Reply #5: Well... [View All]

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I was a toddler then, but using my mother's recollection as a possible explanation; the country seemed to be coming apart during that election, with the war, political assasination, riots... Bobby seemed to be the only hope, the only one who could lead us out of the whole mess. When he was killed, it seemed that hope died with him. And that sort of loss often engenders a great amount of emotion. That is not to say that he was not important in his own right, but in the context of what was going on at the time, his importance and good qualities seemed greatly amplified.