Nope. I went back and read the post. No ocean liners. Sorry. So not only are unimformed, partisan, and a bad writer. You're delusional to boot. Poor Larry.
Is that too fast for you?
Trust me. I keep up with you in neutral. Just pace yourself and don't worry about me. When you get excited, you get extremely disorganized.
Nope. I went back and read the post. No ocean liners. Sorry. So not only are you uninformed, partisan, and a bad writer. You're delusional to boot. Poor Larry.
The government of the United States does not change its policies and committments every time a new President is elected. It's like an ocean liner; except in an emergency it takes miles to change direction.
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"Ask not what your country can do for you...."
Was it you who said this was plagiarized? Is this what you were referring to
John F. Kennedy is credited for saying, “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” But it was really his ghostwriter, John Kenneth Galbraith, who wrote it. And Galbraith may have lifted the idea from Oliver Wendell Holmes who said, “We... recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return.”
If so it's a pretty lame criticism
More generally, you say that Hitchens point is that Kennedy's style is what's idolized, not his actions - which didn't amount to much and can be harshly criticized. You agree completely.
And you think that Kennedy, personally, didn't amount to much either - that he was largely the creation of a rich, ambitious, and dishonest father, and was an addled drug addict, incompetent and weak.
Is that a fair summation? I want to be sure before I reply.