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It's good to see the positive comments about JFK and his son - JFK's presidency is a hobby.
He deserves the credit he gets, but it's complicated -many misunderstand him, partly because he created an image that wasn't entirely accurate as the politics demanded at the time, making him something of a chameleon with broad appeal.
So nearly everyone can see things in him to like, more than politicians today. Of course that can't hold up to scrutiny - the contradictions get settled one way or the other - but he had qualities that become clearer as well.
On policy, one example you rarely hear about is how he did more than any other president by far to end organized crime - and the fact people might react with 'so what, that's a small issue odd to bring up' is credit to what he did. During his presidency, at the start, just one mob boss - Carlos Marcello of Louisiana and most of Texas - had as much revenue as the largest company in the US (General Electric at the time).
It's good to see the comments about his son you rarely hear about - someone good to learn about. Caroline Kennedy is interesting as well; she was Obama's ambassador to Japan.
He deserves the credit he gets, but it's complicated -many misunderstand him, partly because he created an image that wasn't entirely accurate as the politics demanded at the time, making him something of a chameleon with broad appeal.
So nearly everyone can see things in him to like, more than politicians today. Of course that can't hold up to scrutiny - the contradictions get settled one way or the other - but he had qualities that become clearer as well.
On policy, one example you rarely hear about is how he did more than any other president by far to end organized crime - and the fact people might react with 'so what, that's a small issue odd to bring up' is credit to what he did. During his presidency, at the start, just one mob boss - Carlos Marcello of Louisiana and most of Texas - had as much revenue as the largest company in the US (General Electric at the time).
It's good to see the comments about his son you rarely hear about - someone good to learn about. Caroline Kennedy is interesting as well; she was Obama's ambassador to Japan.