tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post6932404803158065230..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Jimmy Who?Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-2372033975732109472010-03-24T20:08:53.975-05:002010-03-24T20:08:53.975-05:00You forget your Simpsons, Jon.
http://www.youtube...You forget your Simpsons, Jon.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6txna0SLpo&feature=player_embeddedMatt Jarvisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-23375396211806462472010-03-24T07:05:09.413-05:002010-03-24T07:05:09.413-05:00JFK didn't do anything health-care wise (or ci...JFK didn't do anything health-care wise (or civil rights wise, or anti-poverty wise, or education-wise); why would he be included? Oh, my mistake, he did try to suppress the Civil Rights movement because he thought it'd anger Southerners and cost him his coalition. Nice speeches can't stand in for actual legislation; and his ineptitude in that regard was so great that hardly any of his initiatives got passed until LBJ got into office and was finally allowed to push for them. Indeed, JFK's refusal to make any use of LBJ's vast legislative knowledge at all was one of the greatest failures of his presidency (really, who gets the greatest legislator of his time as vp then wastes his time sending him out on foreign relation good will missions?). JFK may be a martyr, but this myth of his being a decent president outside of foreign policy needs to end.Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776242322789918501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-34762644182090880122010-03-24T05:30:20.221-05:002010-03-24T05:30:20.221-05:00Nixon was also left out of the list, which was too...Nixon was also left out of the list, which was too bad in its own way, as well.Francesnoreply@blogger.com