It's funny that folks go back to JFK for the "foreign powers testing a new president" thing

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

The clearest example of the phenomenon is early 2001... the Chinese downed plane/hostage incident.

(9/11 sent the first few months of the Bush presidency down the memory hole, but they did happen.)

[liberal N proud]

1. The GOP is trying to make Americans forget bu$h ever happened

[99th_Monkey]

2. I just watched "13 Days", dramatization of the Cuban Missle Crisis ...

... highly recommended. It really drives home what a profound difference it makes to have a president who
is focused like a laser beam on the public welfare, who has smart advisers, and yet who also is willing to go
to the mat in the crunch and fight like hell for what he believes in.

I was glad I watched it before this election.