Entries from July 2008

July 30, 2008

Kennedy Building New “Green” House

A “GREEN” REALITY SHOW FOR THE RFK’S?
* Now, before you laugh out loud at that headline and say, “you’ve got to be kidding me!” - check out this July 25 story from the NY Daily News:
Bobby Kennedy Jr. has snatched victory - and a TV deal - from the jaws of toxic mold.
For years, the environmental [...]

July 28, 2008

Unearthing News the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

UNEARTHED:
NEWS OF THE WEEK THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA FORGOT TO REPORT
By Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle
 

Ashcroft Claims Waterboarding Isn’t Torture
Former Attorney General John Ashcroft told the House Judiciary Committee last week that waterboarding is not torture. Ashcroft also claims waterboarding is more effective than other interrogation techniques and has served a “very valuable” purpose.
“I [...]

July 25, 2008

Q&A With RFK Jr.

RFK JR. AT FORECASTLE FEST THIS WEEKEND
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is this year’s keynote speaker at the annual Forecastle Festival in Louisville, Kentucky (happening all weekend, with RFK Jr.’s speech scheduled for Sunday at 2:30 p.m.).
In advance of his appearance at Forecastle, Kennedy gave an interview to Velocity Weekly, in which he discusses green solutions [...]

July 21, 2008

Opinion: Obama is NOT the Next RFK

* We’d like to share with our readers this Letter to the Editor of the Washingtonian in response to a recent article asking “Is Barack Obama the next RFK?”
The author (who is a frequent commentator on this blog) sent us a copy and granted permission to post it here at the Kennedy for President website as well. We think you’ll [...]

July 17, 2008

RFK Jr. Endorses Obama

BOBBY KENNEDY JR. ENDORSES OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT
* After a long and contentious primary battle between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, a fight which divided the Kennedy family and threatened to split the Democratic party, the time has come for unity.
In that spirit of party loyalty, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime ally and supporter of [...]

July 16, 2008

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye: Remembering JFK Jr.

* EDITOR’S NOTE: It would likely surprise our readers to learn that over the lifetime of this humble blog, the one article which gets more reads than any other is not about Robert F. Kennedy Jr…Nor is it a story about his father, his uncle Ted, or even President Kennedy.
Believe it or not, our most popular [...]

July 14, 2008

RFK Jr.’s Weekly News

Here’s this week’s “Unearthed” news report from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle (courtesy Huffington Post):
“UNEARTHED”
NEWS OF THE WEEK THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA FORGOT TO REPORT

Home Foreclosures Could Affect Voting Rolls
The mortgage foreclosure crisis may pose a problem in the November election as voters still registered at their former addresses could lose the opportunity to [...]

July 11, 2008

Kennedy in the Pacific Northwest

Bobby visited the Pacific Northwest yesterday for a speech and voiced his opposition to a proposed LNG facility on the Columbia River. According to local press accounts, here’s what he had to say:
 
RFK JR. FIGHTS PROPOSED LNG FACILITY ON COLUMBIA RIVER

Robert Kennedy, Jr. has a lot to say about a proposed liquefied natural gas facility on [...]

July 9, 2008

Teddy’s Return to the Senate Elicits Cheers and Tears

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., followed by Caroline Kennedy, enters the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
KENNEDY RETURNS TO THE SENATE; GETS STANDING OVATION
Senator Edward Kennedy got a standing ovation from his colleagues as he returned to the US Senate Wednesday for the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer.
The [...]

July 9, 2008

This Week’s “Unearthed” News from RFK Jr.

* Here’s the latest “Unearthed” news from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle (report courtesy of the Huffington Post).
UNEARTHED:
NEWS OF THE WEEK THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA FORGOT TO REPORT

Supreme Court Slashes Exxon Valdez Judgment
The Supreme Court slashed a $2.5 billion punitive damages award for the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to just $500 million. An Alaskan [...]