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30th Apr '13 8:54:38 PM TheEditor

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Kennedy's legacy is somewhat controversial; many view him as an idealistic liberal icon who would have averted many of the controversies and social strife that bedevilled Johnson in the mid- to late sixties (including TheVietnamWar and social unrest over Civil Rights), whilst others claim that he was an average president who, had he survived, would have been just as tarnished by these controversies. The idealistic viewpoint also tends to overlook that Kennedy was [[Series/RedDwarf an inveterate womanizer whose affairs were legendary]] and whose conquests reportedly included at one point MarilynMonroe. Some people think that makes a bad president, as [[BillClinton if his sex life really makes any difference]] to running the nation -- although given that some of the ladies he was reputedly connected to ''also'' had connections to organized crime figures, unfriendly governments, prostitution and other similarly unsavoury links, it's not ''entirely'' prudishness that governs this viewpoint; Jack Kennedy could be slightly … irresponsible when it came to this part of his life, which could have led to trouble down the track. Nevertheless, many fictional portrayals of him [[NostalgiaAintLikeItUsedToBe tend to lean to the idealistic side]]. Still others think that his Addison's disease might well have killed him in office anyway, given the state of medicine at the time (Kennedy had been the first Addisonian to successfully survive major surgery).

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Kennedy's legacy is somewhat controversial; many view him as an idealistic liberal icon who would have averted many of the controversies and social strife that bedevilled Johnson in the mid- to late sixties (including TheVietnamWar and social unrest over Civil Rights), whilst others claim that he was an average president who, had he survived, would have been just as tarnished by these controversies. The idealistic viewpoint also tends to overlook that Kennedy was a serial womanizer whose affairs were the stuff of legend and whose conquests reportedly included at one point MarilynMonroe (Some American feminists still blame JFK for Monroe's suicide). Some people think that makes a bad president, as [[BillClinton if his sex life really makes any difference]] to running the nation -- although given that some of the ladies he was reputedly connected to ''also'' had connections to organized crime figures, unfriendly governments, prostitution and other similarly unsavoury links, it's not ''entirely'' prudishness that governs this viewpoint; Jack Kennedy could be slightly … irresponsible when it came to this part of his life, which could have led to trouble down the track. Nevertheless, many fictional portrayals of him [[NostalgiaAintLikeItUsedToBe tend to lean to the idealistic side]]. Still others think that his Addison's disease might well have killed him in office anyway, given the state of medicine at the time (Kennedy had been the first Addisonian to successfully survive major surgery).

26th Apr '13 11:15:34 AM kraas

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10th Apr '13 1:25:07 PM kchishol

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26th Mar '13 10:49:14 AM MarkLungo

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