Kennedy is no icon in my mind.
He used mobster ties to steal the election, was demonstrably favored for his television looks over intellectual substance (at least compared to Richard Nixon), caused the abandonment and massacre of hundreds of Cubans, the capture of American spies, started the Vietnam war, cheated on his wife - including at least one incident while hiding from commanders on fulltime nuclear alert.
In his infinite non-wisdom, he chose Lyndon Johnson as his successor - who escalated Vietnam with absurd constraints to assure our defeat. He created urban ghettos nationwide, passed the disasterous Immigration Act of 1965 (with the help of JFK's brother Senator Ted Kopechne).
Only Richard Nixon made real attempts to win Vietnam and finally get out.... But look how history is written, where a man like JFK wins respect even here.
Oh and best of all -- JFK was Bill Clinton's greatest inspiration.
No surprise the lying, socialist, pot-smoking, womanizing, gay-loving freaks.