Lovely, it’s spring of 1960 again.
People worried JFK would have the pope on the hotline. They should have worried more about his bookies and pimps, err brothers, whatever he called them...
People worried JFK would have the pope on the hotline. They should have worried more about his bookies and pimps, err brothers, whatever he called them...
Watch the speech (12 September 1960).
JFK basically fulfilled Dr. Carson's conditions as to who is suitable to serve.
I remember an old lady where we lived who was terrified of electing a Catholic President. She said, with a “we all gonna die!” attitude, “If we elect a Catholic, WE ARE LOST!”
I also remember the Nixon-Kennedy debate. Those who heard it on the radio said Nixon won. Those who saw it on TV said Kennedy won as Nixon looked sweaty, shifty eyed and bad.
Same reason many say Bobby Kennedy would have easily won in 1968 if he had not been murdered by a Philistine (Palestinian) immigrant.
Billy Graham was one of those who were terrified by the idea of a Catholic being elected President in 1960.
Al Smith, the 1928 Democratic nominee, was the first Catholic to run for President. After his defeat he joked that he had sent a telegram to the pope: "Unpack."
I was really wondering when someone would remember JFK and the “controversy” of that era.