The Greatest President America Never Had | RFK: America's Lost President | Real History
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- It is a great ‘what-if’ of the last century. What if Robert F. Kennedy, brother of the murdered JFK, had not himself been assassinated while campaigning for the Presidency in 1968? This documentary reveals how Kennedy transformed from Cold War warrior to advocate of peace, from son of privilege to champion of the down-trodden, from timid adolescent to potential President.
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I'm 62, so I was just a child when RFK was shot and I barely remember seeing a photo in the newspaper of him lying on the floor. I had no idea what we'd lost. Decades later, when I'd see documentaries about him, I often weep because now I know. I ALWAYS weep when I see the scenes of his funeral train traveling through cities, small towns, & countrysides with ALL kinds of people standing along the tracks, some waving American flags, some saluting, - veterans, boy scouts, poor rural white families & children, black people, Catholic nuns, etc.,- such a cross-section of America united in grief & waiting along the tracks to pay their last respects to RFK. Just knowing he was loved and respected by people from so many different backgrounds & experiences & situations was beautiful. God, I'm starting to cry just writing about it. I feel this huge sense of loss.
Just wanted to add that I'm supporting RFK Jr. for President in 2024. I don't agree with his EVERY position, but that's never going to happen with any candidate and I am so tired of voting for the lesser of 2 evils. I want to vote FOR someone, not against someone. I like that he is a thoughtful man who is both committed to his principles but is not an ideologue, which is almost non-existent in American politics today. I also am dismayed at the ongoing & escalating hate, tribalism, & polarization between the Left & the Right, or between Republicans & Democrats. I don't want authoritarianism from the Left any more than I want it from the Right! I like that RFK, Jr. appeals to people from all across the political spectrum. That alone is amazing in a world where Americans have now had decades of propaganda telling them to hate each other and it's only getting worse as we have different "news" sources that tell us what we want to hear to reinforce our beliefs. "Fake news" from the Left & "alternative facts" (as if there is such a thing!) from the Right are amplified & confirmed by social media algorithms. Both sides think the other side is either stupid, insane, or evil, or all 3,- because they think they are getting the same news & information and are making decisions based on that shared information. We DON'T have shared information anymore, and I have seen news outlets from both the Left & the Right that are misleading, that mock political opponents (childish behavior), or that lapse into outright propaganda & tell lies about their opponents. We no longer have a shared reality. I can't tell you how dangerous this is. Of course, RFK, Jr. has been treated horribly by the legacy media & by establishment Democrats, and I've seen so many lies told about him, using soundbites to misrepresent his policies, which he can only address in long-form interviews like the ones here on YT. (The interview by Dr. Phil is probably the best at clarifying his positions so I suggest you watch that & share it with others who have never heard Mr. Kennedy speak for himself.)
Quite eerie for me to witness RFK jr. running for President as I distributed election material for his dad as a child...
Now’s your chance to vote for a Kennedy!
@@crossfam5940
Not this one. Jr. is not his father.
Uncle
I’m voting for Bobby because he is HONEST
@@libertyann439have you ever listened to him
We would have a very different America
@@taliagrace44we haters love ❤to hate
@@Alan1234x So how do you have any peace if you always love to hate?
In gunning down this father of 11 the assination, robbed 11 children of their father and shot down the democratically determined will of a nation and the people's vote for a president elect of their choice. A Presidency that was halted and stopped short, at the moment of it's very beginning. Truly tragic. May his soul RIP.🙏✨️
It's amazing how much Ethel and Bobby resemembled each other.
When RFK arrived in LA he briefly sat in a convertible as he rode to the Ambassador Hotel. I was 16 yrs old. My friends and I cut class to be there. I pushed thru the crowd and reached up and shook RFK’s hand !! I shall never forget that moment. That night he was murdered and America was robbed of an Amazing Future President instead of the dushbag Nixon we endured from 1969-74😊
1:12 is horrific.
Sleep in eternal peace...
You were too young, Bobby...
And now his son walks in his footsteps ❤ What an amazing family!
You’re kidding, right?
His family renounced him.
Lol. RFK Jr said that a worm ate part of his brain. He's wacky as hell..
Jr is not a Kennedy. He is nothing like his father; not at all. Read some actual history!
Vote for RFK _wherever_ possible!
I'm a conservative but I have always admired Jack and Bobby. I just want RFK, Jr to be alive at the end of 2024...elected or not.
Me too. ❤
I'm voting for Robert KennedyJr, not Biden or Trump come next November.
