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Bobby Kennedy Is A Voice That’s Still Relevant
Bobby Kennedy neither had a crystal ball nor did he expect America to stay frozen in time for 51 years. And yet…
In 1968, Bobby Kennedy said a lot of things at a time when they needed to be said.
Of course, everyone has an opinion about the Kennedy’s. I’m no different. However, I don’t wrestle with Bobby Kennedy.
Of course, he was a man of profound privilege with a legendary competitive streak. And his family had opportunities I could only ever dream of.
But for all of his wealth and all of that stuff, he had a strange understanding and connection with normalcy. Who can say where that came from or why it was there. Some people have it and some don’t. Because the modern era loves labels, today we would call Bobby Kennedy an “empath.”
If you go back through his speeches from 1968, you will read and/or hear the voice of a man struggling. Struggling to find a reason why he was witnessing his country falling apart. He loved the United States and recognized it as the country that not only gave his family so much, but also took from it.
But never once did Robert Kennedy appear or sound entitled.
