"While the myriad issues facing the U.S. have changed and changed again since (President John F.) Kennedy’s time, the importance of being guided by the highest principles and ideals has not. We are now in a period in which cynicism is running rampant, and selfishness and greed have virtually smothered all other values. Simple fairness is not a fit topic for political discussion and no one dares even mention the poor."
"The public seems fearful and cowed. People unworthy of high office are arrogantly on the march."
"You can say whatever you’d like about the Kennedy era and the ’60s in general, but there was great energy in the population then, and a willingness to reach beyond one’s self."
"Kennedy spoke in his acceptance speech of a choice “between national greatness and national decline.” That choice was never so stark as right now. There is still time to listen to a voice from half a century ago."
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/opinion/23herbert.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=general
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Jack "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" Kennedy would not be welcome in today's Democratic party.
In a pig's eye, as my Grandfather would say. It's this Democratic President that set up the deficit reduction committee to explore reducing the budget.
Kennedy would be just as welcome today as he was in 1960, without doubt.
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