Adrian he wasnt a progressive in terms of race! Bobby Kennedy was and Bobby as his attorney general enforced the brown TV Kansas board of education! Decision! Overturning the legality of segregation! His lack of racial awareness is one area us boomers don't love him for!
Indeed so! If you get the chance read any of these books to get a further insight on the life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Senior (1917 - 1963)! `John F. Kennedy, President' (1963, 1964) by Hugh S. Sidey (1927 - 2005) `Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero' (2011) Christopher John "Chris" Matthews (1945 - ) `A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House' (1965) by Arthur Bancroft Meier Schlesinger Junior (1917 - 2007) `Kennedy' (1965) `The Kennedy Legacy: A Peaceful Revolution For The Seventies' (1969, 1970) by Theodore Chaikin Sorensen (1928 - 2010)
President Kennedy was a great leader. People forget he was a lieutenant in the Navy as well. A classmate of JFK said "the man had so much courage it was easy to follow him around "
John F. Kennedy was a STAR. He shone bright in the short time he was President. A thinker, cogent and an excellent speaker. He seemed unentitled in this conferance. Forever loved.
@@samfisher2306 He had other major accomplishments: the 1962 Trade Expansion Act that lowered tariffs (foreign import taxes) that made goods less expensive for everyone. The Test-Ban Treaty (Sep. 1963; ratified) that was the first step in lowering the risk of nuclear war with the USSR. The containment of the (later crazy) military spending that he considered spending only real defense and not the pork of later military spending from LBJ, Nixon, etc. The planned tax-rate cuts, passed in '64 in his memory that spurred the entire 1960s economy to higher growth, lower unemployment, and more!
JFK probably knew what the questions were in advance. I'm not saying that Kennedy wasn't a smart man: his murder was a dark day for this country, especially because it lead to LBJ's reign of terror.
@ It's a fact that when the Washington Post wanted to print a story about the JFK White House, Ben Bradlee had to clear it through the White House. Maybe other media outlets had to do the same.
+Richie Bustamante R.B. - The Kennedys had NOTHING whatsoever to do with Marilyn’s death. She was murdered by those who also murdered JFK and Bobby following her death: the CIA and its mob connections. The last weekend of her life, Marilyn had dinner with a CIA agent and his two Mafia connections, Skinny D’Amato and Johnny Rosselli at Frank Sinatra’s (and Sam “Momo” Giancana’s) mob-owned Cal-Neva Lodge. They were very abusive to Marilyn, trying to extort her involvement in an expose to ruin the Kennedys on grounds of moral turpitude. She refused, and in fact, threatened to go public with their threat. As a result, they had her killed with an anal suppository and sought via Rosselli’s Hollywood, media, and corrupt rightwing LAPD connections to pin it on the Kennedys, twisting the story into a tale that she was going to expose John and Bobby. The fact is, Bobby never HAD an affair with Marilyn Monroe. That was pure B.S. Bobby was too much the moralist, the ex-altar boy to do so. Ethel Kennedy, aware of the CIA/Mob smears, laughed at them, knowing Bobby had never had any intimate relationship with Marilyn, let alone any other woman. The CIA/Mob smear campaign failed. But they hadn’t placed all their eggs in one basket.Two weeks later, a second attempt was made when CIA/Mob political servitor Lyndon Johnson dispatched his henchmen (including John Connally’s son-in-law Bobby Hale and his brother Billy, offspring of I.B. Hale, former FBI agent and security chief for Johnson’s Ft. Worth military contractor and corrupt campaign donor, General Dynamics) to break into the apartment of Judith Campbell mere blocks from Marilyn’s bungalow, to kill her and seek to implicate the Kennedys. In 1960, JFK had enlisted Campbell as an intermediary in his attempt to stop the Nixon-led CIA assassination of Fidel Castro that had employed Sam Giancana and his mob assassins. Killing Campbell, they figured, would ruin Kennedy and conveniently destroy the link to their 1960 assassination plot. They failed again. Fortunately, Campbell was not at home. The Hale boy, Bobby, was not averse to killing women. A few years earlier, he had blown off the head of his 16-year-old wife, Kathleen Connally, John Connally’s daughter, with a shotgun. He had probably been picked for the Campbell killing as an expendable assassin to be terminated, but the Hale boys escaped through a window, although a neighbor jotted down their license plate number on a rented Corvette. The plates belonged to their father, one of LBJ’s cronies.
On Nov 22 1963 i was sitting in the 4th grade when over the P A the principal announced that president Kennedy had been shot.Our teacher had us all get on our knees and pray for his recovery.I remember teachers in the hall sobbing when the news came across that he had died.This was in Canada! His assassination had a profound affect on the whole world!
I was 18 in America.A great man who really cared about this country. I met his brother Bobby on two occasions and he was extremely kind and listened to every word that I blorted out. When Bobby came to our city,I was of his bodyguards. JFK......President, during an imperfect,but "balanced" USA...........compared to the plutocracy of 2016.
Incredible! As a fellow Ontarian in grade 4 at the time, I found our school (Crescent School) much more muted. Of course being a private school, this may explain that. Thank you for sharing your recollection of this historic moment. I too can recall the very moment our teacher giving us the news of the assassination and the following Sunday watching Lee Harvey Oswald's murder on TV. I quickly told my parents but they refused to believe me. Still seems like yesterday.
I was sitting in class in the 12th grade and I remember my teacher answering the door to the class room and I will never forget the look on her face when she turned around and told us our beloved President had been shot. Then we listened to the news and they announced that he had died. What a sad day that was!
Ontario Guy : I am 2 years older than you. Our teachers were also crying and we kids were on our knees praying. Thank you for sharing this. God bless you.
jfk was a once in a lifetime president if my great grandkids are lucky enough to get a jfk type president hope they keep him safe, rest in peace mr president
@@DannyBoy777777he learned a lot from bay of pigs which is evident from his handling of the Cuban missile crisis. He introduced the legislation for civil rights and was losing popularity in the south because of it, his death and his legacy was used by Johnson to force congress to act.
@@DannyBoy777777 Back then at least potus thought he can rely on CIA and Secret Service (easy Cuba, no open windows on route etc). About the third issue, minorities are breeding too fast for even whites to keep up to give any practical solutions to them anymore.
Although lied to by the CIA, he stuck to his principles and did not allow direct U.S. involvement. He also took responsibility for the Bay of Pigs fiasco on national television (and his approval rating went up immediately, rewarding his honesty). Don't know of any Presidents since that had the integrity and balls to do the same. As far as Dallas, the bubble top was not even bullet resistant. However, if he had kept agents on the back of his limo, he might have escaped assassination. On civil rights he supported the integration of Old Miss. and University of Alabama. Hired more Negros into key Federal jobs than any previous President, including the first Negro Secret Service agent on his detail. He appointed Thurgood Marshall to the federal bench (making it easier for Johnson to appoint him to the Supreme Court). Check out the June 11, 1963 Civil Rights Speech. That speech, plus his violent death is what helped Johnson pass the Civil Rights Bill in 1964.
For all we now know about his private life, he comes across to me as a man well on top of his job, and a deep thinker. There is no doubt in my mind that had he lived, the world would have been a very different place in the second half of the 20th century and no doubt today too (a different place for the better). I admire him greatly and deeply regret what happened in November 1963, and indeed to his brother in June 1968. It seems to me that he was taken from us just as he was really hitting his stride, with his moves for detente with the Soviets, with his (rather late) awakening to the civil rights situation in his own country and on many other matters. Speaking as a Brit who was only 3 when he died, I don't think there has been a greater loss to world leadership ever than this man.
We know nothing but lies about his private life.The lies have been used as a diversion to cover up who really murdered him. The American press tv/motion pictures,magazines,radio.ALL of it has been "controlled" and fed to American "sheeple" since 1900. We know NOTHING.
Where are you ever going to find a President who defined happiness via the ancient Greeks who said happiness is defined by the full use of ones powers along lines of excellence? The guy is like the difference between a planet and space dust.
