MrsSpringsteen said:
John F. Kennedy edges Bill Clinton for the #3 spot
I consider myself to be a HUGE Kennedy buff.
But I do not agree with this. I do not understand how he can be #3.
I think as we move further away from his assasination and think about the 1,000 days he was President, this sentiment will change.
#1 Space Program
#2 Test Ban Treaty
#3 Civil Rights (Started by him, Carried out by Johnson)
#4 Bay of Pigs (huge Failure)
#5 Assasination Attempts on Castro (Huge Failure, may have backfired on him)
#6 Cuban Missile Crisis (The American Public was denied the information that demonstrated he sold out, removing missiles from Turkey in exchange for the removal of missiles from Cuba. This made it look to the public the blockade forced the Russians to remove their missiles, which is not true.)
#7 Most historians acknowledge that Kennedy was manhandled by Kruschev in their meetings. Some advisors believe that the prescription drugs Kennedy was taking at the time for his ailments completely screwed him up in these meetings.)
#8 His multiple affairs with women, including a Nazi Spy (If that had been public he would not have been elected, Mistresses of Mobsters ect....he would not have been reelected had he lived)
Ted Sorenson and Richard Goodwin his speech writeres deserve the Credit for his inspirational speeches. Bobby deserves the credit for Civil Rights.....
His death with his beautiful wife and children and our desire for camolot have shielded him.
I have now developed a love hate repationship with the man. LOL