Reply #23: Hey-o, ShortnFiery! [View All]

[Octafish]

I understand how you feel about nepotism, dynasties, royalty and all that rot. I, too, abhor monarchists of all stripes.

And I agree the Kennedys are not perfect. However, I disagree regarding RFK as attorney general.

Robert F. Kennedy was the first AG to stand up to the racist right-wing nutjob J Edgar Hoover and make him go after the Mafia.

http://www.orwelltoday.com/rfkmafia.shtml

Bobby also counseled JFK to find an alternative to World War III during the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Practically everybody else in the Cabinet, Congressional leadership and the Pentagon counseled war.

http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/people/r_kennedy.html

We may not agree on the Kennedy brothers, but i do thank you for giving a damn about what is happening today, ShortnFiery.