Aa far as all the cover up after its the greatest conspiracy of all time and while im very against the conspiracy and murder i could understand a cover up to prevent world war but esp after the crisis was over its to this day has massive #s of redacted material why after so long can we not get the truth i think bc this was a way to get everyone in powers hands dirty so that of freedoms could be slowly taken away in the guise of saftey just as jfk himself said look at all the players everyone went on to high positions of power lbj nixon bush and those ate just presidents directly involved theres a reason why u cant point in one specific direction bc it was a over throw w the cia the mob dia nsa fbi dod and the millatary industrial congressional complex we where warned of by Eisenhower which is now openly called the milatary industrial complex which says exactly what happend congress as a whole was cut out now we have a bigger defenses budget than the next 3 countrys combined just for the us nevermind our allies there isnt a legitimate threat as far as a country so we needed a war on ideas at home and abroad like " the war on drugs " its proven arrest is not a deterrent of use and w demand supply wil always b provided and abroad a war on terror essentially a war on a idea jfk said it all in his speeches that our freedoms will be taken in the guise of security patriot act 500 page document passed thruogh congress over night that 500 pages didnt get turned out after 911 it was already written and w all the other exspansions on it it actually overloads our intelligence so it makes it less affective in some ways mass surveillance on us citizens it what we have now plus weve been in open war since 01 18 yrs of hot war kids have grown up only knowing war and not the cold war of old the dead sons and daughters dying in far off lands for some reasons nobody in the gen public knows exactly why we are activley bombing 8 countrys we admit and our 1st objective to install democratic gov and inferstruction still hasnt been achieved in objective 1 or 2 never mind the othe 6
In ancient Greece, cradle of democracy, a spirit of agape prevailed, a volitional, thoughtful, self-sacrificing love toward others that served as the foundation of civic responsibility. This noble spirit so suffused Greek society as to make the literal translation of the word "idiot," "one who elects not to participate in civic affairs." I have about 500 pages completed of a book I'm writing about John F. Kennedy that examines the evolution of his political thought and this is a key factor. As a student at Harvard, Kennedy meticulously examined every form of social domination in history, including democracy back to its Greek roots. His understanding of agápe animated his passion for public life and impelled him to convey to others this rewarding sense of willing personal sacrifice for humanity’s welfare. A favorite Biblical quote of his, first dispensed to him by his mother, was "of whom much is given, much is asked," which he applied to his oft-stated belief that "one man can make a difference, and every man should try." From agápe, charismatic movements spring and revolutions derive, each member imbued with a shared sense of purpose toward one another in service to a common cause greater than oneself. Kennedy's political career was rooted in, founded on, and fueled by, charismatic agápe, which of course, made him a very dangerous man to the established order.
What class and composure this man had, the way he answered questions from the press, he seemed to have his info.and facts together to the best of his ability, what a true loss for all humanity
@@aliceshaw8265 And his father was one of the most notorious crooks in wall street during the great depression, let alone the mother load he made from prohibition.
@@aliceshaw8265 Which explains why you support the Donald who was even more massively corrupt, immoral, and dishonest than JFK. Read a book! "President Kennedy: Profile of Power" (1993) by Richard Reeves (1936 - ) and "An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963" (2003) by Robert Dallek (1934 - ) on the life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Senior (1917 - 1963).
@@duran007fan5 At least Joseph Patrick Kennedy Senior (1888 - 1969) doesn't go around ripping off and short-changing people like the Donald does FREQUENTLY!
All these negative comments are by people who don't know who really runs things now. Presidents don't run things. The corporate power structure runs things. The MIC runs things. They are the people who create the illusionary partisan distractions for these people to argue over. Their yes men make the decisions and the policies, and that began on November 22, 1963.
@@tommybruner01 It began a lot earlier than Friday, November 22, 1963! On Tuesday, January 17, 1961, the American President Dwight David Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) gave a farewell Presidental speech to the nation from the White House warning about "the military-industrial complex". John Fitzgerald Kennedy Senior (1917 - 1963) took the oath of office as President of the United States of America three (3) days later on Friday, January 20, 1961. "In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together." Dwight David Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) Tuesday, January 17, 1961
All these years, I remember that November morning with such clarity. The shock of it. He didn't deserve what happened to him, he was murdered for trying to do his job, a war hero. His loss, along with the history that might've happened if he'd survived that day is so damn depressing.
Of course there's no indication that if he wasn't in a open automobile that day an attempt on his life wouldn't have been made anyway, but he went almost everywhere in that damn convertible.. After studying that day I concluded there should have been two men on that rear bumper at least. It could have made a difference, maybe.
@@terrythenotarypublicexecns9271The S.S. agents should have been on the rear, where handles and footrests were created on the limo for them. As they were in the 26-mile ride through Tampa, FL on Monday, Nov. 18. But they were not there on Fri., when needed the most. Proving they were called off, and only Clint Hill (Jackie's guard, not for John) was close enough to jump off his car to run to them, but got there 2-to-3 agonizing sec too late to stop the fatal head wound.
Clearly A Man Who in My Opinion Clearly Had What's Called "A Air Of Greatness About Him" in My Opinion This Country Lost A "LOT" When The "Evil Doers" Took Him Away, He Was in My Opinion Our "Bright Light".
I remember watching his news conferences as a boy. I was only 6 and 7 years old and didn't understand what he was talking about but there was something about him when he spoke that grabbed my attention
@@willmilton2922 trump Kennedy . econimic mandate almost carbon copies and Kennedy was America first Google his speeches he would reject the left today
No man is perfect, but JFK for all of his faults, really cared for the people he governed. He was rich, yet his administration began writing the civil rights legislation that Johnson got passed. I personally do not care what a president does in his free time, it is what he does in the Oval Office that matters. President Kennedy, R.I.P.
President Kennedy was and has remained one of my hero’s. He was a great man who dealt with the most serious problems and found a way to keep the world safe from nuclear disaster. On this day in 1963 his life ended and mine was forever changed along with millions of others. Amazing how the office of President has changed from Camelot to complete chaos
It amazes me He was only 46 and to be so well spoken Answering any and all questions directed at Him without getting annoyed. How we could sorely use His Leadership right now
Agree! I do NOT like Joe Biden. He has absolutely no idea how to handle the economy, with him handing out all our billions like candy.(not to mention the inflation going on)
JFK was a great statesman a true leader & his brother rfk represents the best of humanity if only they both could have lived longer & contributed so much more good to not just america but the whole of humanity I love these men
i was 14 or 15 could care less about anything, except girls and music(1960's) for some weird reason i liked this guy. i watched his new conference. instead of popeye. he got killed i cried.
The bredth and scope of his intellect still astounds me after 53 years. Yes, I remember where I was sitting, at my IBM typewriter at 1:35 p.m. on that gloomy, rainy November 22nd, even what I was wearing, when Ernie Davis' wife called him and asked him to turn on his portable radio on his desk. He was in his glass walled cubicle, so I looked up when I heard sound of a radio, and got up and went into his office. What I heard, words, singular loud sounds, Dallas, the President, shots fired, Kennedy hit and on and on. I'll never get over it. It's like a little wound in your heart, that every once in awhile feels like it's bleeding a little, when you see a documentary. There's a book titled Dallas, 1963, written by two guys, Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis, interviewed on C-SPAN during 50th anniversary. It's all about the atmosphere at the time, imagine a photo of JFK in the Dallas Morning News, with a black border headed Traitor, then at bottom wanted for....... the poison, the hatred. When they left for Dallas, Kennedy said now they're were going to "nut country." Except now it's the whole country, but always was. The woman who trained me in my job at that time actually said she thought Oswald "did the country a favor." Yes, she did, Margaret, so bubbly and nice, well dressed, 59 yrs old, a veteran's widow. I was 19 when I got that job at the VA Center. She knew me was kind to me yet as I stood next to Wally Maxim's desk in January after it happened, still hurting, sad, talking to him, she piped up and said that.
Excuse me, but NO "NUT" pro-American in Dallas shot Kennedy.....he was shot by a MARXIST traitor who had defected from the US Military to go to the USSR, where he married the niece of a KGB colonel.
On the 20th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy, I was a 28 year old working in a sheet metal shop. During lunch one of the guys said that when it happened in '63 one guy who worked there at the time starting clapping. I think I would've punched him in the mouth. I know that lessens me as a human. But, I still would've wanted to.
I was only a youngster when kennedy was assassinated and young as I was...I felt a hole lot of grief come over me hearing the death of President Kennedy...a Great President.
When he said the United States would put a man on the moon before the end of the decade, the United States made sure that happened. That's how much he was loved.
