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Ep. 69: Bobby Kennedy and His Enemies (Part 1)

The Re-Education with Eli Lake

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The Paradox of Bobby Kennedy

I'm fascinated by a figure like Bobby Kennedy because of the paradoxes and the contradictions in him. I mean, Joe Kennedy famously said Bobby's my boy when he hates you, you stay hated. But at the same time, he showed subversional loyalty to McCarthy. So I guess we can give him credit in that regard. Well, it sometimes also shows that political virtue is distinct from personal virtue.

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