jimmyeatworld711 asked:
- Had less than a decade of Senate experience before choosing to run
- Many people were suspicious of his faith
- Considered by many to be a “pretty speaker”
- Overwhelmingly favored by African Americans
- Foreign policy based on negotiation with enemies
- Called himself a “citizen of the world”
- Favored “socialist” policies like more taxes to fund education, government subsidized health care, and an increase in the minimum wage
- Many people were suspicious of his globalism, fearing he would be controlled by an overseas power
- Proposed strong government intervention to stop the recession
- Had less than a decade of Senate experience before choosing to run
- Many people were suspicious of his faith
- Considered by many to be a “pretty speaker”
- Overwhelmingly favored by African Americans
- Foreign policy based on negotiation with enemies
- Called himself a “citizen of the world”
- Favored “socialist” policies like more taxes to fund education, government subsidized health care, and an increase in the minimum wage
- Many people were suspicious of his globalism, fearing he would be controlled by an overseas power
- Proposed strong government intervention to stop the recession
If you won’t vote for Obama, would you vote for this man described above? I’ll give you a chance to guess who he is. Hint - most people agree that he was a pretty good President.
Patti, most American historians would disagree with you. Besides solving the Cuban Missile Crisis, creating the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, establishing the Peace Corp, and proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1974, Kennedy holds one of the highest presidential approval ratings of all time. He was only in office for three years but, by all accounts, got quite a bit done.
Yes, he was publicly assassinated, but so was President James Garfield (for example) and Garfield has no legacy to speak of.