Ugh ... to hear a president speaking like this with the press. He's fully engaged, respectful, funny, and informative. If we could only get back to this and away from today's daily train wreck.
@@bigcolt5256 The current president only gets the coverage he deserves. He treats everyone with disdain and is shocked when the press ask him tough questions. God forbid.
@@kdmdlo He's done a great job with zero corruption and got impeached on a bogus charge. Press hates him cuz they are are leftues. He fights back. His supporters love him.
@@bigcolt5256 Well, I guess that all depends on what you consider a "great job". Ruining international alliances, flouting tradition in issuing pardons, ignoring all ethical standards, ignoring a worldwide pandemic (and trying to push it off to the governors), etc. As for zero corruption, I have no idea what you're talking about. Something like 15 high ranking officials have either been indicted or convicted on felony charges, with other cases pending. The press asks him hard questions because he does stupid stuff and they call him out. He responds with lies, and lies, and more lies. Those are provable facts.
@@kdmdlo International alliances that ripped us off. Nothing hallowed about tradition in itself.Ethical standards is an empty generality with no specifics a la Biden. Governors insisted on pandemic control to influence an election. Trump can't just go into states. Lockdowns just hide from a virus that doesn't go away. A glorified flu with about the same death rate. The officials were corrupt, not Trump, and show where the corruption reflected Trump's wishes. Name these "lies, lies, and more lies" No one ever has. Define stupid stuff. Oh yeah, how about all the Middle East peace agreements between Israel and Arabs?
Ken this video is chilling when realizing he had less than a mth to live! I wasnt old enough to care about politics then! But have heard that he left the us in good regard with the world! I hope we can go back to better leadership in days ahead!
The most enlightened, visionary, cogent, articulate and eloquent egalitarian democratic leader in American history since the time of Thomas Jefferson. Had he not been violently removed from office by the CIA /JCOS, America and the world would be a FAR better place for human beings, and indeed, all species to live. He was America's Pericles in the last golden hour of our democratic republic.
I don't know that he was the best president ever. He gets a lot of credit for things he never actually did, and made his share of mistakes during his short time in office. He embodied American youth and optimism, however, which were intangibles. It's extremely difficult to judge how different the world would be had he served two full terms in office. His death was a tragedy that even today, nearly sixty years later, is impossible to truly measure!
Exhoudes intelligence he quotes the great philosophers on command and with humour not alone looking at solutions for crisis of his time but looking at the ramifications of his decisions for future generations what a different world we would be living in, no teleprompter needed here, a man worthy of his position, respect and attention given to all he spoke too...Mr President my you rest well...
@ Everyone on this Thread: I've said it Before, and I'll Say it Again; John Fitzgerald Kennedy is the **Only Democrat 20th Century President that I Regard, Admire, Appreciate, Salute, And Respect!!** ✊👍✌!
My Uncle was wounded on December 25th, 1965 with the 43rd MACV Team, he now resides at panel 39E after dying the next day. I wonder if he'd still be alive if the plan to withdraw from Vietnam had been kept. Not JFK's fault, the politics of the time kept him there to meet his deadly encounter, he was 21 years old and only wanted to earn the G.I bill to open his own fishing shop. Sadly, that dream never came true...
"The full use of your powers along lines of excellence". I think the depth of this quote is really lost without a thorough understanding of Greek thought; specifically, Aristotle's Ethics. The idea is that all things in existence move toward a particular end (Gr. telos), and that the end is defined through the function of the thing in question, e.g., an acorn's function is to become a tree, a seed to become a various plant, etc. However, the degree to which the thing "fully" realizes its potential is in its relation to its unique "excellence" (Gr. arete). So a tree that is stymied is not said to be operating in excellence; because it has not fully actualized according to its potential, for example. So what about human beings? What is their telos? It turns out that we are rational animals, and that the grasping of the concept of "an end" is intimately tied to reason - and that our end should be the chief good in relation to some rational principle. The principal Ar. uses is the idea that our end should be pursued for its own sake. Without going into great detail, it turns out that this end is happiness - for we all want it, and we see it as the supreme goal of our lives. How does man achieve happiness? According to Ar., the characteristics that separate man from the rest of creation is his ability to reason and act with judgement. Happiness then must relate itself to these two spheres. It follows then, a man who isn't stymied, will activate his potential by operating in accordance with his function, and that a "good" man will fully optimize his unique position in the cosmos by using all his powers, along the lines of excellence in relation to that function - in that he should : (a) for his capacity to reason, fully realize the function of his reason through the pursuit of intellectual virtues, e.g., knowledge of first principles; and (b), for his capacity to act with judgment, pursue and cultivate the moral virtues, e.g., courage, kindness - thus fully participating in human flourishing (Gr. eudaimonia). It is for this reason that Ar. defines two types of lives that will lead a person to happiness: the first, the contemplative life - the type of life that fully utilizes mans capacity to reason, the most god-like; the second, the political life - the type of life which seeks to fashion society according to the moral virtues. Happiness for Ar. is a lasting, profound joy; a declaration one makes at the end of ones life while looking back, and examining his life in relation to his pursuit of knowledge and the virtues. A far cry from today's world that seeks instant gratification. Ar.'s treatise is about as close as you can get to a scientific, practical reason to get up in the morning and get to work. Perhaps Kennedy's grasp of Greek thought played a role in his decision to become a politician. That being said, Ar. may have entered the consciousness of Kennedy through his [Kennedy's] Catholicism - for Catholic doctrine on the virtues makes use of Ar. treatise quite extensively. I hope this helps.
Detractors have said that JFK had no plans to remove U.S. forces from Vietnam, and yet JFK says it quite clearly that there were such plans during this press conference. Goes to show, always do your own research!
I will not send American boys to do a job Asian boys should be doing themselves lbj doesn't matter what they said he was taking advice from Ike who said the dominoes would fall
This is a very simplistic and ahistorical take on the very limited withdrawal Kennedy was talking about. The whole point of the withdrawal was to pile political pressure on Diem, which was completely obviated when Diem was the subject of a coup on 2 November 1963. It was such a token move that even LBJ signed off on it the day after Kennedy’s funeral. By the logic you’re promoting, LBJ was as anti-war as Kennedy was! lol
@@bigbowlowrong4694 You are mistaken. Kennedy issued his NSAM #263 on Oct. 11, outlining his procedure for withdrawal from S. Vietnam. The first 1,000 military advisors (no armed military units there) of the 16,000 were to be withdrawn by Dec. 31, and the bulk out by 1965. On Tuesday, Nov. 26, with the nation concentrating on his funeral the day before and in shock from the coup d'etat, #36 issued a reverse NSAM (#273) that stopped any withdrawal plan. Proving that Kennedy's new policy of peaceful co-existence (after the Oct. 1962 close nuclear war over Cuba) was not what #36 had in mind. Kennedy's careful foreign policy of peace and continued prosperity was wrecked by the new war-monger in the White House!
Wow. He had some serious back issues from looking at this video here He appears to be struggling just to stay up. A person who worked in the White House said he was heavily medicated all the time because of his health problems.
He couldn't be heavily medicated and be this mentally sharp at the same time. He's witty and concise and a keen understanding of issues. No way scheduling a press conference and be heavily medicated. Nice try at a hit piece.
@@larrywheeler9917 Wasn't a hit piece. JFK had secret crystal meth addiction and demanded regular injections of the drug to ‘maintain his image of youthful vigour."
As a conservative Republican, I cannot help but say that John F. Kennedy seemed to have been a good man who tried his best during a difficult time in this nation's history. I was born a year before he was shot. Tomorrow will be the 56th anniversary of his assassination. The country hasn't yet recovered from what happened on that awful day.
@ Have you ever read Russell Kirk's Conservative Mind, Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, Edmund Burk's Reflections on the Revolution in France, or anything by Milton Friedman or Thomas Sowell?
He was an amazing man. The world would be a much better place now if not for that tragic incident in Dallas. This is how a press conference should be handled. Not the ones that we have now that we don't know what is really going on ...
