{"id":8639,"date":"2013-05-18T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=8639"},"modified":"2013-05-18T12:02:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T20:02:11","slug":"aprilmay-2013-82-daysrobert-f-kennedys-campaign-for-president-march-16-to-june-4-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/18\/aprilmay-2013-82-daysrobert-f-kennedys-campaign-for-president-march-16-to-june-4-1968\/","title":{"rendered":"(April\/May 2013) 82 Days\u2026Robert F. Kennedy\u2019s Campaign for President March 16 to June 4, 1968"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Excerpt: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Washington, D.C. March 16, 1968<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am today announcing my candidacy for the presidency of the United States.<br \/>\nI do not run for the presidency merely to oppose any man but to propose new policies. I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and because I have such strong feelings about what must be done, and I feel that I\u2019m obliged to do all that I can.<br \/>\nI run to seek new policies \u2013 policies to end the bloodshed in Vietnam and in our cities, policies to close the gaps that now exist between black and white, between rich and poor, between young and old, in this country and around the rest of the world.<br \/>\nI run for the presidency because I want the Democratic Party and the United States of America to stand for hope instead of despair, for reconciliation of men instead of the growing risk of world war.<br \/>\nI run because it is now unmistakably clear that we can change these disastrous, divisive policies only by changing the men who are now making them. For the reality of recent events in Vietnam has been glossed over with illusions&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click the image below to read more of &#8220;82 Days&#8221;:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/2013\/04\/01\/82-days-robert-f-kennedys-campaign-for-president-march-16-to-june-4-1968\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8640\" alt=\"rfk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/rfk1.jpg\" width=\"473\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/rfk1.jpg 409w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/rfk1-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/2013\/04\/01\/82-days-robert-f-kennedys-campaign-for-president-march-16-to-june-4-1968\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/2013\/04\/01\/82-days-robert-f-kennedys-campaign-for-president-march-16-to-june-4-1968\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt: Washington, D.C. March 16, 1968 &#8220;I am today announcing my candidacy for the presidency of the United States. I do not run for the presidency merely to oppose any man but to propose new policies. I run because I am convinced that this country is on a perilous course and because I have such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8639"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8922,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8639\/revisions\/8922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}