To be fair, he announced a big push on Civil Rights just a few months before he was assassinated. It's possible he wouldn't have had the juice to get it passed, and that his assassination is the only reason Johnson got it passed, but Kennedy was certainly taking action.
Had his term run its course, he’d be known as just another sleazy shitheel politician with a string of scandals. Instead, he is forever the golden boy of Camelot, the all-too-brief new dawn of an American midcentury optimism, and a contrast to those that followed. The name Fitzgerald Kennedy evokes this idea of a return to a golden age, with catastrophic recent results.
And the nepotism in the cabinet. And the mafia involvement in electing him. And the secret sister. And turning the white house into the playboy mansion.
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pjwestin@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 179d
To be fair, he announced a big push on Civil Rights just a few months before he was assassinated. It's possible he wouldn't have had the juice to get it passed, and that his assassination is the only reason Johnson got it passed, but Kennedy was certainly taking action.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 25 pts · 179d
The assassination saved his presidency, in the same way that the iceberg saved Leonardo and Kate’s romance in Titanic.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 179d
His presidency was going to break up once the boat docked and he realised being poor sucks?
rosco385@lemmy.wtf · 5 pts · 179d
No, his presidency was going to end up floating half on/half off a door.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 178d
Remember, er uh, me Jackie!
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 4 pts · 178d
Had his term run its course, he’d be known as just another sleazy shitheel politician with a string of scandals. Instead, he is forever the golden boy of Camelot, the all-too-brief new dawn of an American midcentury optimism, and a contrast to those that followed. The name Fitzgerald Kennedy evokes this idea of a return to a golden age, with catastrophic recent results.
totesmygoat@piefed.ca · 20 pts · 179d
He was also a walking std.
robocall@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 179d
He was also on meth for most his presidency *provided by a doctor
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 179d
Got that doctor's name by chance? Asking for myself. Bet he can get me Adderall.
Zirconium@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 179d
Hopefully it can clear your head
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 179d
And the nepotism in the cabinet. And the mafia involvement in electing him. And the secret sister. And turning the white house into the playboy mansion.
rmuk@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 179d
For supper I want a party platter.
sik0fewl@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 179d
Throw some ers and uhs in there.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 179d
I err aaah, want you to ah pahk mah kaaah... In uuuh haahvaahd yaaahd
kalpol@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 179d
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LthvOEkTUus
DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 179d
I, er, uh, would just like to sayyyyyy......
Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 179d
We do these things not because they ah easy. But because THEY AH HAWD.
starik@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 179d
Just like the rest of them, he’s being forgotten altogether as the past recedes into the distance.
PillowD@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 179d
If only I had a time traveller from the future to tell me which decisions turned out badly...oh wait I didn't.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 178d
Yeah if the bay of pigs has succeeded, it probably would have been considered a win.
berg@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 178d
Who forgot?