“Anybody here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me where he’s gone?
He freed a lotta people but it seems the good they die young
I just looked around and he’s gone”
he may want to update the song just a little. of course, it depends on what your definition of “good” is.
Whom did JFK free?
He made some nice-sounding speeches, but he fumbled the Bay of Pigs and did nothing as the Berlin Wall was built. At his death the people of Cuba, East Germany, and South Vietnam had less hope than when he took office. He meant well in the James Meredith case but was in over his head trying to handle the crisis.
His main success while President was getting his sexual needs attended to frequently.