I just watched "Bobby" again. Anyone else reminded of Obama by it?

[ButterflyBlood]

I can only hope it doesn't end the same way. Those last 10 minutes are some of the most powerful yet depressing caught on film.

But up until then, I thought exactly of Obama. So much hope in this man. I could see myself in all the characters. And the beginning, about how Kennedy offered an honorable withdrawal from an unpopular war...it's like deja vu. I'm almost feeling like this is our second chance, from what was robbed from us 40 years ago.

[Road Scholar]

1. I remember it like it was yesterday. I wish they had positive security.

MLK had just been shot then Bobby. It was like the world had gone crazy, just like now.

[tblue]

I watched it for the first time 2 nights ago, on the anniversary of Bobby's death.

Bobby's popularity reminded me of Obama's. I adore Barack and I will vote for him and work to elect him, but I'm still waiting for him to do what Bobby did -- challenge people out of their comfort zones and speak in a way that just turns your heart inside out. I feel like, listening to Bobby, he's talking to me, just me, even when he was making a speech to thousands. Bobby showed his emotions, while Barack is always very cool. To his credit, this has served Barack well through the primaries. There's something inimical about RFK. He will always be my hero. But I'm hopeful about and I'm 100% committed to electing Obama.

[ButterflyBlood]

3. It's probably because I'm young, but when I saw it I thought

There is NO ONE in my lifetime I've seen who can inspire people like that except Obama. No one.

[tblue]

2. self-delete

oops duped it.

[provis99]

4. Bobby Kennedy was a Machiavellian prick

He only jumped into the race when an anti-war position seemed winnable, as Eugene McCarthy showed. Eugene McCarthy was the real thing, not the unprincipled Bobby Kennedy.

[book_worm]

15. I don't think RFK was a prick (he was a politician) but you are correct he didn't run until

McCarthy came close to beating LBJ in NH (though it should also be remembered that McCarthy's was the only name on the ballot in NH dem primary. LBJ actually won it as a write-in candidate).

[Darth_Kitten]

5. No.

n/t

[K Gardner]

6. I watched that movie with an airplane full of people crossing over to Europe.. at the

end of the movie, there was total silence punctuated only by the sound of strangers weeping.

It is like deja vu. This time, we'll get it right.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. I'd just like to say

That I remember that day like it was last week. The movie was wonderful, and made by Emilio Estevez, work above and beyond his previous reach. Mr Sheen must have been proud of his kid. Screenplay by Emilio too.
I was greatful the film was made.

[ButterflyBlood]

17. Step above Mighty Ducks that's for sure

:P

[Alter Ego]

8. Let's just hope that it doesn't end the same way.

God, after these primaries I find myself cringing whenever he's on stage in front of a huge crowd.

[liberalhistorian]

9. I know, me too. I am really getting terrified

for him, despite all the security. Really determined whackballs can always find a way around that, and there are enough knuckledragging fire breathers in this country, who would be especially irate at the thought of one of "those people" (I know they'd use even stronger epithets, but you know what I mean) not only daring to think they could be in the WH but actually getting that close and having a real possibility of doing it. I am getting very nervous for Obama. The fuckers have taken away, or tried to take away, others like him before in our history. We were directly robbed forty years ago this month of what would have been a fantastic, inspiring, progressive, REAL leader for us, just as we were robbed of his brother earlier, and it better damn well not happen again.

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[Pathwalker]

16. What a hateful statement. I hope it gets deleted.

n/t

[Moochy]

19. Hey were you an Extra in the Blues Brothers?

I saw some extras in robes that reminded me of you.

[hedgehog]

11. The movie realy focused on people's responses to RFK. If you

listen carefully to what Obama is saying, he wants us to get up and do what needs to be done. It's not about him, it's about us. RFK was also about calling us to be the best we could be.

[VolcanoJen]

12. Actually, no, not at all.

Everytime I see the dedicated Secret Service employees surrounding Obama, my heart swells with pride, honestly.

[book_worm]

13. No. Obama is more like JFK. Bobby was passionate and idealistic. JFK was cool and detached

and I find Obama a very cool guy who doesn't get ruffled and takes things as they come.

[AuntPatsy]

14. Just the hope part.....

[SaveAmerica]

18. In one of those strange timing things, it showed up in my mailbox the day after Hillary said

'remember Bobby was assassinated in June' (Netflix). So, I held on to it, I didn't want to watch it with so much weirdness going on but saw it (accidentally) the day before the anniversary.

I think Emilio Esteves did a wonderful job with this movie and wonder if he won any awards for it.

[ButterflyBlood]

22. Got a Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture

n/t

[Mudoria]

20. Not really.. I just don't see the comparison myself

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

21. I like Obama better.

Mixed feelings about the movie. Some of it really good, some really pretentious.

[LibraLiz1973]

23. Not at all.