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The Politics of Medicare is a good read. However, a Google Books search of "John F. Kennedy" and "Medicare" nets many more similar quotes to what I posted, as well as news reports from the 1960 campaign concerning his advocacy for Medicare. [[User:ChuckR|ChuckR]] 20:02, 8 November 2009 (EST)
The Politics of Medicare is a good read. However, a Google Books search of "John F. Kennedy" and "Medicare" nets many more similar quotes to what I posted, as well as news reports from the 1960 campaign concerning his advocacy for Medicare. [[User:ChuckR|ChuckR]] 20:02, 8 November 2009 (EST)
::1) Kennedy sent the troops into Vietnam. He made the commitment. He did rotate units but there is no evidence he planned to end that commitment. That was wishful thinking by liberals who liked him.
<br>2) the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty had both liberal and conservative elements (esp as a device to control China)
<br>3) the tax cut was praised by Reagan and many conservatives in urging their own tax cuts in 1981.
<br>4) the quote "If by a "Liberal" they mean ..." avoids almost all the main liberal positions of the day, re taxes, spending and labor unions, for example. He of course had to say nice things because he needed the Liberal party line in the election.
<br>5) Kennedy enforced federal court orders but civil rights was low on his agenda and he was never a main supporter from 1948 till his death.
<br>6) Kennedy did oppose the quota immigration system of 1924--as did most conservatives too.
<br>7) Kennedy never supported abortion or gay rights, and always voted the conservative Catholic position on such issues.
<br>8) he signed the death penalty repeal which was on the liberal side
<br>9) Kennedy did admire FDR's political skills and rhetoric and tried to emulate them. As did Reagan.
<br>10) the 1940 business is a bit complicated because it's not clear how much JFK agreed with his father. His father represented the conservative opponents of aid to Britain, including for example Taft and Lindbergh. The left (John L Lewis) opposed aid because Russia strongly opposed aid to Britain.
<br>11) He needed Eleanor Roosevelt's support and appointed her. She was A CONSERVATIVE on women's issues and she strongly opposed the ERA.
<br>12) Medicare: yest hat was a liberal position Kennedy took. The articles says that he had a mixed record on domestic issues.
<br>13) "uncited and biased new article." if you call CP administrators names you'll get in trouble. I actually read all the books that are listed and I expect people to be familiar with come of them before they jump in. I you want to propose a paragraph, run it thrugh here first.[[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 20:37, 8 November 2009 (EST)