Posted on 02/17/2008 3:54:14 PM PST by melt
Gadzooks, we've already had a rip-roaring, whoring JFK clone in Bill Clinton. Wasn't he enough?
I’m not sure that he isn’t more like John Kennedy than you think. John Kennedy was both young and inexperienced. He also made speeches that were full of stirring platitudes and also lacked the insight to handle the issues of the day. Look what he did at the Bay of Pigs and Vietnam.
JFKs view of the world was spot on
He warned against isolationism. He knew who our enemies were. In his view of the world, we represented good and they were evil. A lot like Reagan and George W. Bush in some ways.
While praising JFK, lets not forget that he bungled the BAY of PIGS. Then came the CUBAN Missle Crisizs where everyone was digging bomb shelters. Then Kennedy started the Vietnam war.
Also, lets not forget that he camealot with Marilyn Monroe and Judith Exner, the mob boss laDY.
Also, we can throw in the coverup of Teddy and Chapaquidic. Teddy had a closed door hearing away from the public and he won. LOL. All special treatment arranged by JFK.
JFK was a busy man for 3 years while in office.
They were not good years. .
he wasnt a perfect man. But he was a great leader.
and lest we forget that Reagan had a bad situation in Lebanon. We kept playing a game of musical chairs with Iran and Iraq...
But I still love Reagan and I love JFK !
Well...remember Vienna. It kind of went the other way.
The comparison is not that far out. Kennedy was pretty much a put-up job, and won only by dint of corruption in multiple high places. His persona was media-driven, much like Obama's is. While it is true that his politics were different from Obama's, still his anti-business views were famous. The "legacy" of JFK which passes for history around here is mostly urban legend perpetrated by Jackie O and the Kennedy clan after the fact, in league with a compliant press. .
Kennedy was in Texas in 11/63 to mend fences, because his re-election was in trouble.
One recorded fact is that when Sammy Davis Jr. a Kennedy fan, was fixing to marry Mae Britt, Kennedy weighed in on him to put off the marriage until after the election. Kennedy was afraid the news of a black supporter marrying a white woman would lose him votes in the South. Sinatra was so pissed at JFK for this btw that he quit the democrat party and later became a Nixon republican.
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