Comments on: Memories Of Robert F. Kennedy

CBS' Jeff Greenfield Worked On RFK's 1968 Campaign - Now He Shares Remembrances Of The Man

[boston1954]

I was young when Bobby Kennedy died; I remember walking to school with my transitor radio on and hearing that he had been shot. I remember watching the train on television and the nation''''s somber mood. As a youngster who was just old enough to remember JFK''''s death (I was 6 when he died) and then Martin Luther King''''s death, it seemed that our nation''''s time to have heroic leadership was past.
Whether that feeling has ben borne out, I''''ll leave others to debate; each year I have three dates to remember those feelings and think about what might have been.
Whether you like their politics or there personal lives, pause for a moment to thank the Kennedy and King families for their sacrifices in the service of our country and consider how you can make a difference in this world. Think on the main message I took from Senator Kennedy and Reverend King...don''''t dwell on our differences, be they political, social or moral, instead celebrate our similarities and our shared humanity.
Not a bad message to leave this world, huh? Posted by Charlieot
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That was BEAUTIFUL!! Sometimes I think I am getting to the point where I don''t want to read these posts anymore, and then someone comes along who has a mind and a heart.

[mexinvasion]

RFK had to be eliminated because he was going to expose too much corruption. He was going to try to introduce honor and integrity to our government, and that couldn''t be tolerated. Many people know that all the cameras and recorders recorded more shots being fired than what Sirhan''s gun held. He doesn''t even remember doing it. The security guard behind RFK is the one who shot him in the back of the head. And another thing. RFK remained in a vegetative state until he finally died in 1975.

[thgdriver]

Talking about memories!!

Did you know today is the 64th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy?

You can''t find one word about it at CBS. It''s sad they decided to ignore that fact.

God bless the soldiers who fought and died in the largest land invasion in human history. Their efforts and sacrifice kept our first amendment in place.

[credibility2]

It was horrible enough learning the morning of June 5th that Bobby Kennedy had been shot the night before, but it was even worse when I awakened the morning of June 6th, my birthday, expecting my mother to wish me a happy birthday as I readied to go to my classes at city college, but instead telling me that he died. We were till in raw grief over the King assassination in April, and now Kennedy. As if all of this grief and turmoil wasn''t enough, more upheaval and grief would hit our nation; this time it would be in Chicago, my home town, where the Democratic Convention would convene amidst mass protests and rioting. 1968 was a year of bloodshed, both here and in Vietnam.

[cfin5]

......Besides, I believe that RFK would have gotten us out of Vietnam far quicker and would have been a much better President than LBJ.

[cfin5]

Cfin5, you''''re starting to sound like Singer Rick and all his Hate muslims BS ...... You don''''t have to lie, in order to promote a political view - It''''s UNAmerican. Cheers!

Posted by parrot123 at 09:41 AM : Jun 06, 2008------ Oh really? Its apparent that Sirhan Sirhan, though his parents were Palestinian Christians, didn''t know who he was himself by hopping around Christian denominations and practicing with the occult. Didn''t he kill RFK on the one year anniversary of the 1967 "6 day war" in Israel? What am I supposed to think about that? I look at what his actions were instead of where he had been. I didn''t lie at all according to these facts. That would be un-American in my eyes to do otherwise. All I want to know is the truth no matter whose toes get stepped on.

[parrot123-2009]

RFK was killed by a Palestian Christian in response to RFK being pro Israel. Sirhan Sirhan is still in jail 40 years later. If he had killed a mere mortal like the people who post here, he would have been out 30+years ago. We need equal justice for all.
Posted by downsteamjim

If you will go back and read the transcripts from the trial, Sirhan was convicted for his attack on the American political system, not for his attack on an individual. He was sentenced to death that was later commuted. He is consistently turned down for parole for his lack of remorse for his crime and based on his psychological profiles.
Posted by haoli25 at 03:48 AM : Jun 06, 2008

I was too young for any understanding of things in his regard. However, I do remember after doing a little research of the wheres and whys of his death, that the news media was doing a good job at hiding the fact it was a muslim that killed him. Same as Arch Duke Ferdinand''''s slayer......Uh, what''''s been going on here the last one hundred years?
Posted by cfin5 at 09:01 AM : Jun 06, 2008


Cfin5, you''re starting to sound like Singer Rick and all his Hate muslims BS ...... You don''t have to lie, in order to promote a political view - It''s UNAmerican. Cheers!

[victimsofgra]

Obama is a wolf in sheeps clothing.

If he wins, we are in big trouble.
If McCain wins, we are in big trouble.

We have no choice with those 2. You are all being fooled.
Ron Paul is the best candidate. He is still in the race.
WHY DOESN''T THE MEDIA REPORT ON HIM?

And don''t forget, according to the National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive, passed last year, IF ANOTHER SO CALLED "TERRORIST" ATTACK HAPPENS BUSH WILL REMAIN PRESIDENT UNTIL NECESSARY.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html

[cfin5]

I was too young for any understanding of things in his regard. However, I do remember after doing a little research of the wheres and whys of his death, that the news media was doing a good job at hiding the fact it was a muslim that killed him. Same as Arch Duke Ferdinand''s slayer......Uh, what''s been going on here the last one hundred years?

[suecostarn]

I find it very disturbing that so many do not understand the impact the Kennedys had on our present day America. I did not like a lot of things that went on at that time but I am smart enough to see the changes they brought to our system and lives. How can so many not??? WE would be much the worse off without their influence and work.