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Let's compare a couple of president. trump will not like the comparison.
John F. Kennedy grew up the son of a wealthy, powerful man; much more than trump's father. Joe Kennedy was the youngest bank president in the country, and made fortunes in the stock market, real estate, he founded a movie studio, and imported liquor when prohibition was repealed.
He had the ear of a president, and was made the first head of the new SEC agency, as well as Ambassador to England. He was considered a candidate for president until he made a mistake when WWII started, that ended his political career.
He raised his children for public service. Every night, they were pushed to engage in family discussions about policies. Each son was given a million dollars when he became an adult 'so that he could call the father a son of a bitch if he wanted', and attended schools such as Harvard.
When WWII started, the eldest son, who was fully planned to run for president, did a dangerous tour of 25 bomber missions, making him eligible for going home. Instead, he volunteered for another dangerous mission, flying a bomb toward Germany, which exploded, killing him.
His younger brother, JFK, was rejected for military service for health reasons; he used his father's influence to get INTO combat, and commanded a PT Boat which was sunk and he became a war hero for his efforts to get his crew rescued.
JFK also wrote his first book, about how the allies had not prepared for war, which became a national bestseller. Later, in the hospital as a Senator, nearly killed by his health conditions, he wrote another book with his speechwriter, Ted Sorenson, "Profiles in Courage", which became a classic, and possibly with a little influence, won the Pulitzer Prize.
JFK had no plans for politics - he lacked the qualities of his brother. When his brother was killed, his father pushed him to replace him going into politics, and he did, learning. He won difficult elections for Congress and the Senate.
JFK had the luxury of 'trying to do the right thing' for the planet. He had toured the world, interrogating US embassies around the world, learning. He knew rich men and powerful men, and saw where they were good and bad. He'd seen where the appeal of a Hitler - including with his family - had led to disaster. He saw limits on the pursuit of wealth and humanity's broader needs.
He instinctively cared about the plights of black people, of poor people; when he ran for president, to get around the 'smoke-filled room dealmaking', he did what hadn't done before, and with Sorensen, flew to all 50 states, meeting with party leaders, building support to run in the primaries, and it worked.
He stumbled into supporting Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was arrested, and that was the turning point for race going from a non-partisan issue outside the south, to one where Democrats were the leaders. King's father, who was a Republican who planned to vote for Nixon, switch to support Kennedy, and many black voters followed.
JFK wanted to bring change to the century of racism that had followed the civil war with civil rights laws. Southern Democrats were united in opposition, telling JFK if he did, they would join Republicans to kill his entire agenda in Congress. JFK did not immediately submit the bill, but after 2 years, he did, despite the opposition, the first president to confront the nation with civil rights as a moral imperative.
JFK's concerns included trying to remove the threat of nuclear annihilation; his proudest achievement was the hard-fought passage, fighting his own Pentagon, of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, ending the worst testing of nuclear weapons. They included trying to reduce poverty globally, fighting the sort of global corruption Republicans had embraced and been a leading cause of.
JFK became a hero around the world, representing a democratic culture, fighting both the tyranny of communist corruption and fascist corruption. He fought our allies' brutal colonies overseas; and the very powerful organized crime system in the US.
John F. Kennedy grew up the son of a wealthy, powerful man; much more than trump's father. Joe Kennedy was the youngest bank president in the country, and made fortunes in the stock market, real estate, he founded a movie studio, and imported liquor when prohibition was repealed.
He had the ear of a president, and was made the first head of the new SEC agency, as well as Ambassador to England. He was considered a candidate for president until he made a mistake when WWII started, that ended his political career.
He raised his children for public service. Every night, they were pushed to engage in family discussions about policies. Each son was given a million dollars when he became an adult 'so that he could call the father a son of a bitch if he wanted', and attended schools such as Harvard.
When WWII started, the eldest son, who was fully planned to run for president, did a dangerous tour of 25 bomber missions, making him eligible for going home. Instead, he volunteered for another dangerous mission, flying a bomb toward Germany, which exploded, killing him.
His younger brother, JFK, was rejected for military service for health reasons; he used his father's influence to get INTO combat, and commanded a PT Boat which was sunk and he became a war hero for his efforts to get his crew rescued.
JFK also wrote his first book, about how the allies had not prepared for war, which became a national bestseller. Later, in the hospital as a Senator, nearly killed by his health conditions, he wrote another book with his speechwriter, Ted Sorenson, "Profiles in Courage", which became a classic, and possibly with a little influence, won the Pulitzer Prize.
JFK had no plans for politics - he lacked the qualities of his brother. When his brother was killed, his father pushed him to replace him going into politics, and he did, learning. He won difficult elections for Congress and the Senate.
JFK had the luxury of 'trying to do the right thing' for the planet. He had toured the world, interrogating US embassies around the world, learning. He knew rich men and powerful men, and saw where they were good and bad. He'd seen where the appeal of a Hitler - including with his family - had led to disaster. He saw limits on the pursuit of wealth and humanity's broader needs.
He instinctively cared about the plights of black people, of poor people; when he ran for president, to get around the 'smoke-filled room dealmaking', he did what hadn't done before, and with Sorensen, flew to all 50 states, meeting with party leaders, building support to run in the primaries, and it worked.
He stumbled into supporting Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was arrested, and that was the turning point for race going from a non-partisan issue outside the south, to one where Democrats were the leaders. King's father, who was a Republican who planned to vote for Nixon, switch to support Kennedy, and many black voters followed.
JFK wanted to bring change to the century of racism that had followed the civil war with civil rights laws. Southern Democrats were united in opposition, telling JFK if he did, they would join Republicans to kill his entire agenda in Congress. JFK did not immediately submit the bill, but after 2 years, he did, despite the opposition, the first president to confront the nation with civil rights as a moral imperative.
JFK's concerns included trying to remove the threat of nuclear annihilation; his proudest achievement was the hard-fought passage, fighting his own Pentagon, of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, ending the worst testing of nuclear weapons. They included trying to reduce poverty globally, fighting the sort of global corruption Republicans had embraced and been a leading cause of.
JFK became a hero around the world, representing a democratic culture, fighting both the tyranny of communist corruption and fascist corruption. He fought our allies' brutal colonies overseas; and the very powerful organized crime system in the US.
