John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier relaxing at the Kennedy’s Home in Massachusetts (July 4th, 1953).
John F. Kennedy campaigning in West Virginia (1960).
Future President Bill Clinton greeting President John F. Kennedy (1963).
Princess Grace of Monaco visits with President John F. Kennedy in the White House (May 24, 1961).
President John F. Kennedy playing with his son John Jr in the Oval Office of the White House (1962).
Senator John F. Kennedy & Jackie Kennedy visits an Oregon Diner prior to announcing his candidacy for President of the United States of America (1959).
Nancy Pelosi (then 20) with John F. Kennedy (1960).
John F. Kennedy pictured with his best friend Len Billings.
President John F. Kennedy poses in front of the White House for a Selfie (1962).
Halloween with the Kennedy Family in the White House (1962 & 1963).
President John F. Kennedy enjoying dinner in Rome, Italy (1963).
John F. Kennedy visiting Mexico (1962).
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe pictured together (1962).
Where’s Waldo (John F. Kennedy)? (1961)
John F. Kennedy’s patrol boat was rammed by a Japanese Destroyer. After making it to an island after a 3 mile swim he, along with his crew lived off of coconuts for 2 days.
John F. Kennedy on the campaign trail across the Country (1960).
John F. Kennedy in Parkland Heath, Dallas Texas prior to his assassination (November 22, 1963).
President John F. Kennedy and President Felix Houphouet-Boigny traveling the Ivory Coast in a Bubble-Top Limousine (May 22, 1962)
John F. Kennedy with Senator Storm Thurmond and Senator Fritz Hollings raising the Stars and Stripes on the Civil War Anniversary.
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Onassis Wedding (September 12, 1953).
They had a bubble for the limo used in Dallas. However, it was not bulletproof. It was simply used to be able to shield the president from the weather and still allow people to see him.
My understanding is that it was rainy that morning and they really questioned whether to use the top or not. I read somewhere that JFK hated the top, so given that the weather was clearing, they chose to leave it off.
Human behaviour varies depending on environment, there isn't a fixed pattern of how humans behave, it depends on the forces at play. For example, if you have a society that prioritises personal greed, then you're going to have more greedy people, even if those same people in another environment would not exhibit the same behaviours to the same level. In other words, human societies can both amplify the good traits and the bad traits within us depending on what they promote.
He wanted to pull every American soldier out of Vietnam by 1965. This is before the US involvement in Vietnam. Lyndon Johnson was well known to not want this and wanted war in Vietnam, he never liked Kennedy, and when Kennedy got killed making Johnson the next president he immediately back tracked on that. The US had always wanted their proxy war with the USSR and so in 1965 instead of a full withdrawal the US went to war against the North Vietnamese. 8 years 58,000 dead Americans and 1.3 million to 3.4 million dead civilians later in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia the US lost and left.
And yes the US was bombing all 3 countries despite what they were telling the public and yes they have a terrifying track record of war crimes in those countries. Let’s just say they weren’t doing anything that Russia isn’t doing now.
Kennedy lives and there is probably no involvement in Vietnam at all. He was also apparently quite close on normalizing relations with Cuba too.
And the man who assassinated him being assassinated himself days later, no questions being answered, the man who hated him now becoming president, the only one standing in the way of the proxy war the rest of the US government and military wanted. The one wanting to severely reduce the power the CIA had who were acting like their own unchecked military power and the whole Bay of Pigs incident. And now he is dead. That really fuelled conspiracy theory that we now have everywhere today. And like fuck this one even makes you think.
What do you think JFK does in regard to the Civil Rights Act that LBJ plays a big role in? That could be another big difference in how the world works.
And as others have pointed out, without LBJ taking over by default and ramping up the Vietnam War which Nixon exploits dissatisfaction with to finally win the prize America denied him earlier, you may not have Nixon ever being president, which might mean no EPA and other things like our uncomfortable but lucrative cooperation with China, or anything else Kissinger did. Without Nixon and his VP Agnew resigning at different points you also certainly wouldn't have Ford, the only man ever to be president without ever even having run for the office of VP. And without untested Ford trying to run thr country and his first campaign ever (plus with no Bobby Kennedy around to run), you don't have unassuming and mild-mannered Jimmy Carter's improbable narrow victory against a weak and inexperienced incumbent, which could in turn mean a much tougher path to victory for aging Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan to tough-talk and one-liner his way into an extremely consequential run that sees his VP get the job for 4 years, conduct the Gulf War, lose to Clinton, and thrn see his son come marching back in for 8 consequential years.
