Entries from November 2007

November 30, 2007

Clinton Endorsement: Shock and Awe

SHOCK AND AWE
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton seems to be drawing more ire than fire from longtime Kennedy loyalists, who expressed their extreme displeasure with his choice for president all over the blogosphere this week.
While his endorsement of Senator Clinton’s campaign is no doubt a smooth strategic move (especially if he has [...]

November 29, 2007

Kennedy Campaigns for Clinton

IT’S OFFICIAL
As reported in this blog a couple of months ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he stands behind Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in her bid for the Democratic party nomination.
Today, he went even further, giving Clinton his formal endorsement:
“Hillary Clinton has the strength and experience to bring the war in Iraq to an end and reverse the [...]

November 27, 2007

RFK Jr. Profiles an American Hero in New Book

(PHOTO CAPTION: RFK Jr. on The Today Show, Nov. 19, 2007)
KENNEDY WRITES A PROFILE IN COURAGE
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s latest book is a biography of Joshua Chamberlain — musician, linguist, professor, farmer, husband, father, soldier, and American patriot.
He’s currently making the rounds of talk shows to promote American Heroes: Joshua Chamberlain and the American Civil War, appearing on NBC’s Today last [...]

November 25, 2007

Eunice Kennedy Shriver Hospitalized

CNN and the Associated Press report that Bobby’s aunt Eunice was hospitalized in Boston over the Thanksgiving holiday. See full story below: 
(CNN) Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of former President John F. Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, is in the hospital, said a spokesman for her daughter, California first lady Maria Shriver.

(PHOTO FROM GETTY [...]

November 20, 2007

Happy Birthday, Bob

PHOTO CAPTION: Senator Robert F. Kennedy at BYU, March 1968
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOB
Had he lived, Robert F. Kennedy would be 82 years old today. We thought it might be interesting to honor him this year not with a few selected quotations by him, but rather quotations about him.
How was Bobby Kennedy described by the people who knew [...]

November 17, 2007

RFK Jr. Talks Turkey In Texas

PHOTO CAPTION: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks on the campus of the University of Texas Pan-American, Nov. 14, 2007.
RFK AT UTPA
Down here in Texas, the phrase “talking turkey” is often thrown into our conversations, and the natives just seem to instinctively know what we’re talking about. If you don’t speak Texan, however, a translation may be required.
Broadly defined, someone “talks [...]

November 13, 2007

The Declaration of Independents

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS:
WHY DISGUSTED DEMS AND REPULSED REPUBS ARE FLEEING THEIR PARTIES IN DROVES
At this moment in our history, something amazing is happening in America. And as usual, our elected representatives, those overpaid political pundits, the mainstream media and most of the presidential candidates fail to see it coming.
Or perhaps they are simply shielding [...]

November 12, 2007

Kennedy to Visit Rio Grande Valley This Week

HOW GREEN IS MY VALLEY 
For Bobby’s supporters in South Texas, here is more information about his upcoming appearance from the Monitor. 
The RFK Jr. for President group is organizing a road trip from Austin to Edinburgh for the event, so if you’d like to join us, drop an email and let us know appx. how many cars/people [...]

November 11, 2007

Raves for RFK Jr. in Detroit

PHOTO CAPTION: Kennedy addresses a capacity crowd at Wayne State University, November 2, 2007. Photographs by Marvin Shaouni.

BOBBY KNOCKS `EM OUT IN DETROIT
If the overwhelmingly favorable reports we’re getting about Bobby’s latest appearance at WSU are any indication, he made a lot of new fans in Detroit this past week.
The local press accounts so far have been outstanding [...]

November 10, 2007

Help Wanted: President of the United States

This “Help Wanted” ad was sent in by one of our frequent commentators, Jack Mosel. I thought it was too good not to share with everyone!
The job description at present which remains unaswered (except for the drafting and recruitment effort of Mr. Kennedy), goes like this:
WANTED:
Upstanding U.S. Citizen for call of duty to country [...]