RFK jr will be president.
@@flyingosom202 Nope
@@marksteiner2194Trump Vance
Kennedy for Attorney General like his dad.❤
Rest in eternal peace President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Robert Francis Kennedy America lost so much the day President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Robert Francis Kennedy we're assassinated a terrible tragedy 😢❤😢
I Once said to my late father that if RFK were living he would have been a great and powerful President. Shame he was cut down on his prime.
Amen
karma for being a womanizer and doing bad libteral things
He definetely would had become president, but i dont think it would of been in 68. Humphrey still gets the nomination. but rfk would have defintely won in either 72 or 76
Arlene Specter's " magic " bullet has nothing on Sirhan's " magic " gun.
He was able to stand six feet in front of RFK and inflict a fatal wound in the back of his head that came from less than two inches away. Amazing.
It's as big a mystery as JFK's assassination. One lady talked about seeing a man and woman flee down the back stairs or something , saying "we just shot Kennedy." I never heard a thing about that being followed up on.
Please, enough with these conspiracies.
@@jamesanthony5681 the pathoologist that dr. Noguchi. Stated rfk was killed with three bullets from the back. And sirhan was in the front. That is not a conspiracy. The la police department said14 shots were fired that is not a conspiracy . . So I guess labeling people who talk the truth conspiracy theory means they are telling the truth .
@@jamesanthony5681 nothing wrong with discussion
The point of dropping well known political people in broad daylight is to get away with it publicly so the rest of them fall into line....come on now folks use your brains
I'm 65 years old and have the original News papers from June and July 1968 of Bobby Kennedy - keeping them preserved - the News papers were very large back than, more than today - Robert Kennedy Sr. Was a great man - his son RFK Jr. Following in his dad's steps.....
This is a great channel. I get goosebumps when I hear the horns playing at the opening 😊
We loved this Man.
I was a 4-year-old girl in Hong Kong when RFK was shot. I had no idea who RFK was at the time. My father came home early from work that day and told us about this great man, explaining how he helped the nation restore hope and fight against racism. He also said that RFK was a progressive leader, but some Americans were not yet ready for his idealism.
It’s 1969 with cell phones. We don’t kill, we just cancel.Freedom, is an everlasting journey.
What could have been! Rather common words! Best of luck to all of us!
His work for Joseph McCarthy during the worst of that dark period prepared him to be a ruthless operator like his father.
Shame they didn’t root out more commies given how society is today!
Sometimes in this world ya gotta be ruthless.
Didn't RFK resign from his role after learning what JM intended to do??
❤❤❤You son Mr. Rfk jr.024 will fillful dream this time moment ....for peace happy N prosperity at home N abroad ....
LOL. No, instead he just endorsed the worst president in US history in a move that would have made his father puke in embarrassment and anger. Jr about 1/100000th the substance his dad was.
Yessss in my ❤ .. the greatest presence t America never had‼️😢😢😢
Anyone know the name of the horn section at the very beginning of this documentary?
Imagine all the good Jack and Bobby could have accomplished! Not to mention MLK.
Dr. MLK … He made them human fr and they were not afraid for the lessons! Imagine!
Bobby was as tough as his father, Joe Senior. He was the strongest and toughest of all his brothers. He went after the MOB and did not back down.
#Scorpio power when you rise from serpent to Phoenix to the Eagle!
Like so much of what came out of the 1960s the image of the Kennedys is a perfect example of misplaced nostalgia. A magnificently produced piece of insidious propaganda that contributed to the nightmare we are experiencing today.
As a 16 year old volunteer on RFKs Presidential campaign, I learned more about the realities.... and the hypocrisy.... of the political system in general and the Kennedy image in particular than many of my peers would aquire even with masters or doctoral degrees.
Few things will assure the success of symbolism over substance better than the martyrdom of an individual.
For those who cannot..or are unwilling.. to tear themselves away from fantasy, I suggest they consider the following:
Those who will not use the brains and skills they have are no better off than those who have none. They are by their own choice subject to the will and control of those who would be their masters.
I consider myself fortunate that at a very young age I encountered and was able to accept the cold, hard truth and realities that escape so many people today. There is little... if any.. real difference between Democrat and Republican ... Conservative and Liberal... Left and Right . They all have a common goal... Total Control of a growing G.D.P. GENERALLY DUMB PUBLIC.
I live in Salem Massachusetts. I love the Kennedys. Royalty! But cursed. He'd be pissed at his son.
I liked Bobby Kennedy
Sins of all of our fathers!
