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5. Bobby and Hubert were friends. Either might have accepted the VP

Sun Sep 26, 2021, 11:39 AM

Sep 2021

With the other at the top of the ticket. And you'd think either ticket would have beaten Nixon.

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I Saw John Wilkes Booth Shoot Abraham Lincoln. [View all] Tomconroy Sep 2021 OP

Lincoln's assassination thucythucy Sep 2021 #1

It's not certain that RFK would have gotten the nomination in 1968. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #2

I was around then also. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #8

It's impossible to know now, of course. thucythucy Sep 2021 #4

Bobby and Hubert were friends. Either might have accepted the VP Tomconroy Sep 2021 #5

So much of history that now seems inevitable thucythucy Sep 2021 #7

The likelihood of RFK actually getting the nomination was pretty slim. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #9

I've seen this great eye witness testimony, and recommend appalachiablue Sep 2021 #6

Perhaps 25 years ago, on a trip to DC, I went to Ford's theater. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #10

Sounds like a very intriguing story, it rings a bell, thanks for the appalachiablue Sep 2021 #11