JFK

You missed the point. I'm not arguing whether he was a good or bad
president. I'm just saying that his infidelity has nothing to do with his
political successes or failures. You make some good points regarding his
failures, and those are appropriate to measure hs career by, not his
personal life.


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"Michael 182" wrote in message
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| What does infidelity have to do with his legacy?

Okay, what was his legacy?

"Profiles in Courage" was ghost written.

Almost everything he took credit for was actually the work of others.

He did claim to be a jelly donut (literal translation of "Ich bin ein
Berliner"), but the wall that went up on his watch came down on the hated
Reagan's watch.

Fidel still runs Cuba.

Laos went Communist anyway.

The Apollo program was good.

But, why are most of my memories of him playing touch football on the
White
House lawn?

And why do so many historians regard him as one of the most corrupt
Presidents in history (possibly second only to LBJ)?

Really, the whole Kennedy mystique seems to be a product, not of the
Kennedys, but of Jacqueline.

"Michael 182" wrote in message
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You missed the point. I'm not arguing whether he was a good or bad
president. I'm just saying that his infidelity has nothing to do with his
political successes or failures. You make some good points regarding his
failures, and those are appropriate to measure hs career by, not his
personal life.

Actually, it ( his infidelity) did.

He was forced to cover his indiscressions and it cost him (and more
particularly the country) several times. Not to mention banging a Soviet spy
and other boneheaded moves...