John Kennedy would be thought of as a moderate Republican today with some fiscal conservative attributes.
Heck, there is a letter floating around on the net that JFK wrote to Colt thanking them for the AR-15 rifle they sent him. He enjoyed firing it when he was out on his boat.
Not sure if it is true or not though.
Polluting the ocean floor! Aaack!
That he would be at least a moderate Republican today is probably accurate of JFK. He certainly wasn't afraid to stand up to the Soviet Union when they were sending weapons to Cuba.... something even we don't seem willing to do today when they are sending dangerous items to Iran and Venezuela.
"Heck, there is a letter floating around on the net that JFK wrote to Colt thanking them for the AR-15 rifle they sent him. He enjoyed firing it when he was out on his boat.
Not sure if it is true or not though."
If someone dug into the Boston Globe's archives, they could probably turn up a photo that I recall from the late 60's:
Ted Kennedy at his desk with a nicely framed display model M-16 on the wall behind him while he's expounding on the associated military contract for his district........
Wonder how long that took to "lose". /mega sarc/
Wonder if the Glob has managed to "lose" all record of that picture and the article. /hyper sarc/