Maybe on TV. In person he looked like a fragile painted porcelain doll.
he was the only PT boat skipper to get run over by an enemy ship.
The JFK mythology is a high tribute to the national press and the democrat machine who deftly put lipstick on a pig and gave it near-deification in the public view.
JFK was crap, accomplished little other than what he believed would politically help him, stole the election and never wrote a single line of his famous books, was so weak and foolish that he almost took us into a nuclear war. In short, the perfect democrat.
This author will probably be stoned to death in public.
One thing you should NEVER do is speak the truth.
There are similarities between JFK and Joseph Smith. They both loved the ladies. Their sudden death rescued them from discovery and ultimate shameful repudiation that they would have experienced had they lived on. Their followers were able to craft a narrative that lives on for generations.
Bay of Pigs wiped out the armed Cuban opposition to Castro.
He abandoned the Eisenhower’s Tibetans to be wiped out to the last man, refusing to take the calls as they were surrounded and out of ammunition.
He got the South Vietnamese president killed (oh, did I do that?). Fired the team which had previously beaten the communists in the Philippines, and turned the counter-insurgency over to his Harvard pals.
The guy was a wrecking ball.
You don’t want to sound heartless, but, Kennedy has this image only because of his assassination. He was made into a mythical figure, and the myth of Camelot arose, only because of his tragic death.
A despicable man from a disgusting family
Yeah but you have to figure after he was knocked off the commies took over the ‘rat party then eventually the Republican party then the entire government where today we’re practically living in a commie country with a commie POTUS. That’s why I think Oswald wasn’t the only one involved.
Libs hate to be reminded that 'Tail-Gunner' Joe McCarthy was a frequent guest at Hyannis Port, as well as a Godfather to one of RFK's children.
Exactly. His greatest accomplishment was to be assassinated. Americans were reluctant to speak ill of the dead. His chickens couldn't come home to roost. And most importantly, liberals were able to create their myth of Camelot.
For those who scoff, remember; liberals tried to do the same (and failed) for Ted Kennedy.
Okay, but he was far superior to anything the Democrats have come up with lately.
As P.J. O’Rourke wrote (primarily referring to the Kennedys),
It’s Always Tempting To Impute
Unlikely Virtues To The Cute.
It is hard to believe how unpopular Kennedy was even tho I was there and saw it.
I remember standing on the arcade at lunch and a kid named Tim Sutton came up and told me the President had been shot. At that point there was almost unanimous cheers. I mean probably 90% of the student body was glad to hear it.
After maybe 10 minutes, the mood began to change. I recall more than one saying, “well we are glad he got shot but we don’t want him to die” At that time we didn’t know anything other than the first reports.
Later during class, the principal came on the AV system and announced that Kennedy was dead. That immediately threw a cloud over every one, even those who hated him.
I do remember one girl who was one of the few Catholics in school, quietly sobbing to herself.
The gist of it was that Kennedy was very unpopular with our kids but we fairly soon realized just what had happened and that it was not a good thing.
If truth be told, JFK was far more flawed and dishonest than his election opponent, Nixon. But the media plays it totally otherwise.
The Kennedy myths and legends were largely the creation of dynasty’s (crime family more like it)founder, Joseph Kennedy Sr who made vast fortune in various shady activities including stock market manipulation, insider trading, and other questionable practices. Kennedy Sr., more than most understood the power of advertising and pioneered the use of political advertising. Long before Jack was mixed up with Marilyn Monroe and the Hollywood rat pack, Kennedy Sr. pioneered in myth making churning out low budget movies in Tinsel Town and cavorting with famous actresses. Kennedy told his children, it doesn’t matter who you are, but what people think you are. He was a man who believed that money could buy anything and was an expert at media manipulation and creating false images and myths. Only a man like Joe Kennedy could have turned a disaster like the loss of PT-109 into an heroic feat, and turned his son’s lazy and lackluster record in Congress into a major presidential candidate. Sound familiar? No...BHO did not have the advantage of having a wealthy and powerful father buying his way into public office. But like the Kennedys, an adoring and slavelike media and Hollywood establishment plus lots of radical Left billionaires to help finance his campaigns.
Ping for later
He was having an affair with an enemy agent. Was he blackmailed? Would he have had to have been killed to protect the Democrat party?
Compared to Osama Obama it's clear that JFK was an outstanding President.