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Originally Posted by Tweety
If you want to look at presidents as inspirational leaders, look no further than Reagan. He walked into a nation wrought with despair and completely turned it around. America wasn't in a state of despair when Kennedy took office. The 50s were prosperous.
Certainly true about Reagan. Following all the problems of the 70's, he was the strong and calming kind of leader the country needed at that time. you might remember how shaky his first two years were, and then he hit his stride. True also about JFK and inheriting the prosperity of the 1950's. My point was that he recognized that and how the prosperity happened, so his stated goals were to build upon that greatness. I think there was more good than bad in those 1000 days, but we'll never be able to truly grade his time.
Just as Reagan embodied the prosperity of the 1980's, Kennedy embodied the potential and vitality of the 1960's - or maybe he embodies the vitality and potential that was wasted by murder and war.