HomeLatest ThreadsGreatest ThreadsForums & GroupsMy SubscriptionsMy Posts
DU Home » Latest Threads » Forums & Groups » Main » General Discussion (Forum) » A question about RFK » Reply #76

Reply #76

In the discussion thread: A question about RFK [View all]

Response to craigmatic (Reply #75)

Thu May 24, 2012, 10:18 PM

76. Everything you write is true. However, RFK's victory in

 

the hard-fought California primary gave RFK crucial momentum and would, I believe, have led to a 'bandwagon effect' whereby uncommitted delegates flocked to the RFK standard, leaving McCarthy and HHH in the dust.

We'll never know for sure and therein lies the rub.

As to RFK's reputation for ruthlessness, I think the arc of the 60s had pretty much thoroughly transformed him. I remmeber reading an anecdote of his New York Senatorial Campaign when RFK and some aides were touring one of the really nasty housing projects (Bedford Stuyvesant, maybe?). RFK saw a really dilapidated building and wanted to go in and meet voters but his aides were highly resistant. RFK over-ruled them and went into the building anyway.

That little anecdote captured my heart because it seemed to encapsulate within it the seeds of a truly evolving human being. Call me a sucker if you must. I plead mea culpa.

Reply to this post

Back to OP Alert abuse Link to post in-thread

Always highlight: 10 newest replies | Replies posted after I mark a forum
Replies to this discussion thread
Arrow 88 replies Author Time Post
lovemydog May 2012 OP
hifiguy May 2012 #1
villager May 2012 #2
lovemydog May 2012 #81
villager May 2012 #82
zzaapp May 2012 #11
hifiguy May 2012 #13
zzaapp May 2012 #18
HiPointDem May 2012 #15
lovemydog May 2012 #17
zzaapp May 2012 #21
lovemydog May 2012 #27
avebury May 2012 #62
zzaapp May 2012 #3
yellowcanine May 2012 #7
goclark May 2012 #25
RFKHumphreyObama May 2012 #79
hifiguy May 2012 #8
zzaapp May 2012 #9
DemocratSinceBirth May 2012 #84
zzaapp May 2012 #4
broiles May 2012 #5
HiPointDem May 2012 #16
lovemydog May 2012 #38
yellowcanine May 2012 #6
villager May 2012 #12
yellowcanine May 2012 #37
WI_DEM May 2012 #28
zzaapp May 2012 #10
lovemydog May 2012 #19
zzaapp May 2012 #20
WI_DEM May 2012 #29
DemocratSinceBirth May 2012 #85
Capt. Obvious May 2012 #14
lovemydog May 2012 #22
Capt. Obvious May 2012 #24
hifiguy May 2012 #30
lovemydog May 2012 #39
craigmatic May 2012 #36
WI_DEM May 2012 #26
zzaapp May 2012 #31
WI_DEM May 2012 #33
zzaapp May 2012 #35
Capt. Obvious May 2012 #34
WI_DEM May 2012 #45
yellowcanine May 2012 #44
Capt. Obvious May 2012 #53
yellowcanine May 2012 #61
WI_DEM May 2012 #23
craigmatic May 2012 #32
WI_DEM May 2012 #41
craigmatic May 2012 #51
lovemydog May 2012 #49
hifiguy May 2012 #60
UTUSN May 2012 #54
craigmatic May 2012 #57
UTUSN May 2012 #74
coalition_unwilling May 2012 #66
craigmatic May 2012 #75
LineLineLineLineReply Everything you write is true. However, RFK's victory in
coalition_unwilling May 2012 #76
DemocratSinceBirth May 2012 #86
coalition_unwilling May 2012 #87
DemocratSinceBirth May 2012 #88
markpkessinger May 2012 #40
WI_DEM May 2012 #42
markpkessinger May 2012 #43
yellowcanine May 2012 #47
markpkessinger May 2012 #50
WI_DEM May 2012 #55
markpkessinger May 2012 #58
hifiguy May 2012 #67
markpkessinger May 2012 #73
coalition_unwilling May 2012 #68
markpkessinger May 2012 #72
markpkessinger May 2012 #46
trackfan May 2012 #48
hifiguy May 2012 #63
coalition_unwilling May 2012 #69
yellowcanine May 2012 #52
UTUSN May 2012 #59
yellowcanine May 2012 #64
UTUSN May 2012 #71
yellowcanine May 2012 #77
coalition_unwilling May 2012 #70
yellowcanine May 2012 #56
yellowcanine May 2012 #65
RFKHumphreyObama May 2012 #78
RFKHumphreyObama May 2012 #80
Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #83
Please login to view edit histories.