An inept, lazy president who spent much of his time womanizing, President Kennedy was middle-of-the-road on domestic issues and [[conservative]] on foreign policy. He nominated [[Byron White]] to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], who turned out to be [[pro-life]]. As to foreign policy, Kennedy sent military forces into [[Vietnam]] and was somewhat hawkish against [[communist]] [[Cuba]]. In [[Congress]] the [[Conservative Coalition]] blocked nearly all of his domestic programs, so there were few domestic policy changes while the civil rights movement gained strength. | An inept, lazy president who spent much of his time womanizing, President Kennedy was middle-of-the-road on domestic issues and [[conservative]] on foreign policy. He nominated [[Byron White]] to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], who turned out to be [[pro-life]]. As to foreign policy, Kennedy sent military forces into [[Vietnam]] and was somewhat hawkish against [[communist]] [[Cuba]]. In [[Congress]] the [[Conservative Coalition]] blocked nearly all of his domestic programs, so there were few domestic policy changes while the civil rights movement gained strength. |