Posted on 04/10/2011 9:28:58 AM PDT by Kaslin
The threat to the left of a Goldwater presidency was worth almost any coverup.
History repeats itself with the media covering up for the Obama 'Camelot.'
JFK’s assasination was a horrible tragedy because it made him into a martyr, foreclosing any real examination of a genuinely and seriously flawed man who ran an equally flawed administration. That, indeed and primarily, is why no one should even contemplate doing such a thing to the Illegal.
The whole Camelot era was a myth to begin with. It was conjured up by Jackie Kennedy with the help of Theodore White, the author.
People only talked of the Camelot era after JFK was assassinated. It’s not as if people said on inauguration day 1961, “The Camelot era has arrived”.
That said, it was tragic that JFK was assassinated, and good people of all politicial persuasions mourn that event. But the revisionist history efforts which went into overdrive on behalf of the Kennedys are something else again.
Isn’t it true that, with the retirement from Congress of Ted Kennedy’s son, that there is no Kennedy in elective office anywhere anymore?
The last gasp is still gasping for obumo.
“Cult” of the Presidency is right.
There also exists
“cult” of the minister, where the congregants are expected to cover for the minister’s drug use, affairs, etc.
It is BS.
Who knows what the media is covering up today, especially considering that a good liberal whom they revere is in the White House?
These cover ups do happen today. For example, after the fact, we learned that the Washington Post and Newsweek magazine had the Monica Lewinsky story, but that they had sat on the story for months. They didn’t want to go with the story because of the political damage it would do to Bill Clinton. They said that they didn’t release it because they were still verifying details and all that.
Now, if they have some scandal which would damage a Republican/conservative, would the same editorial judgement apply; would an organization such as the Washington Post sit on such a story??????
JFK was taken out by forces who believed he was a prime target for blackmail. His failure to back the joint chiefs at the Pay of Pigs and his blockade of Cuba in ‘62 convinced some that he was in a job way over his head.
The Profumo scandal in Britain convinced others to worry. If a British defense secretary could cause a government to fall in a sex scandal, what position was the Kennedy government in? JFK and Bobby were bagging women two at a time...and lots and lots of people knew it.
With LBJ as VP very powerful forces understood that Kennedy’s murder could and world be covered up.
IF it happened to the illegal, it’d be the left that did it!!!
Having an affair with a Russian spy. Fell asleep at the wheel of his boat and a Japanese Destroyer ran it over.
“What position was the Kennedy government in?”
Sources say the missionary was preferred.
I think the whole Watergate affair answers your question. Rhetorical, though it was.
Ben Bradlee was a Kennedy toady from the beginning and Newsweek’s Washington Bureau Chief. He became WaPo Managing Editor in 1965 and Exec Editor in 1968.
His sister-in-law Mary Meyer was one of Kennedy’s concubines.
After the series was panned by a lib reviewer, I decided to watch it. It has been enjoyable in a soap-opera kind of way.
Even during the Kennedy era and moreso after the assassination, the MSM advocated its position as the watchdog, choosing to look the other way. Just as they do now. Our republic cannot last if the media chooses to only go after those they deem as worthy targets, based on ideology....
Mr. Kennedy played by his own rules against the backdrop of the last gasp of an age of media mercy.
Utter nonsense. The MSM still goes out of its way to protect its favored "Progressives", who are in truth regressives to an age of unlimited government.
In my opinion Kennedy was the first president totally created by the press. Compare him with Roosevelt who dominated the press and used it to impose his will. Nixon and Johnson were destroyed(unmade if you please) by the press.
An altogether easy task; given that the Right takes for granted that history will speak for itself and of course it does not.
Second, Kennedy was pushed relentlessly by the media in a day prior to the public being aware of media manipulation. Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore were selected for their roles on the Dick Van Dyke show partially because of their similarity in appearance to the Kennedys. McHale's Navy and the movie "They Were Expendable" were created because of the PT 109 experience of Kennedy.
The John Kennedy PT 109 experience was a microcosm of his life. He was originally refused the command because of his sexual involvement with a possible spy and his health. After obtaining the command due to his father's political influence, he was in command for less than three months, two of which were spent refitting the boat before it was destroyed in combat. The investigation into the loss did not reach a conclusion, which is extremely unusual for a ship loss. The navy never considers losing a vessel to be a good thing, but the press hailed Kennedy as a hero.
He ventured into combat when he could have easily avoided it, and took an extremely dangerous assignment. He may not have been particularly competent, but he was there. Through all the Camelot hype, and equally important, those who detest him, there was a real man. Like Lincoln, the true John Kennedy will never really be known.
Clearly the most over-rated President if you consider what he actually accomplished vs. how highly he is rated. He gave some inspiring speeches and avoided going to war with the Soviet Union over the missiles in Cuba, but there is not a lot else. Perhaps the moon landing happened sooner than it would have if he had not decided to make it a goal to get there before the end of the 1960s.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.