[liberallarry]

A pretty-boy President with mammoth health problems and some shady connections

I think you're wrong about this.

The man had the capacity to inspire - most importantly - the young. That's not to be dismissed. He was a leader.

As to which leaders deserve our admiration.

I'm sure you've noticed that many are completely forgotten soon after they leave power - William Henry Harrison, Tyler, Grover Cleveland, McKinley. The list is long. Only historians and partisans remember them.

Of those remembered, all are surrounded by highly partisan opinions which originated during their time and have persisted. Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great. Were they peerless generals or murderous psycopaths or both?

[presidio9]

The man had the capacity to inspire - most importantly - the young. That's not to be dismissed. He was a leader.

Where? Where did he lead us?

[BlessedByLiberty]

...The man had the capacity to inspire - most importantly - the young. That's not to be dismissed. He was a leader....

The leadership capacity to inspire could also be applicable to men named Hussein, Hitler and Stalin.

Inspiring the young to join the peace corps is not the same thing as inspiring them to avoid the draft or end up as ducks in the VietNam shooting gallery he set up. What of the young in Cuba - Kennedy inspired them to rise up and then let them down, giving us President/Dictator Castro for Life.

He inspried many - but inspiration and reality often clash.