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How John F. Kennedy Became President

Feb 24, 2015 01:17

John Fitzgerald Kennedy wasn't supposed to be the President from the Kennedy Family. That honor was planned for his older brother, Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. John Kennedy was the second of nine children born to businessman and later Ambassador Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Sr. and his wife Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy. His maternal grandfather ( Read more... )

lyndon johnson, dwight d. eisenhower, adlai stevenson, richard nixon, john f. kennedy

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kaishin108 February 24 2015, 14:22:54 UTC

What a great read. I am wondering if JFK were to run in 2016, if he could win.

I am been listening to Noam Chomsky, do you know of him? I would love to know what you think of his opinion.

kensmind February 24 2015, 17:52:27 UTC

I've heard of Chomsky, but have never read anything he's written or listened to him speak. I've seen him described as a "libertarian socialist", and it's hard for me to conceptualize what that is since the two concepts seem in conflict. Having said that, I'm socially liberal and fiscally conservative, so I suppose political schizophrenia abounds.

kaishin108 February 24 2015, 19:26:11 UTC

G is like you socially liberal and fiscally conservative. It can cross a few lines. I always consider myself totally liberal but I think I am almost, I say almost, fiscally conservative :-)