On this day of JFK's birthday, what would he be ashamed of most?

[Tom Horn]

Kinda weird that the OP didn't mention it but JFK would have been100 years old today ---- which strikes those of us who remember his being a symbol of the new youth as rather sobering. Still the only POTUS I've ever seen in person.

Not counting The Dick Cheney of course. I've seen him.

I saw JFK once too...at Tri-City airport outside of Saginaw, Mich at about 2am on a cold rainy night. He reminded me of Alfred E. Newman....HUGE head...I also saw Obama here in Phoenix during the campaign...he had Carolyn Kennedy with him....no security whatsoever....I got within 20' of him and could have shot him dead if I'd been so inclined.

 

[Eaglewings]

Kinda weird that the OP didn't mention it but JFK would have been100 years old today ---- which strikes those of us who remember his being a symbol of the new youth as rather sobering. Still the only POTUS I've ever seen in person.

Not counting The Dick Cheney of course. I've seen him.

Where did you see Kennedy Pogo? What a awesome memory...

 

[Pogo]

Kinda weird that the OP didn't mention it but JFK would have been100 years old today ---- which strikes those of us who remember his being a symbol of the new youth as rather sobering. Still the only POTUS I've ever seen in person.

Not counting The Dick Cheney of course. I've seen him.

Where did you see Kennedy Pogo? What a awesome memory...

Whelp.... I was a little kid and my Dad put me and my brother into the car for a trip to the city. Normally when we went to the city we had moved from three years earlier (an eternity to a child) we were either going to Grandmom's house, or to a baseball game. This was neither. I didn't really know where we were going.

I remember parking and walking and walking and walking, among more and more people, and finally taking a position on the sidewalk as if something was about to happen. After another child's eternity a buzz of anticipation arose in the crowd -- something happening to our left. Slowly a motorcade came into view. A man was in the convertible waving to the crowd but he was facing away from us. I couldn't see who he was.

My Dad, who had a bombastic operatic voice, cupped his hands to his mouth and yelled "HEY JACK!"
And I recognized John F. Kennedy as he turned and waved directly to us.

Best I can piece together from newspaper articles that should have been October of 1960.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Kennedy would be most disturbed to see that the party of Eisenhower has become the party of Trump.

 

[Eaglewings]

Kinda weird that the OP didn't mention it but JFK would have been100 years old today ---- which strikes those of us who remember his being a symbol of the new youth as rather sobering. Still the only POTUS I've ever seen in person.

Not counting The Dick Cheney of course. I've seen him.

Where did you see Kennedy Pogo? What a awesome memory...

Whelp.... I was a little kid and my Dad put me and my brother into the car for a trip to the city. Normally when we went to the city we had moved from three years earlier (an eternity to a child) we were either going to Grandmom's house, or to a baseball game. This was neither. I didn't really know where we were going.

I remember parking and walking and walking and walking, among more and more people, and finally taking a position on the sidewalk as if something was about to happen. After another child's eternity a buzz of anticipation arose in the crowd -- something happening to our left. Slowly a motorcade came into view. A man was in the convertible waving to the crowd but he was facing away from us. I couldn't see who he was.

My Dad, who had a bombastic operatic voice, cupped his hands to his mouth and yelled "HEY JACK!"
And I recognized John F. Kennedy as he turned and waved directly to us.

Best I can piece together from newspaper articles that should have been October of 1960.

So glad that your dad brought you, what a great memory for you...I was 4 .. But when he was shot I was old enough to remember that sad day..

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Well, ya know how trumps "Doctor" said he was, you know, "healthy"?

As it happens, JFK had some severe health problems too and he paid off a doctor to lie for him.

Just like the ***** grabber did.

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[Vandalshandle]

My brother worked in Fort Worth on Nov. 22nd, 1963, and took the morning off to see JFK as he was leaving the hotel to fly to Dallas for the speech he was going to give at the Trade Mart.

 

[mgh80]

I think he would be saddened to see that his party actually considered running a Socialist.

Sure he came with baggage (but in all fairness who wouldn't want to nail Marilyn Monroe?), but he also owned up to his mistakes in office, was a war hero, and had respect for his opposition.

 

[Crixus]

You know, the Democrats and "liberals" for what they've become. Choose four if you like.

I'm thinking he would be okay with all of those. Not like the Kennedy clan was high on morals or anything. I mean, one went down for rape and murder, one drowned a woman.

 

[Pogo]

I think he would be saddened to see that his party actually considered running a Socialist.

They did huh.

When? Who?

 

[TheDude]

Kinda weird that the OP didn't mention it but JFK would have been100 years old today ---- which strikes those of us who remember his being a symbol of the new youth as rather sobering. Still the only POTUS I've ever seen in person.

Not counting The Dick Cheney of course. I've seen him.

Where did you see Kennedy Pogo? What a awesome memory...

Whelp.... I was a little kid and my Dad put me and my brother into the car for a trip to the city. Normally when we went to the city we had moved from three years earlier (an eternity to a child) we were either going to Grandmom's house, or to a baseball game. This was neither. I didn't really know where we were going.

I remember parking and walking and walking and walking, among more and more people, and finally taking a position on the sidewalk as if something was about to happen. After another child's eternity a buzz of anticipation arose in the crowd -- something happening to our left. Slowly a motorcade came into view. A man was in the convertible waving to the crowd but he was facing away from us. I couldn't see who he was.

My Dad, who had a bombastic operatic voice, cupped his hands to his mouth and yelled "HEY JACK!"
And I recognized John F. Kennedy as he turned and waved directly to us.

Best I can piece together from newspaper articles that should have been October of 1960.

Very cool

 

[mgh80]

I think he would be saddened to see that his party actually considered running a Socialist.

They did huh.

When? Who?

Don't be dense, you know exactly who I'm talking about.

 

[IsaacNewton]

You know, the Democrats and "liberals" for what they've become. Choose four if you like.

Projection has been hard coded into conservative's DNA. They project a fake hologram out of their head onto reality and they think it reality. JFK would be ashamed that the Republican party now has no line between lying and truth. To them whatever works is what they go with.

 

[frigidweirdo]

You know, the Democrats and "liberals" for what they've become. Choose four if you like.

Probably that Trump has a beautiful wife, but is also impotent.

 

[Pogo]

I think he would be saddened to see that his party actually considered running a Socialist.

They did huh.

When? Who?

Don't be dense, you know exactly who I'm talking about.

Whelp -- if you can't articulate your point, you never had one. Moving on.

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

If JFK were alive today he would be in the Private Sector not asking what he could do for his country but just letting the idiots screw this country because men like him no longer rule this great nation.

 

[BluesLegend]

Democrats have become cold war era Soviets.

 

[AsianTrumpSupporter]

JFK would be a conservative today.

 

[rightwinger]

JFK would be astounded that we could elect a moron like Trump

 

[easyt65]

If JFK was alive today he would be considered a Republican and be hated / villainized by the Democratic Party.