunist at all. He did not want to run for president at all, he knew that the dark forces that had murdered his brother were still in positions of power - Johnson, Hoover, the CIA. He knew he was risking his life by coming out against the War in Vietnam but he knew that he, alone, could win and end the war. McCarthy never had any chance of winning. Kennedy did. That’s why Johnson killed him. He was a very courageous man. The military industrial complex murdered him just like they murdered his brother.

@syourke3

4 жыл бұрын

2Uahoj I disagree. RFK wrestled with the question of running for president for several months. He did not want to run. He knew he was risking his life. He knew the CIA had murdered his brother over Vietnam and could very well do the same to him. RFK was a man of great courage and principle. He felt a moral obligation to run because he knew that he was a stronger candidate than McCarthy was.

@2Uahoj

4 жыл бұрын

@@syourke3 You need to watch his Face the Nation interview of November 1967 in which he repeatedly denies he will run.

@syourke3

4 жыл бұрын

2Uahoj So obviously he changed his mind. So what? How does that make him an “opportunist”? It was a very difficult and courageous decision for RFK. McCarthy was unlikely to beat Nixon in November. Kennedy was a much stronger candidate. McCarthy should have stepped aside for Kennedy once Kennedy announced. I remember those days. Do you?

@vivianpowell1732

4 жыл бұрын

One cannot discount the effect the Tet Offensive had on Robert Kennedy's decision to change course and run for president. His announcement took place about six weeks after the launch of that massive and devastating offensive throughout South Vietnam at the end of January 1968. In November 1967 Kennedy had spoken strongly about the need for the South Vietnamese to do more for their war effort, to be willing to "go up that hill" instead of expecting the Americans to be the ones to do it. He had questioned the moral position of the United States to continue to be involved in Vietnam not only ostensibly to help South Vietnam but also to promote our own self-interests by fighting the Communists over there instead of waiting to see if they'd show up on our doorstep. Then McCarthy finished a strong second in the NH primary and that result changed the dynamics of the race from what they had been when Kennedy had appeared on Face the Nation in November 1967.

Did i see a young John Kerry as a part of the Kennedy entourage?

I hate to think it, and I may well be wrong, but I feel like at 8:00, that comment probably sealed his fate.

Quote by RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON (Upon hearing word of Senator Robert F. Kennedy's announcement for entry into the 1968 Presidential Campaign). "We've just seen some very terrible forces unleashed. Something bad is going to come of this."

@honestone490

2 жыл бұрын

I've never heard that quote before. May I ask your source?

Who would have been kennedys vice. President running mate

@theCarbonFreeze

5 күн бұрын

I like to think McGovern since they were political allies from different regions and friends.

Same room the Watergate hearings were held....somewhat ironic

Campaigns were so simple and authentic then.. what has happened here? social media? too much drama? too much money?

Roberto Kennedy would have won for certain .

He has my husbands accent who was raised in Boston.

To be or not to be....sadly it was not to be!!!!!

Allen Dulles - Airport.

@matt3024

5 ай бұрын

That's one of the reasons that a dirt ball had the airport named after him .

I still wonder the path this country could have made had he not been killed....SO very sad...

4:21 24:25

He should have waited to at least 1976. He promised Eugene McCarthy, that if McCarthy entered the race, he would not. He was under enormous pressure to run by his supporters and he succumb to that pressure. Unfortunately, it cost him his life. Also, contrary to popular belief and what is reported in the media, if RFK wasn't assassinated, he was destined to lose the democratic nomination at the convention in Chicago to Hubert Humphrey who was way ahead in the delegate count.

@wonjubhoy

4 жыл бұрын

It then would have been a contest between the kennedy family and hubert humphrey with president johnson on his side over who could win the delegates. Such a formidable contest would have been fascinating to watch.

@williamwingo4740

2 жыл бұрын

But he had to consider that if Hubert Humphrey should win in 1968, he would run again in 1972; and Robert Kennedy would have been running in the primaries against an incumbent of his own party--just like Ronald Reagan in 1976, Ted Kennedy in 1980, and Hillary Clinton in 2012. The U.S. presidency comes up only once in a while, and often amid complicated circumstances. Usually presidential hopefuls decide it's better to go for it at the first opportunity: at least you get name recognition for next time. And of course, there is the theory that Robert bought Lyndon Johnson off to avoid this exact same problem in 1968. If so, he could try to buy Hubert Humphrey off in 1972, if necessary.

@joevierra2518

Жыл бұрын

None of this crap is actually true Bobby was undoubtedly going to win the election he had to much pull behind him. I’ve talked to countless numbers of people who were actually alive at that time

After RFK's loss and the fact that there was no uprising America is basically lost

Bless his son. #kennwdy2024

@matt3024

5 ай бұрын

Apples to oranges.

