Claims That Robert F. Kennedy Was A New Democrat
As a harbinger of modern liberalism and progressivism, Robert F. Kennedy has been described as the first "New Democrat". As former President Bill Clinton described in his book My Life:
"In the 1968 Indiana primary, Bobby Kennedy became the first New Democrat. He believed in civil rights for all and special privileges for none, in giving poor people a hand up rather than a handout: work was better than welfare. He understood in a visceral way that progressive politics requires the advocacy of both new policies and fundamental values, both far-reaching change and social stability. If he had become President, America's journey through the rest of the twentieth century would have been very different."
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