StJohnsWood
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2008
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As someone who was not born yet (in my mother's tummy), I have a question for everyone who was around.
I study history and all indications point to the fact that JFK barely won the 1960 election (thank you Chicago and the dead voting) and was not tearing it up in the polls for 1964. One of the main reasons he was in Texas was because he feared losing the state in the next election.
My question is was everyone in love with JFK or was it just shock because of what happened (like 9/11) hence all the crying.
I've read several books were the JFK reelection of 1964 was no sure thing. Just curious on the mood of the upcoming election and who were the anti JFKers that could cause the polls to be that way. Hate to ask this but was all the love for him real or just revisionist history??
My son and I watched a show on the 22nd that PBS had about the actual news accounts including CBS breaking into the news reports. It was a very good show and my 8 year old actually started to cry when we saw JFK jr and Caroline at the funeral (hit a little to close to home I think).
Since most were fairly young, do you remember your parents feelings toward the President prior to the Dallas trip?
I study history and all indications point to the fact that JFK barely won the 1960 election (thank you Chicago and the dead voting) and was not tearing it up in the polls for 1964. One of the main reasons he was in Texas was because he feared losing the state in the next election.
My question is was everyone in love with JFK or was it just shock because of what happened (like 9/11) hence all the crying.
I've read several books were the JFK reelection of 1964 was no sure thing. Just curious on the mood of the upcoming election and who were the anti JFKers that could cause the polls to be that way. Hate to ask this but was all the love for him real or just revisionist history??
My son and I watched a show on the 22nd that PBS had about the actual news accounts including CBS breaking into the news reports. It was a very good show and my 8 year old actually started to cry when we saw JFK jr and Caroline at the funeral (hit a little to close to home I think).
Since most were fairly young, do you remember your parents feelings toward the President prior to the Dallas trip?