John F Kennedy

[MoseyWalker]

Great words: thank you: Ice4Clark:

President John F. Kennedy on being a liberal...

"I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, in human liberty as the source of national action, in the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas. It is, I believe, the faith in our fellow citizens as individuals and as people that lies at the heart of the liberal faith. For liberalism is not so much a party creed or set of fixed platform promises as it is an attitude of mind and heart, a faith in man's ability through the experiences of his reason and judgment to increase for himself and his fellow men the amount of justice and freedom and brotherhood which all human life deserves

I believe also in the United States of America, in the promise that it contains and has contained throughout our history of producing a society so abundant and creative and so free and responsible that it cannot only fulfill the aspirations of its citizens, but serve equally well as a beacon for all mankind. I do not believe in a superstate. I see no magic in tax dollars which are sent to Washington and then returned. I abhor the waste and incompetence of large-scale federal bureaucracies in this administration as well as in others. I do not favor state compulsion when voluntary individual effort can do the job and do it well. But I believe in a government which acts, which exercises its full powers and full responsibilities. Government is an art and a precious obligation; and when it has a job to do, I believe it should do it. And this requires not only great ends but that we propose concrete means of achieving them.

Our responsibility is not discharged by announcement of virtuous ends. Our responsibility is to achieve these objectives with social invention, with political skill, and executive vigor. I believe for these reasons that liberalism is our best and only hope in the world today. For the liberal society is a free society, and it is at the same time and for that reason a strong society. Its strength is drawn from the will of free people committed to great ends and peacefully striving to meet them. Only liberalism, in short, can repair our national power, restore our national purpose, and liberate our national energies.

[texpatriot2004]

1. JFK was a great leader. He had wisdom and vision nm

[Octafish]

2. Best President so far.

JFK kept the world out of World War III. If he hadn't, things would be all aglow. During the Bay of Pigs, the Pentagon told him they were ready to support the invaders. Kennedy said, "No" and was branded a coward.

Later, USAF Gen Curtis LeMay told Kennedy he was an irresponsible chicken if he didn't go toe-to-toe with the Russkis and launch an attack on the missile batteries during the Missiles of October. Wanting war, LeMay ordered low-level incursions of Soviet airspace and overflights of Soviet installations in ("Soviet Occupied" for Jerry Ford) Eastern Europe in an attempt to instigate an international incident that would escalate to war. LeMay may have been the most vocal, but he was not alone.

May God have mercy on their souls. God certainly displayed mercy on the rest of us. Without JFK as president, this would be a world inhabited by cockroaches whose ancestors survived the radiation and the nuclear winter, a race similar in vision to the current political leadership.

[uppityperson]

3. Go to the emergency room

now. ER bills are less expensive, financially and emotionally, than funeral or nursing home ones. If you were serious about what you wrote, do this for your family. Now. and let us know what happens. peace to you mosey

[Riga Marole]

4. JFK was a great wit...

however his siblings were not and his children were not. Nor am I.

[dailykoff]

6. Teddy's got the gift

when he gets around to it. :)

[OzarkDem]

8. ?

:shrug:

[dailykoff]

5. Very refreshing!

Thanks! k/r

[OzarkDem]

7. Always bears repeating

But it probably makes the DLC'ers heads explode.