Robert F. Kennedy, ass. 40 years ago today- 1/5

Democracy Now! Special: Robert F. Kennedy's Life and Legacy 40 Years After His Assassination

Forty years ago today, on June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy had just won the California Democratic primary, a major boost in his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Just after midnight, Kennedy addressed supporters at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, in what would be the last moments of his life.

Today, we spend the hour playing excerpts of rare Robert F. Kennedy speeches and the new documentary RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy. We also play a never-before broadcast address by Kennedy speaking to students at St. Lawrence University in Canton in 1966 and the man who recorded it. We also speak with journalist John Pilger who covered Kennedy's campaign and was with him when he was shot, and we speak with labor organizer Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, whose cause Kennedy championed.
[includes rush transcript]

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[sashanina123]

He's sexy lol I'm seroius I wish he was still around he would have won presidentence in 1968 and we would have a much better world

[8994565]

He is sexy!!!!!!!!!!

[sidrahsiddiqui]

@UofLCardFan08 Not only does you think that, but most people do. He was ahead of his time in sexiness as well. Back then, if you look at his looks, charm and appearance, there were no such politicians, and even today, they don't look half as good, handsome and gentlemanly as RFK. I think he was the sexiest politician ever in America.

[sidrahsiddiqui]

@jerzy862 The great thing is that he was nothing like his brother. He was better than his brother. He was a shy, sensitive, compassionate and caring person. But most of all, he was a brave, determined, wise and visionary man. The qualities he had were both of heart and mind, which is a rarer combination these days in people and almost non-existent in public servants.

[cruisersism]

LBJ the murdering bastard

[jerzy862]

@sashanina123 whats funny is he was also a really shy person. nothing like his brother.

[curtisgeorge2011]

Bobby was one of the only real "good guys".

[paraconti]

He would've made a GREAT president.

[8994565]

@UofLCardFan08 Yeah!!!! so sexy!!!!!!

[UofLCardFan08]

@8994565

Haha, glad I'm not the only one who thinks so.