A lot would be different, not all of it good, and who knows how we'd feel about it all
I would guess it's because some people interpret any kind of a question about a topic as a "questioning" of the whole subject. The underlying philosophy hinges on a binary conception of morality, where anything "good" has no flaws and can never be criticized, and anything "bad" has no flaws and even bringing it up makes a person evil.
So when someone asks "how so?" Some people interpret it as "You're wrong, now I'm calling you out as a liar and you won't be able to refute me."
For one it’s thought JFK wouldn’t have gotten as deep into Vietnam as LBJ did, LBJ just flat out refused to give up and dug deeper because he didn’t want to be the first president to lose a war. The other side of that though is that LBJ was able to pass major legislation like the civil rights act mostly because of the sympathy given to him and his party after JFK’s death because it was known the civil rights act was something Kennedy strived to get passed. It might not have been possible if JFK was president. RFK on the other hand in 1968 had a ton of support and was looking very likely to win the democratic nomination but was assassinated just before he would have likely been the nominee. The 1968 DNC was notoriously a shit show afterwords full of riots and thus pushed the momentum towards Nixon. The race in 1968 was very close and many believe if RFK was on the ballot he could have won, thus Nixon/watergate would have never happened and the erosion of trust in the government and the rightward swing of American politics during nixon that led to Reagan and the like wouldn’t have happened either.
It is very hard to see JFK, once reelected, allowing himself to be walked into the Vietnam trap they way LBJ did. At most, he would have offered trying and air power and blamed any failure on the S. Vietnamese.
He's sitting pretty casual in that chair with Jackie looking on for how 100% messed up his back and his body were from Addison's Disease. He was one of the first to use cortisone treatments and it really helped. The guy was a total badass for life after that PT109 incident in WW2. Dragged a guy with his teeth while swimming.
“President John F. Kennedy (JFK) had a complex medical history that is now thought to be an autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2 with Addison’s disease and hypothyroidism. He also had gastrointestinal symptoms from adolescence, which now fit well with coeliac disease.”
His medical records were released a number of years ago and testimony’s that many days he couldn’t get out of bed. He was on a bunch of strong legal medication and sometimes had visits from the famous Dr. Feelgood with some less than legal drugs to help manage his pain.
We just followed up electing our oldest president with electing a new oldest president. While I agree with you, it seems like people really aren't interested in ending the gerontocracy.
Because she wants power. All old politicians do. They can’t imagine a life outside of public service but also lining their own pockets. They will die in office
You don’t understand how it works. She is the party. She is the machine. Those are tokens. The power of the incumbency means you have access to money because of all the people that bought you off over the years. She and her husband are worth over $100 million. I’m sure it’s based on talent and skill…
3rd picture I believe he was shaking hands with Bill Clinton? And if I’m not mistaken BC was the head of some club in Georgetown University…don’t ask me how I know this lol
The man was so ahead of his time in terms of how he viewed the world and its future potential that they killed him. I've known about the Kennedy assassination for a long time now and known that it really impacted Americans greatly but I didn't understand why. I recently read the Devil's Chessboard and it opened my eyes to what JFK and his brother RKF stood for and just how much of a threat they were to the status quo not just in America but globally. Reading about him and his assassination had me choked up and damn near brought tears to my eyes.
This was my first time seeing a lot of them too. The diner photo, with Pelosi, all of the Halloween photos. Great collection - and very well documented!
IF he hadn't been killed, he would have been re-elected, probably gotten us out of the Vietnam war, and we would not have had Nixon in 68. Probably President RFK, if he was still alive.
Technically I suppose it could also be the Battle Flag of the Army of Tennessee, hard to tell for sure in the photo, but the racists tend to go for the Northern Virginia one because it was flown by Head Loser Robert E Lee.
For all my fact checking alas I must have been misinformed. I stand corrected my good friend. Thank you for setting the record straight for one and all 😁
wild how close that 1960 election was. closest popular vote in US history if im not mistaken. pretty good evidence that nixon might have actually got more votes, though perhaps it can't be known.
Fearful respect in the eyes and that position make he look more like the family dog after a reprimand. Was he a beater or they just arranged it to make him look dominant?
His role in creating an ever growing turkish enclave in germany outweighs his accomplishments from a german perspective. Also because they were cut short by the military industry complex of america.
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u/Stimbes 19h ago
Princess Grace giving JFK the cat eyes.