[Gay State Conservative]

....John Kennedy asked, "I thought her name was Pearl Bailey?"

Hey,C'mon...that's not fair.JFK(and his brother Joe,for that matter) served honorably in WWII,as did former President Bush and many others.

In fact,JFK was,IMO,the last prominent (influential) democRAT to be worthy of the respect of today's Republicans/ conservatives.

[theDentist]

JFK was known for his pursuit of women of any age.

[farmer18th]

In fact,JFK was,IMO,the last prominent (influential) democRAT to be worthy of the respect of today's Republicans/ conservatives.

By today's Democratic party standards, JFK would be a conservative, of course, but shagging every skirt in the White House is not exactly a conservative ideal either. The story was that Joe DiMaggio wouldn't shake a Kennedy hand if offered to him. Billly Clinton, of course, wasn't so scrupulous.

[elbucko]

In fact,JFK was,IMO,the last prominent (influential) democRAT to be worthy of the respect of today's Republicans/ conservatives.

I agree with you. For some insight into JFK before he became famous, try and read a copy of a book that he actually wrote: "Why England Slept" (1940). It's eerily contemporary to the mistakes made leading up to the war on terrorism. It's easy to see where the backbone came from to deal with the Cuban Missile Crisis.

[El Gato]

In fact,JFK was,IMO,the last prominent (influential) democRAT to be worthy of the respect of today's Republicans/ conservatives.

What about Sam Nunn and Henry "Scoop" Jackson? They, AFAIK, didn't bed anything in a skirt, including mobster's girlfriends and foreign agents. JFK, in that respect, was if anything worse than BJC. (But much better in other ways of course).