Bobby was not killed by Sirhan Sirhan. He was shot from behind while on the floor, Sirhan missed every shot he took.
Someone else had to have killed Kenedy
Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a Camelot. RFK Jr. his father and uncle are looking dowm on him with pride. RFJ Jr. can provide guidance to Trump and help lead us through the darkness into the light. Unity Party! Save our Republic. Let's Go!
Totally and we need both parties to work together to fix this ish! And we the people as well! Americans!
SAD...R F K RIP
I remember BOBY KENNEDY LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY so smart so handsome so full of life God bless him just like his older brother JOHN the best president of a great nation UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 🇺🇸
Good afternoon everyone
May there's one more hope.....
Bobby would have made a wonderful president
My thanks to all of you & now it's onto Chicago and let's win there...
They say the Kennedy brothers never lived to see how twisted their government truly was, I personally believe they were killed because they already knew.
we were all more centered back then. our recognizing middle ground easier and that we actually all bleed red.
Its true that JFK was the politician, but RFK had something rare that most politicians give lip service to, he could see the people, take the pulse of the people, most important he would listen to the people, doing this he saw that he was also just a person, one that makes mistakes, but he could admit his faults but also saw his strengths, he changed himself from the things he learned. RFK did this by going out and talking to the people and became stronger, his power came from the people, and the power he recieved he turned around and impowered the people. We live in a democracy. Government of the people, by the people, for the people. They say that we lost our way, our innocence,that horrible day in November 1963. I believe that we lost our hope and faith in a hotel kitchen in 1968. I can see alot of RFK in RFKJ yes he has had his share of mistakes but he has served with taking a stand and defending and protecting the environment, his uncle, JFK, in a speech stated that we share this small planet. RFKJr. Fought for our planet, RFK fought for the people. We need our faith, trust, and hope restored, that how we fill truly matters. That our voices are heard and %come together and let those who took JFK and RFK that we havent forgotten, and &
Bobby Kenney Jr. can right the party next year. Pray for him.
RFK JR will not get the nomination because the Democratic machine has vilified him as an anti vaccine crackpot and because he is the Kennedy that wasn't brainwashed or coerced to believe that fairy tale of the government's version of what actually happened on November 22, 1963 and June 5, 1968...The Democratic czars still want to stay behind go along to get along ancient Joe Biden for another 4 years if you can believe that...J. P. Kennedy 3 would be a very serious Kennedy candidate if and when he ever gets that desire in the future but the secret service will have to be on its A+ game like never before to protect him...
"No... I don't think I will "
I will pray for him and Trump
The party is no longer the same party of his father and uncle.
Rfk jr 24!
Bobby for AG like his dad
Who better to have as an advisor...than ur own brother..who u trust with ur life....I'd do the same.
Nix on Nixon
Their daddy was Gangsta! The sins of the father idk?
RFKJR2024President
We need Senator McCarthy NOW.
The Grace of God is the heart of righteous people and the Power of the Almighty decides to raise up one King and bring another down. God is the architect, Author, Composer and Orchestrator of all humanity. Repent and Believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This world is temporal....Eternity is the future of every soul with Heaven and Hell as realities. Choose Heaven by choosing JESUS.
Our first real chance as a country since then, is now. RFKjr for potus!! My heart goes out to the Kennedy's.
He was assassinated June 5th 1968 not January 1969
too much of a coincidence.. Thank you and condolences to the Kennedy family. I think America owes the family a fair election in 2024... ❤🩹
RFK Jr you mean? His family has pretty much disowned him. So much for owing them any favours.
Enough of that. There are 4-5 people that work for the Biden administration out of over 100 family members. He has family working intimately with his campaign.
If you are following mainstream media for your news right now, or going off common tropes / bot comments, you are very seriously narrow-scoped + uninformed.
He would have been our best president
Something was very upset over these brothers...
No one can say that he would have been a great President with any certainty: It is an unknown
Well, obviously people are expressing their opinions. This is a perfect forum for those opinions
and discussions.
Would have been very difficult to be worse than L.B. Johnson.
They didn't let him try to be a President he didn't have the opportunity
@@MoldugasThat’s ironic given how LBJ was a great president
@@JoeBiden007He was a great president with regard to domestic issues.. but not when it came to foreign policies.. especially Vietnam.
Not in 69 as he was dead! You mean 68!