I gotta say that I'm really impressed by all of the kind words from all of you. President Kennedy had alot on his plate and if anyone has taken the time to research all the issues he was dealing with, issues he inherited from the Eisenhower administration, they would see just what kind of a man he was. No, he wasn't perfect. No, he wasn't an angel. One comment I read, some guy wrote, Kennedy was a demon...Vietnam? I was quick to reply that it is a well known fact among researchers that Kennedy was pulling out of Vietnam by the end of 1965. And Kennedy certainly didn't start the war in Vietnam. I didn't get a reply from him. Anyway, People, do your homework before telling me Kennedy was overrated, or he is popular only because he was assassinated. He was a great President. He didn't start wars, he tried his best to avoid war. ✌Mike Pardue
Rebecca Pardue Well said, once you research his time in office you see his greatness. Nobody comes close to this man if only we could have got 2 terms with him. I'm in Scotland but this man is the best my hero
@@handsomestranger8211 Thank you in Scotland. The last great president in my opinion. Very popular among common people like myself but very disliked, even hated by people who yielded power, oil and steel barons, teamster officials, warmongers, mafia, CIA, etc. He had alot of enemies to be sure. These enemies had alot of connections. Appreciate your comment. Feel free to contact me anytime. Hope you have a safe and happy new year. Mike Pardue ✌
To make a correction, his NSAM #263 on Oct. 11, said the first 1,000 of the 16,00 military ADVISORS (no combat units there until Mar. 8, 1965) then in S. VN, would be withdrawn by Dec. 31, and the bulk of the remaining 15,000 would be out by 1965, after his re-election. However, the next POTUS, a crazed war hawk, issued his rebuke to Kennedy's wise decision to leave that civil war to the S. VN people. On Tue. Nov. 26, the day after the funeral, #36 made his NSAM #273, reversing the 1,000 initial pullout and withdrawal from that civil war. We all know what that resulted in from Mar. 8, 1965, with 58,298 young men and some women nurses killed there, hundreds of thousands hideously wounded or on drugs; and a bitter, divided country for the next 10+ years! Thanks, #36 (and then #37 continuing the illegal war) for wrecking the 1960s that started with such real optimism and promise of better days ahead!
Omg only another 22 days to go 😪😪 before we lost our beloved PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY WHO'S chrisma shear strength and intelligence of one human being you sir was and are UNIQUE I PRAY 🙏 TO GOD IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY THAT DAY SO BUBBLE TOP WOULD HAVE BEEN ON SS100 MAY YOU REST IN PEACE MR PRESIDENT ✌️✌️🙏🙏🍀🍀🕯️🕯️
One thing in this video - my attention was mostly concentrated, the answer Of The President was direct and along with details. There was not a single question which He refused to answer in an indirect explanation, which usually leaders use that very same method, whenever the answer is moving alongside the secret mission Of Their leadership...!
What a difference between this intelligent sounding man and his respectful manner dealing with the press whatever the question was and this poor excuse we have in the White House today who can barely put 2 sentences together without sniffling, reading from a script, or resorting to name calling or other childish behavior if he doesn’t like the question. Whether you agree with JFK’s policies or private affairs, compared to what we have as President today, good grief..!!They should show these videos at schools around the country to remind young people what it means to act presidential when dealing with the press.. #POTUS
well, It helped JFK that the press shared his political views....notice here how the press all laugh at his criticisms of Republican Barry Goldwater....the press was overtly hostile to Trump
Now that's how a President should talk and conduct himself when talking to the press who are trying to do their job and keep the public inform as to what our government is doing. It's like night and day compared to what we have today. So sad.
Our last, in my opinion,president who was sincerely interested in America and a sincere proponent of freedom for the American people If he had lived things would have been far different in America and the world now. RIP in peace sir
America at its best, so intelligent He even references the Greeks on happiness. Remarkable verbal agility and speed. And yes, he seems in pain if you look closely. For all his flaws, a great man. And now- we have Trump.
@Taotaomona OK, I did confuse him with his brother Ted, who injured his back in an airplane crash, but after a little Googling I saw an article that said JFK's chronic back problem probably stemmed from a injury he suffered while playing football at Harvard in 1937, which was then aggravated by the PT-109 incident during WW2. The article also said the problem had not been something he was born with.
I worked in HR for 42+ years and introduced new programs for employee development supported by compensation programs and I often quoted his statement about happiness being the full used of your powers (abilities) along the lines of excellence. Fostering a work environment that achieves that is indispensable in that regard, though it became increasingly more difficult during those 42 years to achieve as companies devalued employees in favor of executives and used non-knowledge criteria with no relevance to performance and contribution such as hiring and promotion quotas based on gender and ethnicity to evaluate employees.
How could you not love this man? Makes the crime on Nov 22 1963 all the more heinous
Adrian he wasnt a progressive in terms of race! Bobby Kennedy was and Bobby as his attorney general enforced the brown TV Kansas board of education! Decision! Overturning the legality of segregation! His lack of racial awareness is one area us boomers don't love him for!
@@oldfogey3272 Really?
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I. love JFK ..I love Trump to HELL with the demonic haters.
How could I not? 1 word
VIETNAM!
Indeed so! If you get the chance read any of these books to get a further insight on the life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Senior (1917 - 1963)!
`John F. Kennedy, President' (1963, 1964)
by Hugh S. Sidey (1927 - 2005)
`Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero' (2011)
Christopher John "Chris" Matthews (1945 - )
`A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House' (1965)
by Arthur Bancroft Meier Schlesinger Junior (1917 - 2007)
`Kennedy' (1965)
`The Kennedy Legacy: A Peaceful Revolution For The Seventies' (1969, 1970)
by Theodore Chaikin Sorensen (1928 - 2010)
President Kennedy was a great leader. People forget he was a lieutenant in the Navy as well. A classmate of JFK said "the man had so much courage it was easy to follow him around "
@Lady Bug love us
John F. Kennedy was a STAR. He shone bright in the short time he was President. A thinker, cogent and an excellent speaker. He seemed unentitled in this conferance. Forever loved.
His handling of the Cuban missile crisis was great.
@@samfisher2306 He had other major accomplishments: the 1962 Trade Expansion Act that lowered tariffs (foreign import taxes) that made goods less expensive for everyone. The Test-Ban Treaty (Sep. 1963; ratified) that was the first step in lowering the risk of nuclear war with the USSR. The containment of the (later crazy) military spending that he considered spending only real defense and not the pork of later military spending from LBJ, Nixon, etc. The planned tax-rate cuts, passed in '64 in his memory that spurred the entire 1960s economy to higher growth, lower unemployment, and more!
Wow, a calm and proper press conference with intelligent and cohesive answers! I'd forgotten what that was like!
JFK probably knew what the questions were in advance. I'm not saying that Kennedy wasn't a smart man: his murder was a dark day for this country, especially because it lead to LBJ's reign of terror.
@ It's a fact that when the Washington Post wanted to print a story about the JFK White House, Ben Bradlee had to clear it through the White House. Maybe other media outlets had to do the same.
@george washington Like the wizard in the movie The Wizard of Oz?
@george washington trump attacks to the press. Wake up only HOAXFOX doesn't get attacked
Kennedy was pulling out of south Vietnam. Biden not trumputin pulled us out of Afghanistan
i never met this man and he died years before i was born but i have great admiration and love for him
He killed my idol Marilyn Monroe... pig got what he deserved
Richie Bustamante This man was a great leader and human being he's my idol fuck yours!!!!!!
+Richie Bustamante R.B. - The Kennedys had NOTHING whatsoever to do with Marilyn’s death. She was murdered by those who also murdered JFK and Bobby following her death: the CIA and its mob connections. The last weekend of her life, Marilyn had dinner with a CIA agent and his two Mafia connections, Skinny D’Amato and Johnny Rosselli at Frank Sinatra’s (and Sam “Momo” Giancana’s) mob-owned Cal-Neva Lodge. They were very abusive to Marilyn, trying to extort her involvement in an expose to ruin the Kennedys on grounds of moral turpitude. She refused, and in fact, threatened to go public with their threat. As a result, they had her killed with an anal suppository and sought via Rosselli’s Hollywood, media, and corrupt rightwing LAPD connections to pin it on the Kennedys, twisting the story into a tale that she was going to expose John and Bobby. The fact is, Bobby never HAD an affair with Marilyn Monroe. That was pure B.S. Bobby was too much the moralist, the ex-altar boy to do so. Ethel Kennedy, aware of the CIA/Mob smears, laughed at them, knowing Bobby had never had any intimate relationship with Marilyn, let alone any other woman.
