And then there's his speech in Berlin. "We don't have to build a wall to keep our people in" and "Let *them* come to Berlin" were very powerful words indeed.
And lastly,he proposed across the board tax cuts stating that they'd help the economy substantially because "a rising tide lifts all boats". No Rat Party hack would ever do that today.
JFK....certainly not the *best* President of my lifetime but *very* far from the worst.
Stole the Presidency, nearly triggered WW3 and left the Freedom Fighters to rot in Cuba. Nixon would not have stood by and let that happen.