And opposed to the Founding Fathers & the continuity of the social & political culture they believed that they were vouchsafing to their posterity.
As a Conservative spokesman in the era, I will assure you young "teenagers," that no one in the era who considered themselves a Conservative considered Kennedy a friend. I personally was the principle organizer of the hostile greeting he got in Cincinnati, when he came here in September, 1962, to campaign for the Democratic Congressional candidates, and he was greeted with signs challenging his policies on Cuba, Old Miss & in general--half of the signs paid for by me, from a friendly sign maker, who gave us a "sweetheart" at cost rate..
Kennedy was not only way out there on the movement euphemistically labeled the "Civil Rights Movement," but on foreign policy with respect to promoting Marxist values in the Third World; as well as the insane immigration policy that his younger brother & LBJ put through in 1965. We (as almost all American Conservatives), used to absolutely cringe when we heard that Boston accent reading the speeches his Leftist advisers wrote for him, over the radio or television.
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I share your feelings WRT Kennedy’s social nonsense, but as to his economic policies, we would have collapsed soon without his tax cuts, and he did give his life because of them.
Reality can be tough when one is busting his ass to be partisan.
It contains some great insights into Kennedy, who distrusted the older generation and especially the culture of the military (some of the descriptions remind me of Obama). He dismantled the national security apparatus he inherited from Eisenhower. This broke the chain of communication between JFK and the military. It played a major role in his Cuba fiasco, and also his Southeast Asia policy. He bungled Laos which set up Vietnam as the major point of conflict between the Soviet bloc and the West. Worth reading.