June Sixth
1944 – D-Day
President Franklin D Roosevelt told a news conference the invasion did not mean the war was over.
He said: “You don’t just walk to Berlin, and the sooner this country realizes that the better.”
FDR was a real “War President”. He didn’t go around telling people “Mission Accomplished” when there were a lot of battles to come. He was a Democrat and a believer in reality.
1966 – James Meredith, the first black man to enter the University of Mississippi, was shot and wounded after entering Mississippi on a civil rights march.
1968 – Robert Francis Kennedy died after being shot two days earlier following his announcement that he was running for President.
“Laws can embody standards; governments can enforce laws–but the final task is not a task for government. It is a task for each and every one of us. Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted–when we tolerate what we know to be wrong–when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy, or too frightened–when we fail to speak up and speak out–we strike a blow against freedom and decency and justice.”
I doubt he would have written a letter to argue for leniency for “Scooter” Libby.
Update: Cookie Jill at skippy the bush kangaroo posted the RFK anniversary first, and I notice we both chose the same quote.
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The quote just seemed so approriate considering these times of lawbreaking from the 1600 Crew.
Great liberal leaning minds think alike! 😉
We once had a Justice Department that prosecuted criminals rather than hiring them.