RFK Predicted "NEGRO" (Black) President 40 Years Ago!

[mollymongold]

Run time: 02:23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86YDlOn4nI0   Posted on YouTube: June 13, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: November 06, 2008 By DU Member: mollymongold Views on DU: 869

 

[Richardo]

1. Did he say by when?

I can;t play youtube at work

[tekisui]

2. He said in 40 years. He said it in 1968.

[htuttle]

4. He actually said that particular quote in 1961

They had the date in the bottom left of the screen when the quote was said. He also refers to the job his 'brother currently has', ie., it was pre-1963.

There was a later clip of him from 1968 at the end of the piece, so it was a little confusing.

Still, though...wow.

[Hope And Change]

5. Yes, but for some strange reason Tim says that Robert said this "40 years ago".

[htuttle]

7. Maybe it's an old video?

Tim is still dead, isn't he?

:shrug:

[Hope And Change]

3. Check out the quote below....

[psychopomp]

6. Good catch --but still, extraordinarily prescient

and it is touching because RFK and Barack Obama have similar visions for the United States and inspire the same kind of optimism. The loss of RFK is one of the saddest low points of American history; he was really the right person for his time to lead. The US would have had a very different trajectory if he had lived, I think.

Just to give you an idea of the kind of person he was, as he lay dying, he whispered, "Is everybody okay?" ;(

It still pisses me off that his tragic passing was brought up during the campaign by one of our own! WTF was that all about?? (no, I do not want to start a flame war)