Posted on 01/27/2011 1:14:16 PM PST by presidio9
Maybe it’s because JFK left an expanding Soviet Empire and Reagan left a collapsing one.
Reagan brought down the Soviet Union. When Kennedy had the opportunity to overthrow Castro at the Bay of Pigs, he chickened out.
the event was marked by much hoopla
What hoopla, the guy had one good line in all of his presidency they have replayed a million times, is that the hoopla?
UHH because Ronald Reagan didn’t have his daddy connect w/ the Chicago MOB(who does THIS sound like?) to put him in the White House.
Still though the American people will always rank JFK higher because they still believe in what EMK always called “the dream lives on.” It means different things to different person, but probably not the socialism it is.
Still though the American people will always rank JFK higher because they still believe in what EMK always called “the dream lives on.” It means different things to different person, but probably not the socialism it is.
Still though the American people will always rank JFK higher because they still believe in what EMK always called “the dream lives on.” It means different things to different person, but probably not the socialism it is.
Still though the American people will always rank JFK higher because they still believe in what EMK always called “the dream lives on.” It means different things to different person, but probably not the socialism it is.
Still though the American people will always rank JFK higher because they still believe in what EMK always called “the dream lives on.” It means different things to different person, but probably not the socialism it is.
Still though the American people will always rank JFK higher because they still believe in what EMK always called “the dream lives on.” It means different things to different person, but probably not the socialism it is.
Still though the American people will always rank JFK higher because they still believe in what EMK always called “the dream lives on.” It means different things to different person, but probably not the socialism it is.
IMO, JFK is way overrated. He was young, handsome, a democrat and got shot....and was hence glorified.
Coolidge at the other end of the spectrum...possibly the most underrated.
Because Reagan was successful in restoring America’s greatness and expanding American exceptionalism within and without our borders while Kennedy was running aroud tapping every floozy he could get his hands on and allowing government employees to unionize?
“What hoopla, the guy had one good line in all of his presidency they have replayed a million times, is that the hoopla?”
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Speaking of single lines being blown out of proportion:
He also gets WAY too much credit for the triumphs and magnificent achievements of NASA.
“What hoopla, the guy had one good line in all of his presidency they have replayed a million times, is that the hoopla?”
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Speaking of single lines being blown out of proportion:
He also gets WAY too much credit for the triumphs and magnificent achievements of NASA.
the guy had one good line in all of his presidency they have replayed a million times...
I assume you’re referring to the “Ask not what your country can do for you...” line?
This assumes that we exist to serve the State. Few have caught on to the Marxism inherent in this line.
In any case, say what you will about the guy - and I’ve said plenty of negative things about him in my time - I would vote for the likes of him in a heartbeat. He lowered taxes. He served his country in time of war. He had a sense of humor on a par with Reagan even though he lacked the training in these matters that Reagan had.
The rest of the family - that’s a whole ‘nother story...
Kind of like comparing a flea on a dog’s butt (JFK) to a prime thoroughbred horse - Jack Kennedy was an immoral, disease-ridden, drug addicted, spineless narcissist with one hand on the nuclear button and the other on some chippy’s boobs. His daddy was a gangster and nazi lover who was wholly owned by Sam Giancana and the Chicago mob.
Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of my lifetime (I’m 58) and I hope too see another before it’s time to go.
Maybe because Reagan was from humble beginiings and worked for a living. OTOH, JFK lived off the ill-gotten gains of his bootlegging, criminal, womanizing, mafia-loving, daughter-lobotomizing father. Good character in the genes vs bad character.
JFK was a flawed human being and a mediocre president. But he wasn’t nearly as bad as the one we have now.
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