[reaganaut1]

I have been reading Paul Johnson's History of the American People and came across the above excerpt (page 850). Johnson goes on to discuss Joe Kennedy's vote buying and bribing of newspapers. The war hero myth reminds me of John Kerry's effort to spin himself as a war hero.

One of Johnson's sources is A Question of Character: The Life of John F. Kennedy, by Thomas C. Reeves.

"Camelot", huh?

[Roccus]

“Don’t buy another vote, I won’t pay for a landslide.” Jos. P. Kennedy during the 1960 WV Democrat primary.

Later, JFK expanded on this, “I have just received the following telegram from my generous father; ‘Dear Jack: Don’t buy a single vote more than is necessary. I’ll help you win this election, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide!’”

[ReleaseTheHounds]

If you want the gory details read “The Dark Side of Camelot” by Seymour Hersh. You’ll wonder “why didn’t this get any mention or attention when it was published (in 1997)”... and then the answer will come to you: it’s about the Kennedys, stupid!

[sig226]

Very few of us seem to grasp that a PT boat was designed to outrun and out manuever a destroyer, rather than get run over by a destroyer.

[muir_redwoods]

I love asking members of the JFK fan club what exactly he ever did. They never mention his cutting of taxes but often try to give him credit for handling the Cuban Missile Crisis. It’s fun pointing out that if he hadn’t shown such weakness during the Bay of Pigs fiasco, the Soviets would never have dared to put missiles in Cuba

[Moonmad27]

My mother was strongly anti-Kennedy. As a kid back in Texas, I had an anti-Kennedy coloring book, and remember my mother’s anti-Kennedy reel to reel tapes.

The day he was assassinated, I clearly recall being confused at coming home from school when it was let out early and finding mother so distraught about it. At that moment Kennedy was no longer the enemy he had been, but our President.

[ricks_place]

Not many can truthfully lay claim to an unblemished life. John F. Kennedy served the nation in war, directly fighting our country’s bitter enemy. I honor JFK and his military service. There was a time, a place, an America where the rich and powerful lobbied for their sons to receive military commissions proudly going into harms way.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SpinyNorman]

A giant media Potemkin village has been built around the Kennedy Crime Family.