General Discussion

I campaigned for JFK in 1960. I was 15 year old. I cut my political teeth on that. I was a Freshman in college when I saw the first report of his assassination in the dorm's TV room.

I'm 80 years old now, almost 81. The Kennedy Era is long gone. It no longer exists, really. It was wonderful at the time, but most people either have no memory of it or remember it only as a glow on the distant horizon.

Nobody should be getting anything from being part of the Kennedy family now. That's totally irrelevant. Once Bobby was also assassinated, it was over. Everything after that is worthless, politically now. Look at RFK, Jr. He's nothing but an entitled joke.

We need to forget all that. In 1963, we had dial phones in our houses, and most people watched black and white TVs still. I was taking my first computer programming classes. I could vaguely see something like what our technological society might become, but those who created it were still in school.

It's a different world, now. We need to forget JFK, RFK and everything else about that long ago period. We need to focus on today's needs. On today's risks and issues.