JFK

"Bob Fry" wrote:
JFK simply didn't get much done. But he was studly and that's what
counts in the world.

Exactly.

Presidents are elected on TV appeal, and JFK was prettier than Nixon. He
was a dangerous playboy with a penchant for international mischief, but
he had sex appeal that America couldn't resist - still can't. Reagan
was the quintessential TV president, revered now because he had the luck
to be sitting in the big chair when Soviet communism finally rotted to
pieces, even though his presidency was marked by colossal deficits, the
S&L debacle and sleazy dealings with scum in Iran and Central America.
But boy, he sure could say "God bless America" on TV like no one else!
We loved it!

Clinton and Bush? Same thing: they won because they were cuter on the
tube than their opponents.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Dan Luke wrote:
....
Presidents are elected on TV appeal, and JFK was prettier than Nixon. He
was a dangerous playboy with a penchant for international mischief, but
he had sex appeal that America couldn't resist - still can't. Reagan
was the quintessential TV president, revered now because he had the luck
to be sitting in the big chair when Soviet communism finally rotted to
pieces, even though his presidency was marked by colossal deficits, the
S&L debacle and sleazy dealings with scum in Iran and Central America.
But boy, he sure could say "God bless America" on TV like no one else!
We loved it!

Clinton and Bush? Same thing: they won because they were cuter on the
tube than their opponents.

Absolutely!

"Icebound" wrote in message
. rogers.com...
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| Clinton and Bush? Same thing: they won because they were cuter on the
| tube than their opponents.
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| Absolutely!
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Man, if that's what it takes, I couldn't be elected dogcatcher.

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:01:42 -0600, "Dan Luke"
wrote:

Presidents are elected on TV appeal, and JFK was prettier than Nixon. He
was a dangerous playboy with a penchant for international mischief, but
he had sex appeal that America couldn't resist - still can't.

Shocking as it might be too all the Boomers out there, *this* gen-Xer
would really like it, now that the geopolitical situation is very
different, if people would leave JFK to the history books and, y'know,
move on.

He was just zis guy, you know?

Rob

--
[You] don't make your kids P.C.-proof by keeping them
ignorant, you do it by helping them learn how to
educate themselves.

-- Orson Scott Card