[liberallarry]

Every President is tremendously flawed - as is every human being. That's why we can still argue about the wisdom of decisions made not just 40 years ago, but a 100 or 200 years ago.

Kennedy, like all other Presidents, faced intense criticism from both the right and the left, which limited his options. That's where Hitchens fails; he doesn't remember and doesn't describe context.

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

" he doesn't remember and doesn't describe context."

Funny, that's what I say about all of you JFK-worshipping liberals.

[Old Professer]

In 1983, I was a supervisor in a shop and an employee of 47 years walked in one morning and said:

"You have a problem."

This man had a marvelously wry sense of humor so I asked him what my problem was, expecting any sort of answer except the one I got.

"I want to retire, and I want to do it now - I don't want anyone to know."

I told him that was quite a request but I got on the phone to personnel and they said they could process him out within a few hours though they weren't very pleased.

When I asked him why he didn't want anybody to "know", he said:

"While you're here you're a Horse's Ass, when you leave, you're a Hero, I don't want anybody lying."