Had
there been no Dallas, there would been no Camelot. There would have been no John F. Kennedy as
brilliant statesman cut off in his prime, had it not been for those riveting
days from Dealey Plaza to Arlington and the lighting of the Eternal Flame. Along with the unsleeping labors of an
idolatrous press and the propagandists who control America’s popular culture,
those four days created and sustained the Kennedy Myth.
But,
over 50 years, the effect has begun to wear off.
The
New York Times reports that in the ranking of presidents, Kennedy has fallen
further and faster than any. Ronald Reagan has replaced him as No. 1, and JFK
is a fading fourth. Kennedy is
increasingly perceived today as he was 50 years ago, before word came that
shots had been fired in Dallas.
That
he was popular, inspirational, charismatic, no one denied. But no one would
then have called him great or near great. His report card had too many C’s, F’s
and Incompletes. Read more at .....
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