It’s an alternate history story where he did win in 68 and would have been inaugurated in 69
Greatest President? BS. His disdain for Johnson was unforgiveable. Johnson did many good thing including Civil Rights legislation. BobbyKennedy had an uncontrollable temper and hatred for adversaries. Not exactly presidential material.
Oops 68 69 baddabing
@@richmilito5417God forbid he didn't want to do an illegal war in Vietnam lmao
bombaclatt
The Kennedy boys were a force for good. Such aa waste of good men.
"LAW AND ORDER man"= Nixon😂...Trump?.😂😂
A understanding of the tiny mad idea would have served Bobby
We need another debate with actual issue and police instead of disrespect! No bueno!
Dark forces killed his brother didn't want him anywhere near the Whitehouse...
Supporting Mc Carthy was a hideous mistake didn't know that he did that
Research the name Roy Cohn. He was the right hand of Joseph McCarthy. Roy Cohn later became the mentor of the current republican nominee for president.
Cohn taught him everything he knows.
Maya's mom here: againnn.... We all need PEACE in the world...Pray for it! And Honesty in our government!!! RbertRKennedy FK IS AN HOMEST RIGHTE)OU S MANGo USA
What a wonderful world it would have been if Bobby would of been President! Since then the U.S has been in free fall. Yes he would of been the best president of all time I pray the Kennedy curse is broken and does not rear its ugly head again? That is my concern, If Bobby Jr runs I will definitely vote for him, God Bless him! This is a man we truly need now!👍👍🙏🙏🙏
Bobby Jr is running
@@delorme9 As an independent. Which is a Kiss of death in our first-past-the-post voting system.
"Too much the coward to just go REPUBLICAN, Mr Kennedy? Don't think you can win against Trump? Quit now while you're still ahead."
Fella looks like a soldier in Whitey Bulger's Winter Hill Gang anyway.
RFK Jr said that a worm ate part of his brain. He's crazy. By all means, vote for him.. this ignorant country is circling the drain anyway..
#MalefactorsOfGreatWealth
Thane Eugene Cesar
Robert F🤍Kennedy Jr❤2024 President💙2024
Him winning over Nixon would be slim!
Remember...1960 election campaign was extremely close between JFK and Nixon...The Kennedy's knew how to win close elections...
I don’t think that RFK would’ve gotten the nomination in 1968. Humphrey had the Democratic machine behind him.
However, if he had run again in 72, I think that he easily wins the Nomination, as Primaries began playing a larger role in the nomination process. And, I believe that he would’ve beaten Nixon.
@@robertbruce6865 If not by 1968...Then...definitely...by 1972...since Nixon lied about immediately ending the Vietnam War which was going terribly badly by late 1968...
Real History becomes fake history @39:08
I don't people understand, or want to understand the true scope of your comment ......😊
When I was a child there was memorabilia plates flags paper everywhere the Kennedys and King
They were praised for the good things they did for ppl
But no one mentioned the infidelity all three commited against their wives
None of them thought it wrong bc they repeated it time and time again without hesitation all three😢
So, j e hoover’s disinformation still works today!! He should’ve been head of kgb, not fbi. The old creep.
Hmf
What would you expect of them, kind of like tiger woods, they were at the top of there game
And now, Bobby, Jr. is declaring his candidacy for the presidency.
Yeah.. and he's nuts. He said that a worm ate part of his brain.
Bot^ all repeat the same things, and on videos and in places they have no other business in. Apparently close to election time last time, it was 80-90% bot accounts on social media sites.
RFKJr. Is leading in real life, non-media-owned polls :)
53% of population at this time - Independant.
I have no doubt that R.F.K would have been elected as president. Like his brother he to was eliminated by those that took J.F.K. great presentation. Many thanks from western North Carolina.
He had won already come on who does that with that presentation! A,Erica was ready and now afraid! Tik Tok Tik Tok!
Yikes, they really dropped the ball on the assassination of RFK. Really kind of a silly doc. because of it.
I'd like to see a similar video with William F. Buckley as the president who never was, unless this is a purely partisan venture.
I mean, it's hard to see a scenario where he would even be a serious candidate.
@@paulnejtek6588 Buckley? You're probably right when it comes to to actually getting elected but, if he would've run and won, he would've been great. He was brilliant with tremendous potential.
@@Bill-tz3wg hmmm. I suppose. I admit, I don't know a whole lot about him. I've read national review a few times. Seen firing line a few times. Read an article about catholicism by his son Christopher. Heard a funny story about something his wife once said to Ted Kennedy. Kennedy was partying with them sometime in the 70's. His car was blocked into the driveway or not working. So he asked Buckley for the keys to some other car so he could drive into town and pick up some drinks or snacks or something from somewhere. His wife replied in mock horror that there were 3 bridges on the way to town (this was after Chappaquiddick). I was kinda surprised to find out that they partied with Ted Kennedy.
