Some Kennedy pictures I found

[mogster]

Here:
http://www.historyplace.com/kennedy/politician.htm













Here are the three brothers together. What if they'd been allowed to live on, all together?
The world would have been a better place, for sure.



A lot more pictures at link:
http://www.historyplace.com/kennedy/politician.htm

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. We could have been a great country

but BushCo stole all our hopes and dreams.

Bastards.

[peacebuzzard]

2. In the 60s and 70s I never thought we would have become this mess.

wish I had more time and energy to fight this machine.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. I can remember every night around dinner time

I would hear the intro to Superman. I can't believe I used to believe that shit. Whatever happened to truth, justice and the American way?

[peacebuzzard]

6. even Superman died.

:(

[mogster]

12. Well, I think the US is still a great country

Besides, the neoconservative movement is global. Dumbness knows no borders! ;-)

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. Not any more

Not since BushCo took office.

[Nitrogenica]

4. It angers me how Ted is treated by the rightie sheeples.

They have no respect, no compassion, and no concept of reality.

The righties are becoming dinosaurs because of it.

[dipsydoodle]

5. There remains a fondness in the UK

for President Kennedy. Closest any other Presidents have come was Bill Clinton. Both may have had there shortcomings bit those were outweighed by their strengths.

[mogster]

10. In all of Europe, people would agree I think

Here's a picture from Berlin:



Europe 1963.- In Berlin, the President speaks to the enormous crowd of Germans, telling them, "All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner.' (I am a Berliner)."

[NNadir]

7. You do know of course, that Mrs. Roosevelt held John Kennedy in contempt?

She consented to appear with him because she held Richard Nixon in deeper contempt, but she was no fan of the Kennedy family.

[mogster]

8. She probably would have liked to give them both some slapping

Wasn't she known to be a strong woman? ;-)

[NNadir]

9. Incredibly strong, but I don't know about "slapping."

I think Mrs. Roosevelt hated violence. She of course, accepted the need for it in the second world war, but basically her efforts went almost exclusively toward compassion for those who fought - and suffered - for the war.

Mrs. Roosevelt was a tireless worker for peace and justice. Many people may not know this, but her work at the United Nations where she worked on the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights," establishes her as one of the most important diplomats of the twentieth century.

In my mind she is the greatest Democrat in history, outstripping even her husband for the honor. Her ideals perfectly sum up, almost 50 years after her death, what a Democrat should be.

[sarge43]

14. I think she may have been afraid the sons would have been

chips off the Old Joe block. He was a piece of work.

[NNadir]

17. It is true that Mrs. Roosevelt disliked Joe, but she disliked John and Bob

just as much.

She was appalled by Kennedy's close friendship Joe McCarthy and his standing as the only Democrat who did not vote to censure McCarthy. At the time of the 1960 election, Bobby was chiefly known for his work as Roy Cohn's assistant in red baiting.

She felt that John Kennedy was no friend of Civil Rights, which had been a signature issue for Mrs. Roosevelt when her husband was President.

Still, although highly principled, Mrs Roosevelt could make tactical accommodations and compromise. She supported Kennedy in 1960 when it was clear he would be the nominee. But her heart was not really in it. Still she campaigned as hard as she could for Kennedy. She was old, tired and frail, but until she stopped breathing she fought.

She died in 1962, when Kennedy was President. My understanding is that she was not happy with the state of affairs that existed then.

She was such a giant. (Sigh...) How we could use her now.

[Maccagirl]

11. Happy 89th Birthday, J.F.K.

Your sense of humor was only eclipsed by your sense of irony. You could tell a phony like Bush a mile away. Yes, your sexual addiction has been talked about ad nauseum, but you were a principled man. We were so fortunate to have you in the Oval Office. R.I.P.

[SharonRB]

15. These brought tears to my eyes

I especially love the last one of Jack, Bobby and Teddy together. I've never seen that one.

What a different world we'd live in today if Jack and Bobby had lived. Camelot lost, indeed.

[cassiepriam]

16. Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your

country.....