I can't say the same thing. I was in college when JFK was running. The speeches he gave then were inspiring, I thought. And if you read the words today, they sound like speeches Reagan or W would give.
And I hated Nixon. Not only did I think he was a crook, I thought wage and price controls were evil.
When Reagan said that he "didn't leave the Dem party, it left him", I knew exactly what he meant. If this was 1960 again, JFK would be the GOP candidate and Nixon would be the Dem.
I haven't changed my beliefs, but the party that supports them certainly has. But that support gets frail when we get people like McCain and his toady Lindsey Graham in there. The MSM love them because they can be counted on to trash W at every opportunity, which is one big reason why I think we'd be best to be done with them.
Lindsay Graham. Ugh! I cannot stand that man. Another one I can do without is Chuckie Hagel. Another McCain sycophant.
I was in the group of 18-year-olds who were given the right to vote in 1972 (and I voted for Richard Nixon) and was very excited about the new right that was given to me and have voted in every election since. Had I been able to vote for JFK, I would have.
Can't say I'd ever vote for a dem now, no matter what the circumstance. Maybe if they were a Zell Miller democrat.