@@paulnejtek6588 - Firing Line has a RUclips channel (no ads) and I recommend the 1965 episode with television mogul David Susskind. Additionally, if you get the chance I highly suggest the documentary Best of Enemies which chronicles the rivalry between Buckley and Gore Vidal as it played out during the 1968 conventions where they provided final thoughts each night for ABC. This, it's fair to say, was the forerunner of what we see today in political discourse on news programs. Outstanding documentary.
@@Bill-tz3wg what the hell, I'll give it an hour or two n check it out. Thx 4 the recommend
he was not killed by sirhan. the autopsy showed bobby was shot from behind. Sirhan was in front of bobby. bobby was killed by the man who led him into the kitchen.
Rfk jr. 24
😂
Actually really very inspirational for a man like me he had 11 children in 18 years of marriage.
R.I.P Robert Francis Kennedy we sure could use your help right now at this moment in this disaster of 2024. Love Your Country, Hate Your Government. Silent Majority when you gonna wake up...?
Let’s keep it going!
There's be fewer names on The Wall
we dont know if rfk would have been a good president
Nixon never would have been elected, if Bobby wasn't killed!
would be bette than what we got now
He was pretty good in everything else. His brother JFK was good too. I think its a fair idea to make into a video.
Hey, thanks! I never knew that Bobby was murdered during his run for the Presidency! You’re just a fountain of information, aren’t you...
Exactly.
This country had a great president and thought they were gonna get the best president ever………..that worked out well hasn’t it??
He never would have beaten Humphrey
He was great too! No doubt!
Secret Service not doing their jobs. Please investigate
25 tho-LBJ. 25 tho NIX. What can i say 10years of hate death lies they got me 69-71 It was like being in JAIL,
Thank God he didn't
Everything in this story has been taken from the government's playbook.
Who knows what kind of President he'd have been? This is pure wishcasting.
Well, that’s what these comments are all about. We don’t have to agree but it is good for everyone to be FREE to state their opinions.
HOW can THIS be "Real History" when he was NEVER president to show IF he would have been "the greatest"?? 🤔🧐🤨
😲😲😲😲
Corruption to the core.
What a JOKE is all is
Bobby had his share of greed, last to see Monroe before she toook her last breath.
American politics? Even today? Anyway, what about marilynmonroe? Among thousends other crimes?
BOBBY KENNEDY JN RUNNING FOR AND WITH TRUMP
I Read some where ROBERT KENNEDY'S SON WAS THINKING OF RUNNING FOR POYUS. Yes OR No?
He just announced
Yes, but the son is no comparison. The junior deals in conspiracy quackery.
Look, he is not his Dad neither was JFK Jr.( he really didn’t want it. But I’m not a quack for not taking the jab. 2 years later. I have heart condition. People, family separated over this,why? Because people were forceful with their opinions
@@Themaddprof I disagree with his stance on Vaccines, but look at the rest of his platform. A lot of his father’s stances.
There’s much more to RFKJR than vaccines.
Now, I haven’t picked a candidate. But RFK Sr is my political hero, and RFKJR shares a lot of his father’s beliefs. That makes him appealing in my eyes.
RFK Jr. is slandered because of corporate interest but his statements continue to be substantiated. {He's been correct}
Even just last night senator Rand Paul has added information & released a book of his past year of findings. Exposing grave criminality.
Easy for an uninfomed person who's not done a stitch of research or study, try to label someone else. Have you been inside a corporation studying hundreds of pages of discovery? Have you written a book with 2000 footnotes/studies within referenced to which none are disproven? Or do you just repeat things you've heard. And try to pull down men who stand up for something.
As the Kennedy were learning human rights...it was Robert Kennedy who gave J. Egger Hoover the ok to go subversive on Dr. MLK...audio taps forever.
Triple h ot wrestlerssoninlawgot dem nomination😊
14:28; 34:52 if looks could kill....
IS IT REAL HISTORY???,😂Come on::::::Just from the beginning of the video it says: January 20th, 1969!!!!😮😮....On that date BOTH Kennedys were DEAD...PLEASE CORRECT
ju ju kah dal pun me mu mu meh kah dal pun me juve rahat kena qen
he was an....
RFK JR. 2024!