The CIA/Mob smear campaign failed. But they hadn’t placed all their eggs in one basket.Two weeks later, a second attempt was made when CIA/Mob political servitor Lyndon Johnson dispatched his henchmen (including John Connally’s son-in-law Bobby Hale and his brother Billy, offspring of I.B. Hale, former FBI agent and security chief for Johnson’s Ft. Worth military contractor and corrupt campaign donor, General Dynamics) to break into the apartment of Judith Campbell mere blocks from Marilyn’s bungalow, to kill her and seek to implicate the Kennedys. In 1960, JFK had enlisted Campbell as an intermediary in his attempt to stop the Nixon-led CIA assassination of Fidel Castro that had employed Sam Giancana and his mob assassins. Killing Campbell, they figured, would ruin Kennedy and conveniently destroy the link to their 1960 assassination plot. They failed again. Fortunately, Campbell was not at home. The Hale boy, Bobby, was not averse to killing women. A few years earlier, he had blown off the head of his 16-year-old wife, Kathleen Connally, John Connally’s daughter, with a shotgun. He had probably been picked for the Campbell killing as an expendable assassin to be terminated, but the Hale boys escaped through a window, although a neighbor jotted down their license plate number on a rented Corvette. The plates belonged to their father, one of LBJ’s cronies.
Good for you.i am 72 years old and admire you for your honesty.
Wow!
Who would like to have shaken the hand and to have had the chance to discuss with that man, John Fidgerald Kennedy? Thumbs up
Just make sure you left your wife at home!
@@HardCold-Alquan No, that would be a #Bunkerboy move, trying to "grab 'em by the p***sy", such a true POS that JFK would have happily spit upon.
On Nov 22 1963 i was sitting in the 4th grade when over the P A the principal announced that president Kennedy had been shot.Our teacher had us all get on our knees and pray for his recovery.I remember teachers in the hall sobbing when the news came across that he had died.This was in Canada! His assassination had a profound affect on the whole world!
I was 18 in America.A great man who really cared about this country.
I met his brother Bobby on two occasions and he was extremely kind and listened to every word that I blorted out.
When Bobby came to our city,I was of his bodyguards.
JFK......President, during an imperfect,but "balanced" USA...........compared to the plutocracy of 2016.
Incredible! As a fellow Ontarian in grade 4 at the time, I found our school (Crescent School) much more muted. Of course being a private school, this may explain that. Thank you for sharing your recollection of this historic moment.
I too can recall the very moment our teacher giving us the news of the assassination and the following Sunday watching Lee Harvey Oswald's murder on TV. I quickly told my parents but they refused to believe me. Still seems like yesterday.
I was sitting in class in the 12th grade and I remember my teacher answering the door to the class room and I will never forget the look on her face when she turned around and told us our beloved President had been shot. Then we listened to the news and they announced that he had died. What a sad day that was!
Ontario Guy : I am 2 years older than you. Our teachers were also crying and we kids were on our knees praying. Thank you for sharing this.
God bless you.
@@yannschonfeld5847 ?.
jfk was a once in a lifetime president if my great grandkids are lucky enough to get a jfk type president hope they keep him safe, rest in peace mr president
Sadly JFK was a once in forever President. His charisma, witt, intelligence and humour were just outstanding. RIP JFK
‘Full use of your powers,along the lines of excellence’
What an answer.
Kennedy talks with as much respect and gravitas to a journalist, as he would a head of state.
Listen to how respectful the journalist is to him.
Completely unlike our current president
What a gentleman, right?
Major Kong / It is always a two way brother⛄️🍔
@@MCO18 Trump is a despicable "president".
That’s what intelligence sounds like.
You are correct
Wasn't intelligent enough over the Bay of Pigs, or a trip to Dallas without a bubble top for the limo. Didn't do much for civil rights either.
@@DannyBoy777777he learned a lot from bay of pigs which is evident from his handling of the Cuban missile crisis. He introduced the legislation for civil rights and was losing popularity in the south because of it, his death and his legacy was used by Johnson to force congress to act.
@@DannyBoy777777 Back then at least potus thought he can rely on CIA and Secret Service (easy Cuba, no open windows on route etc). About the third issue, minorities are breeding too fast for even whites to keep up to give any practical solutions to them anymore.
Although lied to by the CIA, he stuck to his principles and did not allow direct U.S. involvement. He also took responsibility for the Bay of Pigs fiasco on national television (and his approval rating went up immediately, rewarding his honesty). Don't know of any Presidents since that had the integrity and balls to do the same.
As far as Dallas, the bubble top was not even bullet resistant. However, if he had kept agents on the back of his limo, he might have escaped assassination.
On civil rights he supported the integration of Old Miss. and University of Alabama. Hired more Negros into key Federal jobs than any previous President, including the first Negro Secret Service agent on his detail. He appointed Thurgood Marshall to the federal bench (making it easier for Johnson to appoint him to the Supreme Court).
Check out the June 11, 1963 Civil Rights Speech.
That speech, plus his violent death is what helped Johnson pass the Civil Rights Bill in 1964.
So well spoken! Concise and informative. Confident delivery.
For all we now know about his private life, he comes across to me as a man well on top of his job, and a deep thinker. There is no doubt in my mind that had he lived, the world would have been a very different place in the second half of the 20th century and no doubt today too (a different place for the better). I admire him greatly and deeply regret what happened in November 1963, and indeed to his brother in June 1968. It seems to me that he was taken from us just as he was really hitting his stride, with his moves for detente with the Soviets, with his (rather late) awakening to the civil rights situation in his own country and on many other matters. Speaking as a Brit who was only 3 when he died, I don't think there has been a greater loss to world leadership ever than this man.
We know nothing but lies about his private life.The lies have been used as a diversion to cover up who really murdered him.
The American press tv/motion pictures,magazines,radio.ALL of it has been "controlled" and fed to American "sheeple" since 1900.
We know NOTHING.
They also took out his only son, 07/16/1999
You said it very right mr.
JFK intended to get the USA out of Vietnam so I agree.
I am fascinated by him. He and Reagan are my kind of Presidents
Where are you ever going to find a President who defined happiness via the ancient Greeks who said happiness is defined by the full use of ones powers along lines of excellence? The guy is like the difference between a planet and space dust.
Aa far as all the cover up after its the greatest conspiracy of all time and while im very against the conspiracy and murder i could understand a cover up to prevent world war but esp after the crisis was over its to this day has massive #s of redacted material why after so long can we not get the truth i think bc this was a way to get everyone in powers hands dirty so that of freedoms could be slowly taken away in the guise of saftey just as jfk himself said look at all the players everyone went on to high positions of power lbj nixon bush and those ate just presidents directly involved theres a reason why u cant point in one specific direction bc it was a over throw w the cia the mob dia nsa fbi dod and the millatary industrial congressional complex we where warned of by Eisenhower which is now openly called the milatary industrial complex which says exactly what happend congress as a whole was cut out now we have a bigger defenses budget than the next 3 countrys combined just for the us nevermind our allies there isnt a legitimate threat as far as a country so we needed a war on ideas at home and abroad like " the war on drugs " its proven arrest is not a deterrent of use and w demand supply wil always b provided and abroad a war on terror essentially a war on a idea jfk said it all in his speeches that our freedoms will be taken in the guise of security patriot act 500 page document passed thruogh congress over night that 500 pages didnt get turned out after 911 it was already written and w all the other exspansions on it it actually overloads our intelligence so it makes it less affective in some ways mass surveillance on us citizens it what we have now plus weve been in open war since 01 18 yrs of hot war kids have grown up only knowing war and not the cold war of old the dead sons and daughters dying in far off lands for some reasons nobody in the gen public knows exactly why we are activley bombing 8 countrys we admit and our 1st objective to install democratic gov and inferstruction still hasnt been achieved in objective 1 or 2 never mind the othe 6
Beautifully said. ALL THE WAY WITH JFK!!!
In ancient Greece, cradle of democracy, a spirit of agape prevailed, a volitional, thoughtful, self-sacrificing love toward others that served as the foundation of civic responsibility. This noble spirit so suffused Greek society as to make the literal translation of the word "idiot," "one who elects not to participate in civic affairs."
