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1monster

(11,030 posts)
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 04:14 PM Feb 11

The real Bobby Kennedy quote: Every time we turn our head

“Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to be wrong, when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy or too frightened, when we fail to speak up and speak out, we strike a blow against freedom and decency and justice.”
― Robert F. Kennedy

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The real Bobby Kennedy quote: Every time we turn our head (Original Post) 1monster Feb 11 OP
Bobby was a true Attorney General, not like the as*-kisser holding the office today. sinkingfeeling Feb 11 #1
He must be spinning in his grave... Dave Bowman Feb 11 #2
He sure as hell would read Jr. the riot act! mobeau69 Feb 11 #5
If his father had lived MustLoveBeagles Feb 11 #11
I would guess he would have. mobeau69 Feb 11 #12
Junior is... GiqueCee Feb 12 #24
Wonder what he'd think about jr 🤔 maspaha Feb 11 #8
Jr's apple did fall far from the tree. sop Feb 11 #3
What the hell happened to him, anyway?? ailsagirl Feb 11 #6
What the hell happened to him, anyway?? Botany Feb 11 #9
And now he's trailing after cheato ailsagirl Feb 11 #21
I suspect one of two things......... DENVERPOPS Feb 11 #20
My personal pics of RFK campaigning in my hometown of Auburn, NY, 1964 Dennis Donovan Feb 11 #4
I still cry when I hear a recording of Bobby speaking. sinkingfeeling Feb 11 #7
I rarely forget so June 5th - june ?8 almost always has some sadness about it... electric_blue68 Mar 10 #27
I got to shake his hand in Crete Nebraska when I was a kid. 1WorldHope Feb 11 #16
Excellent work on the photos Walleye Feb 12 #26
My brother in law's cousin was a Bobby Kennedy's state campaign official IrishBubbaLiberal Feb 11 #10
Ah yes, the Bobby Kennedy with no brain worm or heroin Jones. GoYouPackersGo Feb 11 #13
RFK and JFK blown away, what else do I have to say. twodogsbarking Feb 11 #14
The saddest times of the US HarryM Feb 11 #17
I was a ten year old kid in Scotia NY that year, 70sEraVet Feb 11 #15
Exactly! HarryM Feb 11 #18
RFK (Sr.) has LONG been my political guiding star. lastlib Feb 11 #19
The first candidate I ever worked for Betty Boom Feb 12 #22
Listen to your father, Junior nt Wicked Blue Feb 12 #23
I shook RFK's hand in Ogdensburg, NY Progressive dog Feb 12 #25

GiqueCee

(2,087 posts)
24. Junior is...
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 01:30 PM
Feb 12

... a self-centered creep too weak of character to even try to carry on his father's legacy, so he shits on it every chance he gets.
Where's a hungry brainworm when you need one?

Botany

(73,777 posts)
9. What the hell happened to him, anyway??
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 05:48 PM
Feb 11

Drugs …. he liked his heroin …. Mental illness….. dad getting shot.

DENVERPOPS

(11,661 posts)
20. I suspect one of two things.........
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 06:51 PM
Feb 11

when he was born, the OB-GYN dropped him on the floor, head first......

Or Bobbies wife was playing around with someone from a mental institution for the criminally insane......

Dennis Donovan

(30,086 posts)
4. My personal pics of RFK campaigning in my hometown of Auburn, NY, 1964
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 04:22 PM
Feb 11




Taken by my sister (it was the year before I was born).

electric_blue68

(20,672 posts)
27. I rarely forget so June 5th - june ?8 almost always has some sadness about it...
Mon Mar 10, 2025, 01:36 PM
Mar 10

A friend and I stood on line in the heat for 5 hrs or so to pay our respects at St Patricks. Then I went down next day to see the procession head to Penn Station for the funeral train to DC. Devasting times.

IrishBubbaLiberal

(1,281 posts)
10. My brother in law's cousin was a Bobby Kennedy's state campaign official
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 05:49 PM
Feb 11

Don’t know what state…

I will have to ask again

I believe it was either NY, Massachusetts ,,,, or maybe NJ

70sEraVet

(4,430 posts)
15. I was a ten year old kid in Scotia NY that year,
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 06:13 PM
Feb 11

and Bobby came into our little airport. My 4th (or was it 5th?) Grade teacher took our class to the airport to see him. I could have reached out and touched him when he walked by.
Why is it, guys like him have to die, and......

lastlib

(25,666 posts)
19. RFK (Sr.) has LONG been my political guiding star.
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 06:45 PM
Feb 11

I am thoroughly ashamed of what Jr. has become. RFK (Sr.) himself would be absolutely appalled at it. I don't think Jr. understands one whit about what his father was, or was about.

A most appropos quote for our time. I truly wish our political leaders would abide by it.

Betty Boom

(325 posts)
22. The first candidate I ever worked for
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 08:50 AM
Feb 12

As a very young teen, putting flyers under windshield wipers of cars in shopping center.

I was watching on TV the night he was shot when they broke in with the news. All I remember is just sobbing for hours. The first time politics and hatred broke my heart.

Progressive dog

(7,451 posts)
25. I shook RFK's hand in Ogdensburg, NY
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 01:57 PM
Feb 12

when he was campaigning in 1964. Got there late with a friend so most people had left but RFK was still standing on the convertible's passenger door and shaking hands.

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