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Originally posted by honeychile
The current issue of Smithsonian Magazine has the obligatory "what were you doing when you heard that JFK was killed?" article. I am amazed how many people who I would consider very left of center who had nothing wonderful to say about JFK.
I'll probably get flamed for this, but I sometimes wonder if his presidency would have been any big deal if it hadn't ended so tragically. After all, he was in Dallas because he thought he would lose Texas in the next election.
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Actually, I agree. We in this country tend to romanticize tragic events. People have this weird obsession with the Kennedy's. I don't know if its the boo-koos of money, high political power, style, or what. I mean, don't get me wrong, its interesting to dive into all the conspiracy theories and try and sort through what happened that day - thats about it though. Don't worry I'll probably get ripped apart too honeychile.
Just something to think about - if Reagan had ACTUALLY been assasinated, do you think his term would have been glorified like JFK's was?