Comments | chefxh: nearly a half century later

chefxh

nearly a half century later

Jun 06, 2012 05:29

45 years ago Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, and my world caved in.

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geolinguist June 8 2012, 03:42:57 UTC

I'm curious, why did RFK's assasination affect you so much?

chefxh June 8 2012, 11:33:56 UTC

I remembered JFK's death and funeral. I didn't like LBJ. We had moved from town to my stepfather's farm, where all the liberal politics I already espoused were vilified by his WCTU sisters and the kids at the country school. I watched the 1968 presidential campaign and was horrified by Nixon. Bobby Kennedy was going to win, he was going to fix everything. MLK was already dead and the country had gone up in flames. It was a horrible year, both in my personal life and that of the nation. There was so little content on TV in those days that one could not escape the horrible news footage. Hope died that day.