[ought-six]

I am amused that the Dems hold out as their hero someone who, if he were alive today, and who maintained the same ideas and positions he did when he was alive, would not only be shunned by the Democrat Party, but would be openly and viciosuly vilified by it.

JFK was a mediocre president, and the only reason he is exalted by the Dems is because he was killed. That being said, the Dems of today are the eager followers of what JFK despised (communism, totalitarianism, big government nanny-state, etc.). Moreover, JFK believed in and supported the 2nd Amednment, unlike the vast majority of today’s Dems. If JFK were alive today he would be scorned by the Dems as another Newt Gingrich.

[societygirl]

JFK was a Lifetime Member of the NRA. The ONLY reason Democrats worship JFK, then and now, is not for his political skills, but for the fact that he was promiscuous.

[FatherofFive]

would not only be shunned by the Democrat Party, but would be openly and viciosuly vilified by it.

JFK cut taxes, used the military to fight communism, and sought smaller government "Ask not what your country can do for you"

More than slightly to the right of Bush.