The John F Kennedy Jr Memorial thread

[mandyky]

Hard to believe it's been 5 years already. I was pretty sure he'd make a run for President once he was old enough.

JFK Jr, Peace be with you!!

[CatWoman]

1. It's too sad to think about

and I refuse to watch any television specials.

RIP, John Jr.

[LiberalVoice]

2. Love your Sig Line!

RIP John John

[Mandate My Ass]

3. He helped a lot of people

and his only caveat was that they not speak of his generosity
publicly. He was the real deal. So sad.

[underpants]

4. Get your flamethrowers ready

I remember that morning because the British Open was about to come on. I heard that he was missing and I figured he had probably passed. That is sad and he seemed like a very cool guy who worked for many good causes but the coverage that day was ridiculous.

I know I know "America's Prince" and all that but seriously he was never elected to anything and he was just then hitting his prime. There was no reason for the extended coverage.

[Mandate My Ass]

5. You asked for it...

[mandyky]

6. Why would anyone throw flames? LOL

If one was alive in Nov 1963 and saw him salute his dad, lived thru the RFK mess, and then JFK JR's demise - it did deserve being aired - but the media does not know how to "moderately" cover anything.

[rinsd]

16. Unfortunately, that coverage was right on the heels of Diana...

Networks figured they had a ratings bonanza again.

[UrbScotty]

7. Rest and Peace Grant Unto Them, O Lord.

May Eternal Light Shine Upon Them.

May Their Souls, and the Souls of All the Faithful Departed, by the Grace of God, Rest In Peace.

Amen.

[AspenRose]

12. That was beautiful.

I will never forget where I was - Corpus Christi TX - there is a bridge there called the JFK bridge (named after the president of course) and I crossed that bridge on my way to the beach that day.

*goosebumps*

[mandyky]

8. Kick

for the evening crew

[VolcanoJen]

9. I can't believe it's been five years. Rest in Peace, John and Carolyn!

[joanne]

10. It still saddens me to think of it

What a terrible loss for the families.

[Bridget Burke]

11. I read a shocking editorial after he died.

The author was full of sadness and had nothing but good to say about young John. He quoted him as saying--if he ever ran for office--his theme song would be Bob Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom". I could tell the author would have gladly supported him.

Who wrote this impressive piece? Charles Krauthammer.

Obviously, John Kennedy Jr was a dangerous man.

[tom_paine]

13. "I was pretty sure he'd make a run for President once he was old enough. "

So were the Busheviks.

Which is why he was killed, a nice Wellstoning before Wellstone & Carnahan made recent history so clear in hindsight...

Go ahead, sneering flamers! Flame away with your arrogant dismissals!

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[rinsd]

17. No arrogant denials...

If I remember correctly, John Jr. was not instrument certified and the conditions were not pristine.

[tom_paine]

18. I understand that. I also understand that we will never know the truth

But I have read my history such that I am very convinced how far murderous Totalitarians will go.

Here's the farthest I will go. If you make a list of Bush Paties who Outlived their Usefulness and Enemeies they Wellstoned:

(lets take a representative list)

JFK Jr.
Wellstone
Carnahan
Salem Bin Laden
Sen John Heinz (a "liberal" Republican who had just vowed to oppose Poppy Augutus when whoopsie! a helicopter crashed into his plane)
John Tower (preparing a tell-all about Iran-Contra)

Then I would say perhaps one or two of them were actual accidents.

Which one or two? I don't know. But I am willing to say that they weren't all assassinations.

I recognize I don't have any hard evidence, but then, there is no hard evidence that Hitler allowed the Reichstag to burn or had Goering's Boys burn it themselves.

[underpants]

19. Can I add

and flying with a broken leg (in a cast)

[MsUSA]

14. Wow, 5 years??? I can't believe it either.

Just a good man....it's just sad to not ever know what kind of leader, if he would have chosen to become political, he would have been, it's just so sad. Let perpetual light shine upon them.

[nomatrix]

15. He had charisma

It was a very sad day. He would have run for office in my opinion. To his credit, there wasn't negativity attached to him.

I've though of John and Caroline a lot over the years. It must have been very painful to continually have your fathers murder in your face year in and year out. No matter how well they knew him. Bobby, who became a big part of their lives after their fathers murder, slaughtered, just for who he was. His death was equally devastating.

That family has suffered so much in the limelight of public opinion.
Rest in peace John.

Be careful how you google this one.
Searching for a follow up investigation last night and hit a pop-up tornado even though I have a pop-up blocker.

[mandyky]

20. For the weekend crowd

Kick