I have about 500 pages completed of a book I'm writing about John F. Kennedy that examines the evolution of his political thought and this is a key factor. As a student at Harvard, Kennedy meticulously examined every form of social domination in history, including democracy back to its Greek roots. His understanding of agápe animated his passion for public life and impelled him to convey to others this rewarding sense of willing personal sacrifice for humanity’s welfare. A favorite Biblical quote of his, first dispensed to him by his mother, was "of whom much is given, much is asked," which he applied to his oft-stated belief that "one man can make a difference, and every man should try." From agápe, charismatic movements spring and revolutions derive, each member imbued with a shared sense of purpose toward one another in service to a common cause greater than oneself. Kennedy's political career was rooted in, founded on, and fueled by, charismatic agápe, which of course, made him a very dangerous man to the established order.
Will Ruha hey I’m interested in this notion of agape in Greece. Can you recommend any reading material?
The fact that he was just up there responding to questions says a lot. He understood better than anyone about the press’s role in American civic life.
Listening to this remarkable man is simply an extraordinary enriching experience
What class and composure this man had, the way he answered questions from the press, he seemed to have his info.and facts together to the best of his ability, what a true loss for all humanity
Compared to the so-called Politicians of today........ Need I say more?
@@aliceshaw8265 And his father was one of the most notorious crooks in wall street during the great depression, let alone the mother load he made from prohibition.
@@aliceshaw8265 Which explains why you support the Donald who was even more massively corrupt, immoral, and dishonest than JFK. Read a book!
"President Kennedy: Profile of Power" (1993) by Richard Reeves (1936 - )
and
"An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963" (2003) by Robert Dallek (1934 - )
on the life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Senior (1917 - 1963).
@@duran007fan5 At least Joseph Patrick Kennedy Senior (1888 - 1969) doesn't go around ripping off and short-changing people like the Donald does FREQUENTLY!
All these negative comments are by people who don't know who really runs things now. Presidents don't run things. The corporate power structure runs things. The MIC runs things. They are the people who create the illusionary partisan distractions for these people to argue over. Their yes men make the decisions and the policies, and that began on November 22, 1963.
@@tommybruner01 It began a lot earlier than Friday, November 22, 1963! On Tuesday, January 17, 1961, the American President Dwight David Eisenhower (1890 - 1969) gave a farewell Presidental speech to the nation from the White House warning about "the military-industrial complex". John Fitzgerald Kennedy Senior (1917 - 1963) took the oath of office as President of the United States of America three (3) days later on Friday, January 20, 1961.
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."
Dwight David Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
Tuesday, January 17, 1961
All these years, I remember that November morning with such clarity.
The shock of it.
He didn't deserve what happened to him, he was murdered for trying to do his job, a war hero. His loss, along with the history that might've happened if he'd survived that day is so damn depressing.
Of course there's no indication that if he wasn't in a open automobile that day an attempt on his life wouldn't have been made anyway, but he went almost everywhere in that damn convertible.. After studying that day I concluded there should have been two men on that rear bumper at least. It could have made a difference, maybe.
@@terrythenotarypublicexecns9271The S.S. agents should have been on the rear, where handles and footrests were created on the limo for them. As they were in the 26-mile ride through Tampa, FL on Monday, Nov. 18. But they were not there on Fri., when needed the most. Proving they were called off, and only Clint Hill (Jackie's guard, not for John) was close enough to jump off his car to run to them, but got there 2-to-3 agonizing sec too late to stop the fatal head wound.
@@freeguy77Acknowledged.
JFK was an absolute master in how to do a press conference. He was superb. No president has been nearly as good as he.
Clearly A Man Who in My Opinion Clearly Had What's Called "A Air Of Greatness About Him" in My Opinion This Country Lost A "LOT" When The "Evil Doers" Took Him Away, He Was in My Opinion Our "Bright Light".
@@dennisnelson840 Agreed!! Imho..LBJ orchestrated the murder. There's more than enough evidence.
I think President Obama had that as well..🫡🇺🇲
@@shyba2011 Obama was and is a CON MAN
I remember watching his news conferences as a boy. I was only 6 and 7 years old and didn't understand what he was talking about but there was something about him when he spoke that grabbed my attention
Thank you, Spherian7. Your comment says it all. A brilliant President, the likes of which, we will most likely never experience again.
my favorite president JFK
Xtina&Eddie Arencibia Same
Incomparable, in company with FDR, and our framers.
A great man
No one can replace him. Such a charismatic great leader. ❤
JFK was respectful of the news media and the media respected him.
@@aliceshaw8265 What do we have today with Corrupt Trump ?
@@willmilton2922 trump Kennedy . econimic mandate almost carbon copies and Kennedy was America first Google his speeches he would reject the left today
@@willmilton2922 in what way? great economy America first keeping illegals out and boys out of girls bathrooms
@@willmilton2922 you know he is being reellected .if you like socialism ..move to a socialst. Country ..you will be back .
@@johnpaulkane5977 lol, looks like Trump has got another thing in common with Kennedy - ONE TERM😆
A beautiful and great leader- God be with him.
Dude had great hair and a killer smile. No wonder ladies liked him.
No man is perfect, but JFK for all of his faults, really cared for the people he governed. He was rich, yet his administration began writing the civil rights legislation that Johnson got passed. I personally do not care what a president does in his free time, it is what he does in the Oval Office that matters. President Kennedy, R.I.P.
Right on bro !
President Kennedy was and has remained one of my hero’s. He was a great man who dealt with the most serious problems and found a way to keep the world safe from nuclear disaster.
On this day in 1963 his life ended and mine was forever changed along with millions of others. Amazing how the office of President has changed from Camelot to complete chaos
His last answer to the "Space Race" question shows how brilliant he was....in a nutshell.
It amazes me He was only 46 and to be so well spoken
Answering any and all questions directed at Him
without getting annoyed.
How we could sorely use His Leadership right now
Agree! I do NOT like Joe Biden. He has absolutely no idea how to handle the economy, with him handing out all our billions like candy.(not to mention the inflation going on)
JFK was a great statesman a true leader & his brother rfk represents the best of humanity if only they both could have lived longer & contributed so much more good to not just america but the whole of humanity I love these men
Did
i was 14 or 15 could care less about anything, except girls and music(1960's) for some weird reason i liked this guy. i watched his new conference. instead of popeye. he got killed i cried.
JFK was great!
why?
@
HelmerReenberg Thank you very much for posting these.
The bredth and scope of his intellect still astounds me after 53 years. Yes, I remember where I was sitting, at my IBM typewriter at 1:35 p.m. on that gloomy, rainy November 22nd, even what I was wearing, when Ernie Davis' wife called him and asked him to turn on his portable radio on his desk. He was in his glass walled cubicle, so I looked up when I heard sound of a radio, and got up and went into his office. What I heard, words, singular loud sounds, Dallas, the President, shots fired, Kennedy hit and on and on. I'll never get over it. It's like a little wound in your heart, that every once in awhile feels like it's bleeding a little, when you see a documentary. There's a book titled Dallas, 1963, written by two guys, Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis, interviewed on C-SPAN during 50th anniversary. It's all about the atmosphere at the time, imagine a photo of JFK in the Dallas Morning News, with a black border headed Traitor, then at bottom wanted for....... the poison, the hatred. When they left for Dallas, Kennedy said now they're were going to "nut country." Except now it's the whole country, but always was. The woman who trained me in my job at that time actually said she thought Oswald "did the country a favor." Yes, she did, Margaret, so bubbly and nice, well dressed, 59 yrs old, a veteran's widow. I was 19 when I got that job at the VA Center. She knew me was kind to me yet as I stood next to Wally Maxim's desk in January after it happened, still hurting, sad, talking to him, she piped up and said that.
Excuse me, but NO "NUT" pro-American in Dallas shot Kennedy.....he was shot by a MARXIST traitor who had defected from the US Military to go to the USSR, where he married the niece of a KGB colonel.
On the 20th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy, I was a 28 year old working in a sheet metal shop. During lunch one of the guys said that when it happened in '63 one guy who worked there at the time starting clapping.
I think I would've punched him in the mouth. I know that lessens me as a human. But, I still would've wanted to.
I was only a youngster when kennedy was assassinated and young as I was...I felt a hole lot of grief come over me hearing the death of President Kennedy...a Great President.
