Bobby Kennedy Jr. politely dodged questions about his political future now that Hillary Clinton won't be vacating her U.S. Senate seat. But he gave such a rousing speech at a Denver benefit for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial on Wednesday that admirers urged him to run for something soon.
Building on the emotional appearance of Uncle Ted at the Democratic convention two days earlier, Kennedy departed from his usual environmental concerns to connect his father's mission with the state of America today.
"When I was 13, I went on a trip to Europe with my father and mother," he recalled. "We went to Czechoslovakia and Poland and Germany. We were greeted by hundreds of thousands of people, who came to hear an American politician. It wasn't because [President Kennedy] had been martyred three years before. Even when Eisenhower went to Kabul and Teheran, he was met by thousands of Muslims who carried American flags.
"It took 230 years of discipline and restrained leadership by Republican and Democratic Presidents to build up a reservoir of love for the U.S. In the last seven years, through incompetence, we have drained those reservoirs dry."
Kennedy went on to indict the Bush administration for "torture, suspending habeas corpus and eavesdropping on hundreds of thousands of people."
Though Ted Kennedy was back in Massachusetts continuing his cancer treatment, 80-year-old Ethel Kennedy came with a flock of children and grandchildren.
Building on the emotional appearance of Uncle Ted at the Democratic convention two days earlier, Kennedy departed from his usual environmental concerns to connect his father's mission with the state of America today.
"When I was 13, I went on a trip to Europe with my father and mother," he recalled. "We went to Czechoslovakia and Poland and Germany. We were greeted by hundreds of thousands of people, who came to hear an American politician. It wasn't because [President Kennedy] had been martyred three years before. Even when Eisenhower went to Kabul and Teheran, he was met by thousands of Muslims who carried American flags.
"It took 230 years of discipline and restrained leadership by Republican and Democratic Presidents to build up a reservoir of love for the U.S. In the last seven years, through incompetence, we have drained those reservoirs dry."
Kennedy went on to indict the Bush administration for "torture, suspending habeas corpus and eavesdropping on hundreds of thousands of people."
Though Ted Kennedy was back in Massachusetts continuing his cancer treatment, 80-year-old Ethel Kennedy came with a flock of children and grandchildren.
Her daughter Kerry, who's been at the front of the RFK Memorial's human rights crusade, told us she's thought about running, "but I'm divorced with three kids. Right now, I want to be a mother."
What about rumors that her increasingly visible cousin, Caroline Kennedy, might run for office?
"I don't know," said Kerry, "but she'd be so great. She really has the capacity to bring people together." Bobby agreed: "We'd all be delighted to see her [run]."
Meanwhile, Gov. Patterson confirmed that the Triborough Bridge would be officially renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge on Nov. 19.
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What about rumors that her increasingly visible cousin, Caroline Kennedy, might run for office?
"I don't know," said Kerry, "but she'd be so great. She really has the capacity to bring people together." Bobby agreed: "We'd all be delighted to see her [run]."
Meanwhile, Gov. Patterson confirmed that the Triborough Bridge would be officially renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge on Nov. 19.
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