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We Need You to Jump Into the Political Process | Bernie Sanders (Original Post) Donkees Jun 2016 OP
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A story Craig234 Jun 2016 #6
This speech was very incouraging to hear… Lot's of people have been engaged and midnight Jun 2016 #7
 

Craig234

(335 posts)
6. A story
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 01:57 AM
Jun 2016

President-elect Kennedy decided to appoint Robert McNamara his Secretary of Defense.

Pretty big decision. They'd never met. McNamara months before was made the first president of Ford outside the Ford family.

So McNamara was facing a huge loss by accepting, but they were patriotic times when a president asks.

McNamara told Kennedy it was a bad idea. He didn't know anything about running the military.

Kennedy responded, they don't have school for presidents, either.

McNamara said that took the wind out of his opposition and he accepted.

midnight

(26,624 posts)
7. This speech was very incouraging to hear… Lot's of people have been engaged and
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 07:06 AM
Jun 2016

have been given proof that you don't need to be an expert to run for office. You just need to care about others…

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