The last true American president.
Not if you listen to the lying bastard gate keeper, the over revered Noam Chomsky.
BHaDizzle Until President Trump...
Your avatar is Ronald Reagan
The ultimate answer.
Obama
Now THIS was a brilliant man.🌷
When he said the United States would put a man on the moon before the end of the decade, the United States made sure that happened. That's how much he was loved.
JFK put men on the moon, and Hussain Obama put men in the women's bathrooms......
Forget about the content, the level of intelligence on display...just seeing a President speak in full sentences...it seems like forever
and no "Fake News" accusations! grace, humour and cogent communication. No bluster or verbal bullying.
The best America had, brought style and elegance to the White House, and true grit....Greetings from Ireland
So sad that he was gone less than a month after this took place.
Ugh ... to hear a president speaking like this with the press. He's fully engaged, respectful, funny, and informative. If we could only get back to this and away from today's daily train wreck.
JFK was not treated shabbily the way Trump is with 95% negative coverage that is false. Duh.
@@bigcolt5256 The current president only gets the coverage he deserves. He treats everyone with disdain and is shocked when the press ask him tough questions. God forbid.
@@kdmdlo He's done a great job with zero corruption and got impeached on a bogus charge. Press hates him cuz they are are leftues. He fights back. His supporters love him.
@@bigcolt5256 Well, I guess that all depends on what you consider a "great job". Ruining international alliances, flouting tradition in issuing pardons, ignoring all ethical standards, ignoring a worldwide pandemic (and trying to push it off to the governors), etc. As for zero corruption, I have no idea what you're talking about. Something like 15 high ranking officials have either been indicted or convicted on felony charges, with other cases pending.
The press asks him hard questions because he does stupid stuff and they call him out. He responds with lies, and lies, and more lies. Those are provable facts.
@@kdmdlo International alliances that ripped us off. Nothing hallowed about tradition in itself.Ethical standards is an empty generality with no specifics a la Biden. Governors insisted on pandemic control to influence an election. Trump can't just go into states. Lockdowns just hide from a virus that doesn't go away. A glorified flu with about the same death rate. The officials were corrupt, not Trump, and show where the corruption reflected Trump's wishes. Name these "lies, lies, and more lies" No one ever has. Define stupid stuff. Oh yeah, how about all the Middle East peace agreements between Israel and Arabs?
I sure admire President Kennedy for the leader he was! He wasn’t perfect, but he was a great leader!
Ken this video is chilling when realizing he had less than a mth to live! I wasnt old enough to care about politics then! But have heard that he left the us in good regard with the world! I hope we can go back to better leadership in days ahead!
And today's the 56th anniversary of his assassination.
That's a tough wan fo show homie.....
The most enlightened, visionary, cogent, articulate and eloquent egalitarian democratic leader in American history since the time of Thomas Jefferson. Had he not been violently removed from office by the CIA /JCOS, America and the world would be a FAR better place for human beings, and indeed, all species to live. He was America's Pericles in the last golden hour of our democratic republic.
Will Ruha, well said. +1
Beautifully put Will.
Astute piece of writing.
Looking at his body language, this is a guy in constant physical pain.
He moves around a lot and leans on the podium. Yet he looks like a movie star and his wit is great. He's a fascinating study.
His back pain was killing him probably
Srishti Verma and for some reason why he died his back brace kept him upright
Only when he was away from his lover.
@@jellybean42 SHUT UP!
the man was real smart and always had an ansure for every question jfk was the best president ever.
I don't know that he was the best president ever. He gets a lot of credit for things he never actually did, and made his share of mistakes during his short time in office. He embodied American youth and optimism, however, which were intangibles. It's extremely difficult to judge how different the world would be had he served two full terms in office. His death was a tragedy that even today, nearly sixty years later, is impossible to truly measure!
We need this more than ever today!↪️⚖️☮️⚖️↩️™
The difference is staggering.
Intelligent, articulate, well-informed. Reserved, respectful, witty. Handsome too. Oh, and a genuine war hero.
American hero! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Exhoudes intelligence he quotes the great philosophers on command and with humour not alone looking at solutions for crisis of his time but looking at the ramifications of his decisions for future generations what a different world we would be living in, no teleprompter needed here, a man worthy of his position, respect and attention given to all he spoke too...Mr President my you rest well...
Deserved to serve a full term in office. God bless.
@ Everyone on this Thread: I've said it Before, and I'll Say it Again; John Fitzgerald Kennedy is the **Only Democrat 20th Century President that I Regard, Admire, Appreciate, Salute, And Respect!!** ✊👍✌!
F U - u must be a Trump supporter
In this interview he was right about a heck of a lot.
My Uncle was wounded on December 25th, 1965 with the 43rd MACV Team, he now resides at panel 39E after dying the next day. I wonder if he'd still be alive if the plan to withdraw from Vietnam had been kept. Not JFK's fault, the politics of the time kept him there to meet his deadly encounter, he was 21 years old and only wanted to earn the G.I bill to open his own fishing shop. Sadly, that dream never came true...
In less than a month he would be gone leaving us with a lifetime of remembrance , Gone way too soon RIP
"The full use of your powers along lines of excellence".
I think the depth of this quote is really lost without a thorough understanding of Greek thought; specifically, Aristotle's Ethics.
The idea is that all things in existence move toward a particular end (Gr. telos), and that the end is defined through the function of the thing in question, e.g., an acorn's function is to become a tree, a seed to become a various plant, etc. However, the degree to which the thing "fully" realizes its potential is in its relation to its unique "excellence" (Gr. arete). So a tree that is stymied is not said to be operating in excellence; because it has not fully actualized according to its potential, for example.
So what about human beings? What is their telos? It turns out that we are rational animals, and that the grasping of the concept of "an end" is intimately tied to reason - and that our end should be the chief good in relation to some rational principle. The principal Ar. uses is the idea that our end should be pursued for its own sake. Without going into great detail, it turns out that this end is happiness - for we all want it, and we see it as the supreme goal of our lives.
How does man achieve happiness? According to Ar., the characteristics that separate man from the rest of creation is his ability to reason and act with judgement. Happiness then must relate itself to these two spheres. It follows then, a man who isn't stymied, will activate his potential by operating in accordance with his function, and that a "good" man will fully optimize his unique position in the cosmos by using all his powers, along the lines of excellence in relation to that function - in that he should : (a) for his capacity to reason, fully realize the function of his reason through the pursuit of intellectual virtues, e.g., knowledge of first principles; and (b), for his capacity to act with judgment, pursue and cultivate the moral virtues, e.g., courage, kindness - thus fully participating in human flourishing (Gr. eudaimonia). It is for this reason that Ar. defines two types of lives that will lead a person to happiness: the first, the contemplative life - the type of life that fully utilizes mans capacity to reason, the most god-like; the second, the political life - the type of life which seeks to fashion society according to the moral virtues.
Happiness for Ar. is a lasting, profound joy; a declaration one makes at the end of ones life while looking back, and examining his life in relation to his pursuit of knowledge and the virtues. A far cry from today's world that seeks instant gratification. Ar.'s treatise is about as close as you can get to a scientific, practical reason to get up in the morning and get to work. Perhaps Kennedy's grasp of Greek thought played a role in his decision to become a politician. That being said, Ar. may have entered the consciousness of Kennedy through his [Kennedy's] Catholicism - for Catholic doctrine on the virtues makes use of Ar. treatise quite extensively. I hope this helps.
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Back when presidents were honest and had respect and put the people first and not party. Not like today.
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Detractors have said that JFK had no plans to remove U.S. forces from Vietnam, and yet JFK says it quite clearly that there were such plans during this press conference. Goes to show, always do your own research!
Exactly!! You caught that comment as well!! There were plans of withdrawal in December 1963
I will not send American boys to do a job Asian boys should be doing themselves lbj doesn't matter what they said he was taking advice from Ike who said the dominoes would fall
This is a very simplistic and ahistorical take on the very limited withdrawal Kennedy was talking about. The whole point of the withdrawal was to pile political pressure on Diem, which was completely obviated when Diem was the subject of a coup on 2 November 1963.
