He was left-wing by 1960 standards, sir. There hasn’t been a Conservative who won the Democrat Presidential nomination since 1924, that being ex-WV Congressman and former Solicitor-General John W. Davis. Before that, the last Conservative Democrat nominee was then-ex-President Grover Cleveland in 1892. Since 1896, every Dem nominee (save the above two and a fence-sitting squish in Alton B. Parker in 1904) has been a left-wing Democrat.
The Socialists hijacked the Democrat party during Cleveland’s second term (so much so they told him he could forget being renominated in 1896). They’ve been effectively Communist since McGovern in 1972. You’ve had some on the center-right, but they spent a century running them out of the party, and haven’t won the nomination in 94 years for President.
Please don’t try to sell “But JFK was a Conservative.” It doesn’t pass the smell test. Had he lived to 1972, he’d have backed McGovern and every other loon to date (including Zero and Hillary).
What position did JFK hold that was leftist?? Do you think his staunch anti USSR stance was an act? Really? He was one of only three modern Presidents to actually lower marginal income tax rates. On that alone he should have your admiration.
Complete Bullslit...headline doesn’t match article.
Eh, by today’s standards, he was conservative, at least. And I’m no fan of JFK either, especially regarding his womanizing (which even extended to people who were confirmed national security risks), his screwing up the Bay of Pigs, not to mention his not ensuring that Cuba remained free during the Cuban Missile Crisis, among other stuff. At least he actually TRIED to fight off Communism (heck, even backed up Joe McCarthy during the Red Scare, and most Democrats during that time tried to sabotage his career. If JFK was willing to aid Joe McCarthy and give him a shot at stopping Communism, I’m pretty sure he definitely would have gone against McGovern), which is still commendable especially when his brothers didn’t even bother to try fighting Communism, and in the case of Ted, actually AIDED the Soviets and requested their involvement in interfering with the presidential elections.
Besides, I’m pretty doubtful that JFK would have backed Roe v. Wade, let alone Hillary Clinton and Obama, even with all of his faults. Let me point out that Martin Sheen was arguably even MORE of a leftist than JFK ever was, certainly far more open about being left-wing, yet he absolutely refused to back Barack Obama during the 2008 and possibly the 2012 elections, and the reason why he broke ranks with the Democrats during that time is precisely BECAUSE Obama supported abortion (as Martin Sheen was Catholic, maybe not the world’s best Catholic, but still Catholic, and one part of Catholic Doctrine is that they NEVER support at the very least abortion). If even the likes of Martin Sheen refused to back Barack Obama due to his support of abortion, it’s pretty clear JFK would not support it either. Now, Ted Kennedy, that’s a different story altogether.
And there’s still some Democrat politicians who actually do sincerely adhere to pro-life measures (I can even name one particular Democrat of that stripe: Randall Terry).