Bfgrn
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Distortions of history aside, JFK is, was, and will always be considered a liberal Democrat.
Conservative spin aside, JFK is the spiritual as well as ideological father of today's liberals.
To say JFK would not be welcome into the Democratic party today is like saying Democrats don't like Bill Clinton.
reality is not the strong suit of today's conservatism. the evidence is that they keep saying every conservative President of the later half of the Twentieth Century was not a true conservative. They even have a name for it - RHINO
what a crock. so Vietnam was a "good war" (?)and the left would have fallen all over him? gtfoh.
or?
Kennedy had already issued the order for a 1000 troop withdrawal from Vietnam by the end of '63. And ordered the Pentagon to plan to have all US troops out of Vietnam by early 1965, shortly after what he assumed would be his re-election. But he did not, of course, live to see their withdrawal.
Galbraith and Vietnam
James K. Galbraith: Exit Strategy
Ted Sorensen - President Kennedy's Special Counsel & Adviser, and primary speechwriter
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