It was such a token move that even LBJ signed off on it the day after Kennedy’s funeral. By the logic you’re promoting, LBJ was as anti-war as Kennedy was! lol
@@bigbowlowrong4694 You are mistaken. Kennedy issued his NSAM #263 on Oct. 11, outlining his procedure for withdrawal from S. Vietnam. The first 1,000 military advisors (no armed military units there) of the 16,000 were to be withdrawn by Dec. 31, and the bulk out by 1965. On Tuesday, Nov. 26, with the nation concentrating on his funeral the day before and in shock from the coup d'etat, #36 issued a reverse NSAM (#273) that stopped any withdrawal plan. Proving that Kennedy's new policy of peaceful co-existence (after the Oct. 1962 close nuclear war over Cuba) was not what #36 had in mind. Kennedy's careful foreign policy of peace and continued prosperity was wrecked by the new war-monger in the White House!
This news conference was held before the coup against Diem in Saigon. That changed everything concerning Vietnam.
Why can’t we find someone like this to be president again?
He wasn’t that great. Not that smart, and not really qualified. He’s just venerated out of sympathy.
Wow. He had some serious back issues from looking at this video here He appears to be struggling just to stay up. A person who worked in the White House said he was heavily medicated all the time because of his health problems.
Is anything the back brace he was wearing the day he got shot kept him propped up in the car
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Yes he couldn’t bend out of the way. He was trapped
He couldn't be heavily medicated and be this mentally sharp at the same time. He's witty and concise and a keen understanding of issues. No way scheduling a press conference and be heavily medicated. Nice try at a hit piece.
@@larrywheeler9917 Wasn't a hit piece. JFK had secret crystal meth addiction and demanded regular injections of the drug to ‘maintain his image of youthful vigour."
@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES OMG - You again??? Your ability to repeatedly lie never fails to amaze me…
As a conservative Republican, I cannot help but say that John F. Kennedy seemed to have been a good man who tried his best during a difficult time in this nation's history. I was born a year before he was shot. Tomorrow will be the 56th anniversary of his assassination. The country hasn't yet recovered from what happened on that awful day.
@ Have you ever read Russell Kirk's Conservative Mind, Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, Edmund Burk's Reflections on the Revolution in France, or anything by Milton Friedman or Thomas Sowell?
He was an amazing man. The world would be a much better place now if not for that tragic incident in Dallas. This is how a press conference should be handled. Not the ones that we have now that we don't know what is really going on ...
Full use of your powers along lines of excellence, not many politicians today do that !
I prefer Jefferson, Teddy R. , Lincoln, and Kennedy, as my favorite Presidents
I gotta say that I'm really impressed by all of the kind words from all of you. President Kennedy had alot on his plate and if anyone has taken the time to research all the issues he was dealing with, issues he inherited from the Eisenhower administration, they would see just what kind of a man he was. No, he wasn't perfect. No, he wasn't an angel. One comment I read, some guy wrote, Kennedy was a demon...Vietnam? I was quick to reply that it is a well known fact among researchers that Kennedy was pulling out of Vietnam by the end of 1965. And Kennedy certainly didn't start the war in Vietnam. I didn't get a reply from him. Anyway, People, do your homework before telling me Kennedy was overrated, or he is popular only because he was assassinated. He was a great President. He didn't start wars, he tried his best to avoid war. ✌Mike Pardue
Rebecca Pardue Well said, once you research his time in office you see his greatness. Nobody comes close to this man if only we could have got 2 terms with him. I'm in Scotland but this man is the best my hero
@@handsomestranger8211 Thank you in Scotland. The last great president in my opinion. Very popular among common people like myself but very disliked, even hated by people who yielded power, oil and steel barons, teamster officials, warmongers, mafia, CIA, etc. He had alot of enemies to be sure. These enemies had alot of connections.
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To make a correction, his NSAM #263 on Oct. 11, said the first 1,000 of the 16,00 military ADVISORS (no combat units there until Mar. 8, 1965) then in S. VN, would be withdrawn by Dec. 31, and the bulk of the remaining 15,000 would be out by 1965, after his re-election. However, the next POTUS, a crazed war hawk, issued his rebuke to Kennedy's wise decision to leave that civil war to the S. VN people. On Tue. Nov. 26, the day after the funeral, #36 made his NSAM #273, reversing the 1,000 initial pullout and withdrawal from that civil war. We all know what that resulted in from Mar. 8, 1965, with 58,298 young men and some women nurses killed there, hundreds of thousands hideously wounded or on drugs; and a bitter, divided country for the next 10+ years! Thanks, #36 (and then #37 continuing the illegal war) for wrecking the 1960s that started with such real optimism and promise of better days ahead!
Omg only another 22 days to go 😪😪 before we lost our beloved PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY WHO'S chrisma shear strength and intelligence of one human being you sir was and are UNIQUE I PRAY 🙏 TO GOD IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY THAT DAY SO BUBBLE TOP WOULD HAVE BEEN ON SS100 MAY YOU REST IN PEACE MR PRESIDENT ✌️✌️🙏🙏🍀🍀🕯️🕯️
When this interview took place, J.F.K. had 22 days left to live.
News Reporters of a far higher calibre along with an intelligent President who takes them seriously. It all adds up to an informed public.
One thing in this video - my attention was mostly concentrated, the answer Of The President was direct and along with details. There was not a single question which He refused to answer in an indirect explanation, which usually leaders use that very same method, whenever the answer is moving alongside the secret mission Of Their leadership...!
What a difference between this intelligent sounding man and his respectful manner dealing with the press whatever the question was and this poor excuse we have in the White House today who can barely put 2 sentences together without sniffling, reading from a script, or resorting to name calling or other childish behavior if he doesn’t like the question. Whether you agree with JFK’s policies or private affairs, compared to what we have as President today, good grief..!!They should show these videos at schools around the country to remind young people what it means to act presidential when dealing with the press.. #POTUS
well, It helped JFK that the press shared his political views....notice here how the press all laugh at his criticisms of Republican Barry Goldwater....the press was overtly hostile to Trump
Kennedy Wonderful!
Excellent.Thank you.
Less than a month till that fateful day, and America (planet) will never be the same.
A fine human being. Quite a contrast to the present. My
Holiday wish, return to Camelot.
Jfk was always smartest man In the room hands down..
Now that's how a President should talk and conduct himself when talking to the press who are trying to do their job and keep the public inform as to what our government is doing. It's like night and day compared to what we have today. So sad.
I really love the man with so much charisma❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
America, you had your chance.
I forgot presidents used to be able to get through a sentence.
The Brilliant President of the world
Our last, in my opinion,president who was sincerely interested in America and a sincere proponent of freedom for the American people If he had lived things would have been far different in America and the world now. RIP in peace sir
Brilliant man and great president....miss him much.
The Press treated him with total respect !
Thank you very much video.
When sarcasm could hit the nail on the head.
11-22-63 the day we ALL died a little bit.
Idealist without illusion self-described JFK
America at its best, so intelligent He even references the Greeks on happiness. Remarkable verbal agility and speed. And yes, he seems in pain if you look closely. For all his flaws, a great man. And now- we have Trump.
He was in constant back pain from an injury.
@Taotaomona OK, I did confuse him with his brother Ted, who injured his back in an airplane crash, but after a little Googling I saw an article that said JFK's chronic back problem probably stemmed from a injury he suffered while playing football at Harvard in 1937, which was then aggravated by the PT-109 incident during WW2. The article also said the problem had not been something he was born with.
a great wit and intellect. When asked what is the most mportant trait a president should have he answered "a sense of history"
The greatesr president we ever had. We have fallen so far down the gutter.
I worked in HR for 42+ years and introduced new programs for employee development supported by compensation programs and I often quoted his statement about happiness being the full used of your powers (abilities) along the lines of excellence. Fostering a work environment that achieves that is indispensable in that regard, though it became increasingly more difficult during those 42 years to achieve as companies devalued employees in favor of executives and used non-knowledge criteria with no relevance to performance and contribution such as hiring and promotion quotas based on gender and ethnicity to evaluate employees.
Kennedy had the best speaking ability, better than any of them, past or present.
I read where JFK studied Winston Churchill's speaking style, his phrasing. Smart move and very effective.
One of our Best Presidents. R.I.P. JFK
America never had a President such as this man and never will,ever again.
Furthermore this president also had a great sense of humor. So important quality in leadership.