RB>> Don't believe for a minute that Kennedy was a saint. He was only RB>> lucky to be killed before the bad things about him came to light. A RB>> rich boy with a crooked father who effectively bought him the RB>> presidency.
MV> When was the last time a poor boy with an honest father became POTUS?
Try Obama. He may not have been rich, but his father, in Kenya, was definitely not dishonest. Otherwise he would have stayed in Hawaii. And he surely didn't earn millions by bootlegging during prohibition, like Kennedy Sr. did.
Learn your American history before you try to beat me on such points.
RB>> I was pleased when "Cape Kennedy" reverted to "Cape Canaveral".
MV> Hmmm... Kennedy was the POTUS to initiate the Apollo project that put MV> man on the moon. That was almost half a century ago and no other MV> nation has repeated that yet. He deserves some credit for that.
MV> I don't support rewriting history.
I don't either.That's why I (and not only I) was so angered when they tried to change Cape Canaveral into Cape Kennedy. Why not change Washington, D.C. to Kennedy, D.C.?
RB>> The half dollars were bad enough. At least FDR deswerved to be put on RB>> the dime.
MV> If you say so...
I do. He (FDR) was the man who made sure you (and the rest of Europe) aren't speaking German nowadays. What did Kennedy do except to stand by while the wall between east and west Germany was being built?
"Ich bin ein Berliner" (spoken phonetically, without understanding) was a cheap rhetorical trick the Germans unfortunately fell for. Better choose your heros with more discretion.
