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In reply to the discussion: Some of here sometimes feel Unwelcome. Even many of us who were here back..Way Back [View all]zeemike
(18,998 posts)I was politically active then and I know full well that RFK had a steam roller behind him..
People were fed up with LBJ and he was about as liberal as Joe Lieberman....or Storm Thurmond.
But you are right, it was a great thing for the MIC that LBJ ran...cause he would and did expand the war in Viet Nam...and a good thing for the MIC that RFK was dead cause he seriously threatened their little industry....there were billions to be made by keeping it going.
But you can spin it anyway you want, but I am telling you I was paying attention then and I know Bobby would have won...he was hope in 1968 like Obama was in 2008 only more so because of his name and we knew him...The people had lost confidence in the party and wanted change and Bobby represented that....and he was our one chance to change things...and they killed him.