John Kennedy

Obama's Call to Service Is the Key to Electing Him President

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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Robert Creamer

Fundamentally, Democrats lost the last presidential election because while we talked about policies and programs, the Republicans talked about right and wrong. Never again.

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Obama Mulling Major Speech In Berlin During Europe Trip

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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A German friend passed along the news Saturday that local sources in Berlin are confirming that the Obama campaign was in contact with city authoritie...

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The Greatest President We Never Had

Norman MacAfee | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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Norman MacAfee

Robert Kennedy believed that politics was an honorable profession, and that government could be used for good. His murder sent a message of hopelessness, that nothing was possible anymore.

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Confident Optimism in Foreign Policy

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

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Robert Schlesinger

There are two fundamental schools of thought on foreign policy: suppose the Israelis launch a preemptive attack against Iran -- what does the United States do?

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America's 40 Years War at an End

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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Robert S. McElvaine

RFK and Barack Obama may come to be seen as the bookends of the second American civil war, a war that has divided the nation and been a dominant force in our politics for four decades.

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Robert F. Kennedy: What if He Had Lived? -- A Golden Age That Never Was

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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Blake Fleetwood

Kennedy's death came when the world was on the cusp of transformation -- between authoritarian societies and social and political justice. Much of that change was stalled in the US for decades to come.

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Ask not why words matter, ask when they mattered most

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

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Robert Schlesinger

Words do matter and few presidents knew this better than JFK (who of course also understood that rhetorical power has its limits). How JFK came up wi...

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There's Truth In Obama's Words About the Middle Class

John Farr | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics

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John Farr

Why would Obama say what he said? It's probably because those issues really came up with the people he spoke to, those citizens he supposedly "demeaned."

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The New Assassins Don't Use Guns

RJ Eskow | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

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RJ Eskow

A new form of political murder has taken its place -- character assassination. Over the last two decades, the Right has learned how to destroy its enemies without leaving a body.

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The Headless Donkey

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics

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Allison Kilkenny

Liberals are trying to create a story for the death of the Democratic party. The cause may be as simple as basic biology: without the head, the body dies.

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Sam Stein

Obama Compares Himself To Reagan, JFK...But Not Bill Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics

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In an interview Monday with the Reno Gazette-Journal editorial board, Sen. Barack Obama riffed on a range of political topics ranging from Katrina, th...

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MLK, LBJ, JFK, and RFK All Played Their Roles in the '64 Civil Rights Act

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

How did President Bill Clinton's welfare "reform," "free trade" pacts, and "deregulation" help African Americans? And what would a President Hillary Clinton do differently?

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Obama, JFK, RFK, Gene McCarthy, and New Hampshire

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

The Democratic candidates who voted for Bush's war now find themselves in the same position as Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey in 1968.

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A Free History Lesson for Dana Perino

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

How a person whose job it is to inform the American people about the views and policies of the President of the United States can be so historically challenged is beyond comprehension.

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Happy Birthday, RFK

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

Robert F. Kennedy would have turned 82-years-old today. One can only imagine what he might think about our current state of affairs.

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