How about another Liberal feel-good post: Positive words to describe JFK

[Some Moran]

Progressive
Visionary
Fair
Strong

[WillyBrandt]

1. Canadian

[Moochy]

2. How about

Aristocracy?

Elite?

Rich?

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[Moochy]

7. Disruptor?

A disruptor? Refute any of those words... or should we only talk of the good things about our leaders?

Hero worship or honest discussion?

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[Old and In the Way]

11. "How about" an inspirational President?

PT-109, Profiles in Courage, Peace Corp, Cuban Missile Crisis, "I am a Berliner", setting great goals for this country like putting a man on the moon.........

Compare that to the cheesey ignorance of Reagan or cluelessness of Ford, or the criminal corruptness of 37/41/43.

Better smarten up Moochy, I hear the RNC is establishing Freep Centers in India. Your job will be outsourced soon.

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[Old and In the Way]

17. Prehaps I am oversensitized.

I was watching the Kennedy assassination at the time of the post and I probably over-reacted. You are right, the low post count can be a tip-off that we have a disruptor on board.

I do find Joe Kennedy's past eerily similar to Prescott Bush. But I see their progeny's accomplishments to be contrasted to an extreme. The Kennedy sons exemplified public service, the Bush Family sees it as a means to a financial end.

Shame we can't see John Kennedy Jr. have his shot at GWB.....

[WillyBrandt]

3. Buxom

[Rowdyboy]

4. Heroic

strong, determined, bold, virile (or so I'm told!), poetic, charismatic, classically-trained, adept, versatile, educated, refined, earthy, and larger-than-life. Need more?

[Punkingal]

5. Brilliant...

charismatic
intellectual
optimistic
leader

[wtmusic]

9. Humble

Witness: his speech accepting full responsibility for the Bay of Pigs fiasco.

[JohnKleeb]

10. Even though it was more Ike's fault than his

I thought about that with Bush and all.

[Old and In the Way]

12. Not Ike's fault.

Tricky Dick and the RW-CIA wackjobs that wanted to liberate the sugar in Cuba.

[JohnKleeb]

13. Nevermind then

But it was mostly the Eisenhower adminstration's fault am I right? and he took responsiblity for it even though it wasnt his fault, thats gutsy, remember all Bush could do was blame Clinton well he still does.

[Old and In the Way]

15. I think Ike was starting his beginning the retirement phase of his

Presidency...hey, I think he was getting a well deserved winding down and he probably had no idea what the devious scumbags were cooking up over at CIA. I'm sure that he was pretty much "out of the loop" and the Dickster was just getting started on his plans for the new Republican vision of society.

But he was getting a sense of things to come when he warned us of the growing influence of the Military-Industrial complex.

[aeon flux]

14. Sensible

Only 11,000 US troops in Vietnam on his watch. Refused to escalate military presence in Vietnam. Probably why LBJ had him taken out.

This was one of the conclusions reached by the recent "The Men Who Killed Kennedy" documentary on the History Channel. About time they had something not about WW2.