58 years ago today

[headhawg]

I was 7. I don't remember much except walking home from St. Mary's Star of the Sea school feeling very sad, and not fully understanding why.

This was under the radar for me but there is another movie out: JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass. I haven't seen it yet, but I will watch it eventually.

[fast4522]

Originally Posted by JustRalph

My first real memory was watching the funeral.

I recall JFK addressing the nation during the Cuban Missile crisis. I remember how big that first TV seemed and whit I thought was great programing.

[Actor]

Originally Posted by lamboguy

i was in the fourth grade and the teacher turned the black and white television on, we all watched the events unfold while our teacher cried. everyone cried. if the same thing happened today, some would go to the streets and cheer.

I've heard that John Wayne and Walter Brennan had a party to celebrate Kennedy's death.

[lamboguy]

Originally Posted by Actor

I've heard that John Wayne and Walter Brennan had a party to celebrate Kennedy's death.

When RN lost one of the closest presidential elections in the history of the United States in 1960, Wayne did not kick dirt over the victorious Kennedy. Instead, in a truly patriotic way, he said, “I didn’t vote for him, but he’s my president, and I hope he does a good job.”

[Tom]

Originally Posted by JustRalph

My first real memory was watching the funeral.

And then the shooting of Oswald Sunday morning...surprised we turned out as good as we did and didn't turn into snowflakes!

[Tom]

Long, but not as long as it seemed at the time.

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[Inner Dirt]

If JFK would have ran for president today he would poll in single digits with Democrats.



"Ask not what your country can do for you...ask what you can do for your country."

That quote would go over like a loud fart in church these days.

[Marshall Bennett]

Originally Posted by Inner Dirt

If JFK would have ran for president today he would poll in single digits with Democrats.

Or flip that around and imagine a modern day far-left candidate in 1960, They'd either get shot or forced to retire through public humiliation.

[Inner Dirt]

Originally Posted by Marshall Bennett

Or flip that around and imagine a modern day far-left candidate in 1960, They'd either get shot or forced to retire through public humiliation.

They would be branded a communist and investigated by the FBI.

[mrhorseplayer]

the secret service or fbi one of them took meatloafs car as he was cruising to see the president.

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by Inner Dirt

If JFK would have ran for president today he would poll in single digits with Democrats.



"Ask not what your country can do for you...ask what you can do for your country."

That quote would go over like a loud fart in church these days.

IMO...JFK deserved to get shot for this quote alone. WHOM do we ask in order to find out "what we can do for our country"? The no-good politicians? In JFK we had a president who not only turned the White House into a Whore House...but who also engaged his Attorney General brother in the full-time job of covering up for his (JFK's) sexual escapades. And here he presumes to teach us the "ethics" of patriotism?

"Ask not what we, the "ruling class", can do for you...ask what you can do for us", JFK meant to say...but this wouldn't have sounded as "patriotic". Our "country" doesn't ask for much. It's our politicians who have the insatiable appetite.

[fast4522]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

IMO...JFK deserved to get shot for this quote alone. WHOM do we ask in order to find out "what we can do for our country"? The no-good politicians? In JFK we had a president who not only turned the White House into a Whore House...but who also engaged his Attorney General brother in the full-time job of covering up for his (JFK's) sexual escapades. And here he presumes to teach us the "ethics" of patriotism?

"Ask not what we, the "ruling class", can do for you...ask what you can do for us", JFK meant to say...but this wouldn't have sounded as "patriotic". Our "country" doesn't ask for much. It's our politicians who have the insatiable appetite.

You deserve worse, no man deserved to get what he got. I am sorry but I am not the kind of person who wishes evil on someone just because, pathetic would be only the start of describing you.

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by fast4522

You deserve worse, no man deserved to get what he got. I am sorry but I am not the kind of person who wishes evil on someone just because, pathetic would be only the start of describing you.

That's fine. I'm not here to win a popularity contest.

[sharkey11]

i beg to differ fast4522 there are a lot of men who deserve the same for example hitler stallin himler just a few that deserve the same. so to say that is Wrong !

[fast4522]

So when JFK walked the earth I as not a republican or a democrat. You cite names like Hitler and Stallin like you know your ass from your elbow, and those who differ from you deserve what you think. Go Away Little Boy.