Okay, this is going down the wrong path. I understand JFK's politics, I have studied them quite a bit, and no by today's standards he would not be a conservative. He was a centerist on the political spectrum and liberal, boarderline radical in some areas, on the attitudinal chart.
I understand why those on the right would want to think he would be on their side, just as those on the left want Regan on theirs. Fact is Regan likely would run into issues with the right due to certain aspects (like healthcare) but he certainly wouldn't fit on the left with his stance on ecomics and many others. Just as JFK certainly would not be accepted on the right today. For what its worth, Obama has a very "Republican" stance on foreign policy too, we all know hes not accepted.
And thats my last post on the matter. Anything else will need to be in private.
FWIW bc if you don't WANT THIS to go "down the wrong path" why are you masking posts that infer people on the right "want" to have things a certain way, make your claims and then say it's the last word.
My dad was a Dem pol. in that day and time,the Dem party was the home of states rights at that time,
Reagan won because that segment of the Dem party switched allegiance. It was the home of conservatism and was co-opted by leftists MANY of whom in current power structure were Viet Nam war protesters .
I'll admit people become confused because we have political parties and the parties themselves aren't ideological purists so you get compromises that make ideologues label people things they aren't, but by today's standards Kennedy would not be a true liberal.
You may have studied books written by people who wanted you to think a certain way, but I lived it,saw it as it was happening without being subjected to the lenses of reconstructionists.
BTW my dad was invited to LBJ's inauguration.
The sad fact is when anyone gains control of an entity be it a Boy Scout troop, corporation, football message board , the institutional desire to grow takes over their focus and they just "grow it" their way, so all pols become "big government".
