{"id":1964020,"date":"2023-07-04T13:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T17:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-the-day-7-year-old-rfk-jr-brought-a-dead-animal-into-the-oval-office\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:36:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T17:36:42","slug":"watch-the-day-7-year-old-rfk-jr-brought-a-dead-animal-into-the-oval-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-the-day-7-year-old-rfk-jr-brought-a-dead-animal-into-the-oval-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: 7-Year-Old RFK Jr. Brings Dead Animal to Oval Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-the-day-7-year-old-rfk-jr-brought-a-dead-animal-into-the-oval-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1964020&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Watch: The Day 7-Year-Old RFK Jr. Brought a Dead Animal Into the Oval Office<\/h2>\n<p>Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. \u2014 called \u201cBobby\u201d by friends and family \u2014 has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governor-cuomo-on-the-issue-of-where-coronavirus-patients-died-who-cares-they-died\/\" title=\"Governor Cuomo On The Issue Of Where Coronavirus Patients Died: \u2018Who Cares? \u2026 They Died.\u2019\">personal connection<\/a> to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-james-is-unraveling-as-the-lakers-find-themselves-in-a-tailspin\/\" title=\"LeBron James Is Unraveling As The Lakers Find Themselves In A Tailspin\">unusual moment<\/a> in the Kennedys\u2019 \u201cCamelot\u201d era.<\/p>\n<p>On March 11, 1961, at the age of 7, Kennedy carried a bowl of water with a dead salamander into the Oval Office to meet with his uncle, President John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>The boy did not notice that the amphibian seemed unusually lethargic.<\/p>\n<p>RFK Jr. told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/06\/25\/fashion\/25bobby.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> in 2006 that his uncle expressed pessimism about the creature\u2019s prospects. \u201cHe does not look well,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p>Young Bobby behaved as if he would not believe it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in denial,\u201d he told the Times.<\/p>\n<p>A video on a YouTube channel devoted to JFK shows the president smiling while trying to prevent Bobby from poking at the salamander. It also shows Bobby leaving the White House with his mother, Ethel Kennedy, followed by a series of still photos.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfklibrary.org\/asset-viewer\/archives\/JFKWHP\/1961\/Month%2003\/Day%2011\/JFKWHP-1961-03-11-D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum<\/a>, Bobby\u2019s expired salamander was named \u201cShadrach.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3396085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3396085\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3396085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Kennedy Jr., 7, lifts a salamander named Shadrach from a vase in uncle John F. Kennedy\u2019s presidential office March 11, 1961. (AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No doubt Bobby and Shadrach provided a much-needed moment of lightness for Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>Six weeks earlier, the president had received briefings on plans to invade Cuba using CIA-trained Cuban exiles. Six weeks later, in mid-April 1961, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-the-day-7-year-old-rfk-jr-brought-a-dead-animal-into-the-oval-office\/\" title=\"Watch: 7-Year-Old RFK Jr. Brings Dead Animal to Oval Office\">president gave final authorization<\/a> for that doomed invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Shadrach the salamander had no role in the Bay of Pigs fiasco, but he has an honored place in two other historical narratives.<\/p>\n<p>First, Bobby and Shadrach in the Oval Office amounted to one more charming moment in Camelot.<\/p>\n<p>Americans\u2019 memories of the Kennedy White House often include images of the president\u2019s two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-is-open-new-york-is-closed-and-ny-has-more-covid-deaths\/\" title=\"Florida Is Open, New York Is Closed, And NY Has More COVID Deaths\">young children<\/a>, Caroline and John, Jr., playing nearby while their father watches or works.<\/p>\n<p>First lady Jacqueline Kennedy cultivated the idyllic Camelot myth and preserved it even after her husband\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019ll be great presidents again, but there\u2019ll never be another Camelot again,\u201d she told Life Magazine two weeks after JFK was shot and killed in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.<\/p>\n<p>Six decades later, the truth or falsehood of that myth seems less important than the feelings it conjures in those who imagine a more innocent and hopeful world.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby and Shadrach in the Oval Office remind us of the myth and all its attendant feelings.<\/p>\n<p>The second historical narrative has yet to reach its conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>RFK Jr., now 69, wants to follow in his uncle\u2019s footsteps by becoming president, announcing in April that he is seeking the Democratic nomination in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not that happens remains to be seen, but one thing seems certain.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you have fond memories of Camelot?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n        <label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n        <label>No<\/label><br \/>\n        <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n            Completing this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 63%\">\n            Yes: 63% (5 Votes)\n        <\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 37%\">\n            No: 37% (3 Votes)\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An older relative of mine once said that we spend our adult lives trying to recover from our childhood.<\/p>\n<p>It might be equally said that our childhood character persists in the way we move through the adult world.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Kennedy has earned an adult reputation as a man of strong environmental consciousness. He takes a deep interest in the natural world and everything that lives in it.<\/p>\n<p>Shadrach the salamander has a place in that story, as well.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-day-7-year-old-rfk-jr-brought-dead-animal-oval-office\/\">Watch: The Day 7-Year-Old RFK Jr. Brought a Dead Animal Into the Oval Office<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., known as &#8220;Bobby,&#8221; has a unique tie to the Kennedys&#8217; &#8220;Camelot&#8221; era. 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