D’awwww

If Kennedy had lived on to the Democratic Convention, it would have required a complete party upheaval to push the delegates to choose him over Humphrey. Humphrey was pretty close to wrapping the nomination up by the time the California Primary ended. Surely Kennedy would have secured the nomination in 1972. Even his own brother told him that. Regarding his killing - Sirhan Sirhan was a person who suffered the extrication of his family and home from Palestine due to Israel's takeover of the West Bank. Adding to that a head injury in a fall from a horse as a jockey that permanently skewed his personality. All it took was for him to hear and read about Kennedy's public support of Israel financially and militarily to trigger him on a path to murder. The two men were star-crossed in a tragedy for the country.

After RFK’s tragic death, the Democratic Party reformers fell apart and the Old Party Regulars simply fell back onto the LBJ Administration and so VP Humphrey was left to campaign on the tarnished legacy of LBJ!

lol @ Mrs. Robert Kennedy

@honestone490

2 жыл бұрын

Why did you see a bump in her belly?

Now his Son hopefully is given a fair shot. He can hopefully help the divide in this nation as we face a future of dark times ahead.

@richardn6768

Жыл бұрын

No. Junior only has 2 issues and areas of experience. The first is environmentalism, which is commendable, but hardly outstanding these days. The second is anti-vax lunacy. That pretty much says it. He has no experience in policy making, in negotiation, generally in domestic affairs, nor in any facet of international affairs. His own family has been very clear that they can't and won't even muster support for him.

JFK would have told him to get a haircut.

That's all it took to piss off some!

He announced his death with this announcement

Gus Hall endorsed him

@vivianpowell1732

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for mentioning Gus Hall. Ever since I first watched this video I had trouble understanding the name mentioned by the person asking Robert Kennedy the first question. I was hearing the last name pronounced as "Paul" or "Pol" and was focusing on an international figure since the questioner mentioned the Budapest Conference. Those assumptions led me on a wild goose chase which thankfully came to an end with your post.

@mikejones9961

3 жыл бұрын

@@vivianpowell1732 Gus Hall would endorse Senile Joe too

@vivianpowell1732

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikejones9961 Thank you for replying.

@ChrisDutch

2 жыл бұрын

Who cares?

@ChrisDutch

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the KKK endorsed Bonnie Ronnie Reagan in 1980 and nobody lost their minds about that.

No matter what they say or promise, most Presidencies never fulfill those hopes and dreams. While we will never know what would have come to pass, had RFK lived, but I seriously have my doubts that things would have been much better. Our government cant keep everyone happy, and I have no doubt, considering the enemies RFK made as AG made under his brother, his would have been a rocky administration.

@williamwingo4740

2 жыл бұрын

That's another factor often overlooked. it's one thing to become president, and quite another to be president.

@joevierra2518

Жыл бұрын

I completely disagree with this

@joevierra2518

Жыл бұрын

Do more research

@michaelfisher7835

Жыл бұрын

@@joevierra2518 Well good for you Joe, but we will never know now, will we?

@vivianpowell1732

Жыл бұрын

Robert Kennedy's idea of being president was not about keeping everyone happy. He had a moral compass that would have guided him in the right direction, no matter what it cost him in popularity. Being a father raising ten children would have enlightened him about the futility of trying to keep everyone happy.

Hashem is the only god forever. :).

@mikejones9961

3 жыл бұрын

many gods, moron

14:31 "oh my god, what's this guy doing?"

He was advised to wait and should have. Wasn´t his time yet. Unfortunately paid for it with his life.

In no DISRESPECTFUL WAY ....I FEEL Bobby would have been a better President than his brother John F Kennedy. I say that because Bobby was more aware and fighting for the poor , the meek, the future of our country, the blacks, the Hispanics, I can go on and on ...He was THE REAL FORCE BEHIND HIS BROTHERS PRECIDENCY ...and it hurts my heart to just A think HOW HE WOULD have CHANGEd tHE WORLD we live in today .. but the way he passed is even more of my heartache when I hear his speeches i feel lost ..and sad inside my soul .,😢♥️🙏

@mariekuijkenhistoricallyaw2598

Жыл бұрын

His son is now running. He's really a son of his father. America's and the worker needs RFKjr as president in 2024!!

Yutuve

From Kennedy to Biden in 2 generations. What a difference

@richardn6768

Жыл бұрын

Biden, regardless of what you - a delusional trumper - imagine, Biden is smart, principled, and experienced. Anyone who imagines trump to be anything like RFK is barking-at-the-moon deranged.

The unelected love murdering those that they fear.

Bobby and Jack should never have entered public service, it definitely wasn't worth it, no way was it worth it

@joevierra2518

Жыл бұрын

It was worth it to them and they had the courage to see it through

@joevierra2518

Жыл бұрын

They would have moved our country forward without a doubt. It’s undebatable! However very powerful people within the cabal of the government wanted to preserve their power over what was going to help change our country and its future

@peterfranks6243

Жыл бұрын

@@joevierra2518 it's been like that since Roman empire times

@eugenesant9015

Жыл бұрын

Public Service? Rich people using the government to get richer......the only One who actually served and lost money Was Trump.

I heard that’s the one they shot and killed😠

@theCarbonFreeze

Жыл бұрын

Him and his brother John