[Dean's World] Dean: Campaign Memories

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Posted by Dean:
Campaign Memories
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1165685894.shtml


   I don't have much opinion of Bobby Kennedy. I think his older brother
   Jack was horribly overrated and not a particularly good President.
   Those who idolize him can rarely give any specifics of what they think
   he accomplished in his 3 years that was so memorable, besides being
   handsome and dashing and giving a couple of good speeches. I rarely
   bother to point out the down side.

   Bobby I always thought a little better of. The way he went after the
   Mob, even after the Mob helped his brother get elected, was rather
   admirable to me. And of course his assassination was unforgivable.

   In any case, Bob Doyle remembers working for the Bobby Kennedy
   campaign. Interesting stories he has there. I found the stories of
   corruption in politics particularly interesting. I think most people
   today really have no idea how much more clean and fair and uncorrupt
   the American political system is today by comparison to what it was
   like just 40 or 50 years ago.

   Anyway, [1]read Doyle's reminiscences here.

References

   1. http://barnesworld.blogs.com/barnes_world/2006/12/from_the_bob_do.html