frh.bsky.social

57 years ago this morning, my mom woke me up and told me they’d shot Bobby Kennedy. It hit me hard - the week before, age 9, I had hung RFK literature bags on doorknobs for the SD primary (which my mom let me do even though she supported Humphrey). I can still see her face and the sunlight… 1/2

A lot went off the rails that day. Had RFK lived, I think he had the ability to synthesize conservative and liberal views to be a uniter and a great president. And he would have been a positive role model and might have kept his son from going crazy and destroying American science and medicine. 2/3