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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke
. If Nixon weren't mixed up in the MCarthy thing, I might warm to him over the whole Nixon in China thing..... ....I have to go back to JFK again as the much swankier Womanizer - and Hello Jackie O? Yeah, I guess I'll stick with him.
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Originally Posted by Snowflake
JFK is one of my earliest memories, I was barely 3 when he died, but I grew up with the mythology and he was long my favorite president. Indiscretions, heck, they all have them. He was friends with the Rat Pack, tres swanky.
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Originally Posted by mistyisjafo
I was a big JFK fan growing up and I read several biographys. ...
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So you all like someone who was...
Known for funny ways he pronounced certain words.
Used fathers influence to get into a certain branch of the Military.
A member of a family that was good friends to Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Won the Presidency by the narrowest of margins.
Launched an attack on a Country which had not attacked the US.
Vastly expanded funding for education and medicare for the elderly.
Made cutting taxes an administration priority.
Had a younger brother, often touted as a Presidential hopeful himself, who was also very active in politics.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Me, I like Reagan, of course
