[DoughtyOne]

I said the other day on the forum that John was incredibly charismatic.  I can still see him walking with that smile of his.  While I don't approve of John's character flaws, he was a man's man.  He exuded verility and ease within himself.  John was the man Bill Clinton saw within himself, but Bill Clinton was never John Kennedy.  He was Eddie Haskel trying to act like John Kennedy.  Clinton thought himself quite the man.  No, he was quite the insecure little child, and it showed.

Your mom probably remembers the charming Kennedy who got us through the Cuban Missile Crisis.  Let her have her memories.  Just remind her of the few things Kennedy did and how they contrast with today's Democrat.  Kennedy served honorably in our armed services.  Bill Clinton fled the country and lied.

[Marathoner]

John was the man Bill Clinton saw within himself, but Bill Clinton was never John Kennedy. He was Eddie Haskel trying to act like John Kennedy. Clinton thought himself quite the man. No, he was quite the insecure little child, and it showed.

Good observation, except the comparison to Eddie Haskel is an insult to Mr. Haskel (who in real life I hear is actually a conservative, unlike 99% of the Hollywood crowd).

[Bennett46]

Ann Coulter wrote in her book "Treason" Kennedy actually caused the Cuban Missile Crisis.

"President Kennedy allowed brave Cubans to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs and then double-crossed them at the last minute by refusing to provide air cover. Because of President Kennedy's failure of nerve, thousands of Cuban liberators were slaughtered or imprisoned by Castro. Kennedy's failure of will at the Bay of Pigs made a greater confrontation with the Soviet Union inevitable. In short order Krushchev built the Berlin Wall and sent nukes to Cuba, nearly leading to WWIII. The Russians would never have dared to take advantage of Nixon by delivering nuclear missiles to Cuba, but even stupid people are cunning enough to smell cowardice, and Kennedy had just backed down from a confrontation with a tin-pot dictator. Liberals hail Kennedy as a hero for being able to navigate his way out of the Cuban Missile Crisis, neglecting to mention that it was a crisis of his own making."

The reference to Nixon seems out of place in the paragraph quoted, I know. But in context of the chapter it fits nicely.

[Endeavor]

"He (Clinton) was Eddie Haskel trying to act like John Kennedy."

THAT should be the 'quote of the week.'

[ladyjane]

got us through the Cuban Missile Crisis

through the Cuban Missle crisis? into the Cuban Middle crisis?

[Pablo64]

Yeah, I don't discuss politics much with mom. It's kind of funny, but the fact that JFK was Catholic meant more to my mom than anything he did pollitically. I think, though, that she can't help but have seen some of the stuff that has come out on him lately. Oh well. Like you said, at least JFK served his country during the war instead of spouting treason on foreign soil like Bubba.