WHAT IS CALLED IN POLITICS A COMPARISON AD.
I'D LIKE A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME TO COMPARE TWO FIGURES IN MODERN
AMERICAN ELECTORAL LIFE. ONE IS DONALD TRUMP AND THE
OTHER ROBERT KENNEDY. THINK OF WHAT IT IS THAT SETS
PRESIDENT TRUMP APART, WHAT DISTINGUISHES HIM IN YOUR VIEW.
ONE, HE DIVIDES IN ORDER TO CONQUER.
HE LAUNCHED HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN DECLARING THAT THE
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT WAS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT,
SOMEONE BORN IN AFRICA WHO SNUCK INTO THE COUNTRY, ASSUMED A
PHANTOM IDENTITY, NO ONE KNEW HIM IN SCHOOL AND MANAGED TO
CON HIS WAY INTO THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST OFFICE.
BOBBY KENNEDY IN CONTRAST FOUGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, CHAMPIONED IMMIGRANT FARM WORKERS, INSISTED
WE TREAT ALL AMERICANS, INCLUDING NATIVE AMERICANS, WITH
FAIRNESS AND GENEROSITY. COMPARE THE TWO ON EMPATHY.
BOBBY KENNEDY SPOKE TO AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN GROUP THE NIGHT
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS KILLED AND ASKED THEM FOR
UNDERSTANDING. SPOKE OF HIS OWN FAMILY'S LOSS
TO VIOLENCE. DONALD TRUMP SPENDS HIS TIME
RIPPING OPEN THE WOUNDS OF OUR SOCIETY, WHETHER THE MATTER IS
CONFEDERATE STATUES OR NFL FOOTBALL PLAYERS TAKING A KNEE.
BOBBY WORKED FOR PEACE AMONG AMERICANS, TRUMP TRAMPLES ON
SUCH HOPES. ANOTHER DIFFERENCE, BOBBY
KENNEDY SHOWED THE ABILITY TO LEARN, TO GROW, TO BECOME A
BETTER LEADER. HE WENT FROM DISPATCH AND
OBSERVER OF CIVIL RIGHTS FROM HAWK TO DOVE, FROM BACKER OF THE
VIETNAM WAR TO ZEALOUS OPPONENT. DONALD TRUMP IS ALWAYS
UNCHANGEABLY DONALD TRUMP, TWEETING AT DAWN WITH THE SAME
ZEST TO AGITATE, INSTIGATE, ANGER, DISTURB, CONFUSE, MOSTLY
DISTRACT. BOBBY KENNEDY, A RAGING SPIRIT
WHICH BECAME AVAILABLE Y YESTERY