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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:57 PM
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In 1968, RFK said, "...a Negro could be President in 40 years..."
Edited on Sun Jun-08-08 07:59 PM by jenmito
On MTP this morning, Tim Russert showed this from The Washington Post: "Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy told the world that the United States-despite Alabama violence-is moving so fast in race relationa a Negro could be President in 40 years. ...'There is no question about it,' the Attorney General said. 'In the next 40 years a Negro can achieve the same position that my brother has.'...Kennedy said that prejudice exists and probably will continue to make progress and we are making progress. ...We are not going to accept the status quo."

How 'bout that?!
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:57 PM
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1. did he happen to predict when a woman would be president? n/t
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:58 PM
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2. If he did, I'm not aware of it.
:shrug:
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:07 PM
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9. No, but it's amazing he
was so on point with this prediction. :thumbsup:
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 09:34 PM
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17. he was a few years off n/t
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 07:58 PM
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3. May 24, 1963.
Russert had the date wrong. There is another thread on this; also, I posted an essay on it last week. I used numerous sources that document the date.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:00 PM
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4. Oh. Thanks for the correction. So he was off by 5 years...
Edited on Sun Jun-08-08 08:02 PM by jenmito
Maybe he got the date wrong because he then played a clip of him talking in '68.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:01 PM
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5. This essay
is about the meeting where he said it:

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/H2O%20Man/401
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:10 PM
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10. Thanks! Very interesting!
:hi:
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:10 PM
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11. Thank you - what an amazing essay. nt
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:01 PM
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:12 PM
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12. I know. But his relatives are.
:)
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lisa58 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:03 PM
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7. I heard that too - isn't that amazing?
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:13 PM
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13. Yes! So prescient!
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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:07 PM
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8. Ever read "Brothers" ,jenmito?
By David Talbot. One hell of a read. The Kennedy boys were fascinating, to say the least.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:14 PM
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14. Good book n/t
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:15 PM
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15. No, but maybe I will...
My father was telling me all about him, how he went to see him speak "off the cuff" and how Obama reminds him of him.
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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 08:18 PM
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16. JFK on LSD!
Nah, I shouldn't ..... My main take was the CIA. How fucking dirty they were.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-08-08 11:06 PM
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18. I saw a picture of Bobby Kennedy in Life
Magazine on DU saying that quote..but, I can't find it on the net now.

It was around the time of Martin Luther King's birthday and it was on an Obama thread:)
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