Not to worry, a bunch of freepers have assured us that despite being a Massachuttes Democrat elected by mobsters and the same Chicago machine that produced Obama, JFK was "more conservative than today's Republicans".
So once elcted, JFK's support for the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, opposition to Israel creating nuclear weapons, massive new federal funding for education, federally provided medical care for the elderly, economic aid to rural regions, government intervention to halt the recession, abolishing the mandatory death sentence for first degree murder, and producing the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 that caused an explosion in third world immigrants with no skills (written by his brother Ted on JFK's request) was all far more "conservative" than anything you'd get from Michele Bachmann or Paul Ryan.
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And these are the same "conservatives" who constantly accuse the GOP of being nancy staters while applauding JFK's legacy.
Well, JFK was certainly better than Nixon. At least JFK cut taxes and fought Communists. Nixon gave us the EPA, wage and price controls, the end of the gold standard, and “friendlier” relations with the Chicoms.