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Stewart, July 2, 2008

I had not quite turned 11 years young when Bobby Kennedy announced he was going to run for President. Up until then, I was not very interested in politics or what was going on in the country. His candidacy helped me to understand these things and, for the first time in my short life, I had become politcally aware (it also helped that I had a brother 5 1/2 years older). During the 82 days of his campaign, I became politicized in a way that most of my friends couldn't understand. My eyes were opened for good.

Thurston Clarke makes a solid case that Kennedy would have been elected, though I'm not so sure. Nixon's men would have pulled some things out of their dirty tricks bag to try and sway the electorate his way. Clarke makes the case that, if Kennedy was elected, there, of course, would not have been Watergate, disillusionment of our country's youth, Reagan, Iran-Contra, Clinton, Bush, etc. On the other hand, if elected, like his brother, he probably would not have lived through his first term. This was a constant running through his life after JFK's murder.

Clarke's book is emotional, passionate, and humane, all attributes that pertained to the man himself during these last days of his life. Even knowing the end, I was brought to tears learning more about such a great man. He was our last hope. There will never be another presidential candidate like him. We won't allow it. And that's a great shame for our country.

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