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Robert Francis Kennedy

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U.S. Attorney General

The Resume

    (November 20, 1925-June 6, 1968)
    U.S. Attorney General (1961-September 1964)
    Senator from New York (1965-68)
    Assassinated at age 42, by Sirhan Sirhan (1968)
    Husband of Ethel Kennedy

Why he might be annoying:

    He was law counsel to Joseph McCarthy during McCarthy's communist hunt of the '50s.
    When he ran for senator of New York, he promised he was not using it as a stepping stone for a run at the Presidency.
    Opponents to his senatorial race claimed he was a carpetbagger, a non-New Yorker running for a New York senatorial seat.
    In the middle of his freshman senatorial term, he began his run for presidency.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a voice for civil rights.
    He left Harvard to fight in World War II, and then returned to his studies.
    He resigned as Joseph McCarthy's counsel after six months and condemned McCarthy's tactics.
    He investigated corruption in the teamster's union.
    As attorney general he took on the mafia; convictions against organized crime were up 800% during his tenure.
    Concerning the Supreme Court order of 1954 for school desegregation, he said, 'I happen to believe that the 1954 decision was right.
    But my belief does not matter. It is the law.
    Some of you may believe the decision was wrong.
    That does not matter. It is the law.'
    He came out pretty early calling for an end to the Vietnam War.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 236 Votes: 31.78% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 257 Votes: 40.86% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 97 Votes: 46.39% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 233 Votes: 45.06% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 107 Votes: 42.06% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 47 Votes: 48.94% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 80 Votes: 51.25% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 67 Votes: 58.21% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 217 Votes: 50.69% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 147 Votes: 56.46% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 65 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 114 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 113 Votes: 61.06% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 71 Votes: 57.75% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 475 Votes: 41.05% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 184 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 659 Votes: 50.23% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 419 Votes: 44.63% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 1105 Votes: 45.43% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1143 Votes: 41.82% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1095 Votes: 60.64% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2455 Votes: 43.01% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 4764 Votes: 45.49% Annoying