Entries from November 2008

November 23, 2008

Op-Ed: JFK Anniversary Tainted By Poor News Reporting

STORIES SAD BUT (NOT) TRUE
While browsing through the various and sundry news reports marking the 45th anniversary of the JFK Assassination yesterday, I was struck by one strange but nonetheless glaring error which was reported by several major news organizations around the globe. From a curiously uncited wire service report:

It was 45 years ago today that [...]

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November 22, 2008

45 Years Later, JFK’s Words Still Resonate

A SOMBER ANNIVERSARY
Today marks 45 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas.
It is a time when all Americans (even those who were not yet born in 1963) stop to reflect on what our country lost that day – for we lost so much more than more than just a man — and [...]

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November 21, 2008

RFK Jr. Considers His Political Future

RFK Jr. speaks to reporters after the Triborough Bridge was renamed for his father. Nov. 19, 2008

KEEPING HIS OPTIONS OPEN

After a ceremony in Astoria Wednesday morning to rename the Triborough Bridge after Robert F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy Jr. said that he’d consider joining the Obama administration, and would “look at” replacing Hillary Clinton in the [...]

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November 20, 2008

Bobby’s Bridge

IT’S OFFICIAL: TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE RENAMED FOR RFK

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the dedication ceremony for the new RFK Bridge, Nov. 19th, 2008

The Triborough Bridge — Robert Moses’s three spans connecting Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx — was formally renamed on Wednesday for Robert F. Kennedy, just one day before what would have been his [...]

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November 19, 2008

What Kind of EPA Head Would RFK Jr. Be?

A TALK WITH RFK JR. AND FORMER EPA DIRECTOR CHRISTINE TODD-WHITMAN

* With all this rumor and speculation flying about regarding Robert F. Kennedy Jr. possibly serving as EPA head in President Obama’s administration, we thought our readers might find this interview from the archives of particular interest right now.
Four years ago, Outside Magazine published a [...]

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November 16, 2008

Hillary’s Senate Seat Might Be Up For Grabs After All

Kennedy with Sen. Clinton on the campaign trail in New Hampshire earlier this year

WHAT WILL HILLARY DO NEXT?
 
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has certainly made no secret of the fact that he would one day love to occupy his late father’s former U.S. Senate seat — and if Hillary Clinton should become President-elect Obama’s secretary of [...]

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November 11, 2008

Say “Yes” to RFK Jr. at the EPA!

REAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
(FOR A “CHANGE”)
As many of this blog’s readers already know, President-elect Barack Obama is reported to be seriously considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for a cabinet position, either as head of the EPA or Interior Secretary.
Our team is thrilled by this news — we’ve wanted to see Kennedy play a more active role [...]

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November 5, 2008

Kennedy Says He Would Serve in Obama’s Cabinet If Asked

RFK to Head the EPA?
In an interview with the Huffington Post, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — reportedly under consideration by Barack Obama to head the Environmental Protection Agency — said that if asked, he would serve.
Expressing deep satisfaction — almost relief — with the election of Barack Obama yesterday, Robert Kennedy Jr., the longtime environmental [...]

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November 3, 2008

Who Are You Voting For?

Well, now’s the time to make up your mind, if you haven’t already. Who will you be voting for Tuesday?
Drop a comment below and tell us who and why…
Barack Obama?
John McCain?
Ralph Nader?
Cynthia McKinney?
Chuck Baldwin?
Other candidate (please specify)?
Writing in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?
Or are you not planning to vote at all? If not, why not?

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November 2, 2008

Will RFK Jr. Serve in Obama’s Cabinet?

FROM THE RUMOR MILL
It appears that Senator Barack Obama is already thinking forward to January, and has some very firm ideas in mind as to who will serve in his administration.
According to Politico.com, a couple of Kennedys are on his short list, and RFK Jr. is one of them.
Citing “sources close to Barack Obama,” the [...]

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