[kosciusko51]

I wonder what how the Kennedy legacy and the United States would be different if an avowed communist and Muslim terrorist had not killed JFK and RFK.

The problem is that these two events played a crucial role in the change of the Democrats to what we have now.

[geologist]

John was too busy chasing women and he had serious pain on going with his back. He would not likely have been able to stay on top of things and would have relied heavily on a right hand man.

Bobby is something else. They were both Catholic and rich, whose father Joe had made his fortune dealing whiskey with boot leggers during prohibition. (unlawfully.
Bobby was attorney General as I recall.

Raises some intriguing possibilities. One man can indeed impact history. The right time and the right place and the right actions .... When the issues are wrong ideas, wrong actions, it creates upheaval.