RFK Jr. is a Profile in Courage, but His Family Will Never Honor Him
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., also known as RFK Jr., took a brave stance against the Democratic Party when he followed his conscience and endorsed Donald Trump for president.
If that isn’t a Profile in Courage then I don’t know what is.
In 1956, John F. Kennedy published a book, Profiles in Courage. The book examined eight U.S. senators who defied the wishes of their party leaders and even defied the wishes of their constituents.
The Kennedy family took that concept and created the Profile in Courage award. Ostensibly, this prize honors politicians who go against the collective desires of their party.
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What few Republicans have won the award only did so because they either compromised with Democrats or caved to Democrats on any given issue. They include former President George H.W. Bush, who, in 1990, reversed his “No new taxes” pledge to please Democrats. Another Profile in Courage winner was U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who voted to impeach former President Trump.
Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming, won the award, quite frankly….for being a Never-Trumper.
I can find no examples of the Kennedy family bestowing a Profile in Courage award on any Democrats for either compromising with Republicans and/or caving to Republicans.
A Profile in Courage award supposedly honors courage or integrity. But, obviously, the award only honors and celebrates liberal and progressive ideals.
The leftists are so angry with RFK Jr. for endorsing Trump that they attacked his wife, actress Cheryl Hines. This, even though Hines personally disapproves of Trump.
This prompted Bill Maher to say this late last week:
“You want to know why I have a bug up my ass about the left more than I used to? It’s sh*t like this. There’s an ugliness they never used to have,” Maher said.
“The liberals I grew up respecting — none of them are like this. Going after the wife. Even the mafia doesn’t do that.”
RFK Jr.’s siblings have also attacked him. They said their brother’s decision to endorse Trump betrays “the values that our father and our family hold most dear.”
But is it really a betrayal?
RFK was assassinated in 1968. His brother Ted eulogized him only a few days later. Listen to Teddy’s speech. It sounds as if RFK would have respected RFK Jr.’s choice to go his own way. There are issues for which RFK Jr. feels incredibly passionate. They are well-documented.
Consider the following passage:
• “My brother need not be idealized or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life, to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.”
• “All of us will ultimately be judged and as the years pass we will surely judge ourselves, on the effort we have contributed to building a new world society and the extent to which our ideals and goals have shaped that effort.”
• “The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of new ideas and bold projects. Rather it will belong to those who can blend vision, reason and courage in a personal commitment to the ideals and great enterprises of American Society.”
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• “Few are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change. And I believe that in this generation those with the courage to enter the moral conflict will find themselves with companions in every corner of the globe.”
People who stand up for their principles and face disapproval from their peers are worthy of RFK’s legacy.
RFK Jr. is worthy of his father’s legacy.
But for his most recent act, RFK Jr.’s family will never ever bestow him with any Profile in Courage awards.
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