[WhiskeyPapa]

Johnson a JFK wanna-be? He heated Kennedy's guts, and I wouldn't classify JFK as a goofy lib. The guy was one hell of a cold war hawk and pushed throught the biggest tax cut in history.

The Kennedy administration seriously considered a first strike nuclear attack on the Soviet Union.

I believe most of the strategic nuclar TRIAD was put together during JFK's administration. 600 B-52's, 41 SSBN missile subs and 1,000 ICBMs.

Walt

[cynicom]

Papa...

JFK and Johnson campaigned on the "missile gap". Most of the TRIAD was already in place or in the pipeline.

[wardaddy]

Kennedy was a non serious president facing very serious times. He did ok but Nikita played him a bit for a boy wonder...not to mention the Bay of Pigs...

Had he not died the way he did, he'd just be a footnote.