JFK, Reagan, Clinton rated top modern presidents
Published Thursday, December 9, 2010, 8:06 AM
Updated Thursday, December 9, 2010, 9:17 AM
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Verum68 | Dec 11, 2010, 01:34 AM EST
Ted Sorensen far better than I just did, wrote of Kennedy's greatest accomplishments:
1. Man left the earth, braved the sea of space and voyaged to the moon, exploring a new world. In the process, the U.S. demonstrated to the world that free people can establish technological and peaceful pre-eminence in space.
2. Established in law that all Americans are equal, enforcing the integration of universities in Mississippi and Alabama. Federalized states’ national guards and sent in the Army to preserve law and order on the campus.
3. Kept the peace when almost every counselor in his cabinet and every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff urged the President to launch an attack on Cuba, a move that would have immediately led to a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union.
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Verum68 | Dec 11, 2010, 01:29 AM EST
I'm tired of hearing about how JFK was all style and no substance. It was JFK who saved the world from nuclear war during the Cuban missal crisis. JFK created the Peace Corps, started us on our way to the moon, and introduced Civil Rights legislation. He also challenged us to do our best, to give back to the country which gave us so much. Did he make mistakes, you bet - the Bay of Pigs, his womanizing .... I think his accomplishments correctly place him among our best presidents
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plasticpaddy | Dec 10, 2010, 07:01 PM EST
SouthBendNative - maybe he was ahck who failed at everything he set out to achieve, he ruined the American Economy, government bureaucracy grew more under him than under any president in history, his idiotic military spending increased national indebtedness. Reagan was a failure at everything he touched, the cold war ended because of russian corruption and the idiocy of the communist party there, it had nothing to do with Reagans administration. He was an abject leader and an entirely s**t president. He also supported many dictatorships such as General Pinochet a convicted war criminal and supported the oppressive reign of Margaret Thatcher who persecuted IRISH people in Northern Ireland denying them the right to due process and human rights. Give me one good reason why he should be remembered fondly.
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Hannrick | Dec 10, 2010, 10:16 AM EST
Kennedy and Reagan had leadership qualities and were respected around the world for that, we have not seen that
ability in any president since and we certainly dont have
it now. We can only hope for such a person in the future.
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SouthBendNative | Dec 10, 2010, 09:02 AM EST
How anyone can call Reagan overrated is beyond me, that is unless you enjoyed the cold war. Bill Clinton may have popularity but he had no core principles and no guts as far as facing our enemies. I am no Obama fan by any means, but at least he holds some core beliefs, regardless of how misguided they are.
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Monsoonman | Dec 09, 2010, 11:26 AM EST
"When it appeared that things were going Obama’s way bill clinton reacted with anger and was accused of engaging in racial politics"....That was when the obama camp threw the race card at clinton, only then did bill became angry. After all bill clinton was the first black president.
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MalcomAC | Dec 09, 2010, 10:21 AM EST
George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton were among the best at managing government. Both are under-rated. JFK and Reagan are over-rated.
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KathyCallahan | Dec 09, 2010, 09:49 AM EST
JFK challanges and inspires you on a very fundamental everyday level to think and feel strongly about how you are going to use your life. His life conveys the power of the word and art of intention that burns on long after you're gone. The USA can and will put a man on the moon by the end of 1969.
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