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Random thought vanity on John F. Kennedy, Jr
14 May 2016 | ResisTyr

Posted on 05/14/2016 11:09:58 AM PDT by ResisTyr

Just a random thought for the day...I believe there's a good possibility that had JFK, Jr. not died, he may very well have become POTUS by now...or possibly be Trump's opponent this time around.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: jfk; johnjohn; jr; kennedy; kennedyfamily; vanity
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To: BenLurkin

Isn’t he the guy who was unable to pass the bar exam?

And spun his plane into the sea?>>>> literally let his wife nag him to death. she pushed him to fly to martha instead of drive. He was not fully checked out on instruments and in a white out beleived his eyes over the instruments. There are old pilots and there are bold pilots. There are no old, bold pilots.


21 posted on 05/14/2016 11:39:34 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (gandolf)
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To: BenLurkin; Oratam; Talisker
Just prior to his death, Kennedy was seen as a frontrunner for the New York Senate seat vacated by Daniel Patrick Moynihan

And who wound up winning that seat after the unfortunate "accident"? The Beast, of course ...

22 posted on 05/14/2016 11:39:50 AM PDT by SFConservative
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To: Robert DeLong

He took his wife and sister in law with him to davy jones’ locker.


23 posted on 05/14/2016 11:40:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: ResisTyr

Uh, yeah. You forgot the camelot barf alert in the header. :)


24 posted on 05/14/2016 11:40:24 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Robert DeLong

Not alone. He took his wife and her lovely sister down with him.


25 posted on 05/14/2016 11:40:28 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Kit cat

Look to the future there kit cat. Chelsea is waiting in the wings. Also, not so bright. Well bright enough to haul in a huge salary despite her lack of any visible skills.


26 posted on 05/14/2016 11:43:15 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: SFConservative

Gotta hand it to the ‘Rats.

They didn’t care that she was from Illinois and just a carpet bagger in New York

They just wanted the Clinton Crime Family.


27 posted on 05/14/2016 11:43:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: kvanbrunt2

Excellent analysis. Also part of the problem was the two women weren’t ready on time. Kennedy had planned to fly earlier when visibility was good. His wife and her sister kept delaying the departure with preparations. He had never planned to be in the air at such a treacherous time in the evening...it just worked out that way.


28 posted on 05/14/2016 11:44:15 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: ResisTyr

He would have been the 2008 candidate, and yes he would have won in a walk.

At least he was somewhat level-headed compared to other Democrats. Can’t see him being like Obama has.


29 posted on 05/14/2016 11:50:32 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: ResisTyr

Thank God he’s not. His father, grandfather, and uncles have done enough damage for several generations of enslaved subjects of their machinations.


30 posted on 05/14/2016 11:57:50 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: ResisTyr

Like any male Kennedy, Junior had a problem with conveyances. His caught up with him early and, characteristically, cost two females their lives as well.


31 posted on 05/14/2016 11:59:27 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: ResisTyr

I bet he still has a head of perfect hair...


32 posted on 05/14/2016 12:10:17 PM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: shadeaud

Quite honestly, JFK caught the Zeitgeist of the time. Nixon was a political machine and JFK was the future. He deserves the good things and fond memories people have about him.

However, there hasn’t been another Kennedy worth their own salt.

Jr. was an amiable dunce. When I think of him I think of George Bush the younger. Jr. would have been a formidable politician based on likability and history alone.


33 posted on 05/14/2016 12:17:07 PM PDT by Fhios (Going Donald Trump is as close to going John Galt as we'll get.)
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To: ResisTyr

I think JFK Jr. would have ended up in the Senate eventually. And most likely a VP by now. He would have been 56 this year, and the leading Democratic candidate for president.


34 posted on 05/14/2016 12:21:11 PM PDT by IndyTiger
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To: Smittie

My recollection of the events at the time is as follows....John Kennedy Jr. was being stoked and pressured to run for an open NY State Senate seat following the retirement of Sen. Moynihan. JFK, Jr. consistently turned them all down, until such time that Ted Kennedy got to him and he promised to consider it. At a Manhattan cocktail party he casually mentioned he might run for the seat. It went viral. Her Highness Hillary Clinton had made it clear she wanted that seat and Bill arranged and rigged her for it. Their aircraft was housed at Teteboro Airport (NJ). After the mishap and his death, there was a story that the plane had been sabotaged. That of course went nowhere. Hillary won the seat. What a surpise. IMO had he run, nobody alive would have beaten him. Nobody.


35 posted on 05/14/2016 12:25:30 PM PDT by tenthirteen
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To: ResisTyr

I disagree. He did not have the fire in his belly and he was not a politician. He and his sister did not inherit their dad’s gift of oratory ability.

If he had been elected to anything, it would have been for the sentiment and not his ability.

It is so heartbreaking to remember the tragedy that ended his life. I have always believed that it was good that Jackie predeceased him because she would not have been able to go on after this loss.


36 posted on 05/14/2016 12:26:27 PM PDT by Swede Girl
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To: tenthirteen

OMG! I never heard that before but it does not surprise me!


37 posted on 05/14/2016 12:28:04 PM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: ResisTyr

I do not think that it would have been possible. He was pretty much an airhead like his mother.


38 posted on 05/14/2016 12:28:31 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I?)
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To: Fantasywriter; BenLurkin
The main criteria though is that he did not survive, but I had indeed forgotten he did have passengers. Probably because it was not that big a deal for me at the time.

After catching up I see he was extremely unqualified and arrogant. He flew on a night in conditions that required instrument navigation training that he had not qualified for and rejected the offer by his flight instructor to accompany him on his flight.

39 posted on 05/14/2016 12:28:54 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: BenLurkin

Even experienced pilots lose situational awareness. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist.


40 posted on 05/14/2016 12:30:55 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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