The thing about that is I consider it more of a personal matter for his and not something we should judge his presidency by. Sure it may have had some effect on his job due to the media and perhaps the way people see Americans, but overall I think that effect is still small compared to what he did do in office. Now don't get me wrong, he was far from great, but in my opinion he wasn't the top five worst either.I almost, agree! But....George Bush, I am going to have to replace him with Bill Clinton.
Clinton was one of the sleaziest presidents I ever remember. I know the Kennedy's messed around, but the way Clinton handled the situation was awful. He lied and was caught red handed, so to speak.
How is it ignorant if it is based on his actions and policies. Historically, they have never worked and I am basing my opinion on that. I do not see his freedom-restricting and big government policies as anything but horrible for this nation. This question is really one of opinion, so everyone is entitled to their own and personally, I think I have more than sufficient reasoning behind why I feel this way.
I feel that Kennedy is generally overrated by liberals and underrated by conservatives. While he wasn't perfect, some of his domestic policies were good in my opinion- for example his backing of a strong, stable currency.
Kennedy died, there is a difference between dieing and not being able to finish your term and not even making it past your second year. One thign I will disagree is the Cuban Missile Crisis. The crisis was delicate and using a military option first could have resulted it millions of lives lost due to a nonsensical military attack. Kennedy did what he thought was right, get the Soviets to remove the missiles peacefully without any use of war. Would you rather him have used a military attack without peace negotiations, resulting in a war that could have been prevented?
History has more than shown us the effects his policies will have. Now if you think it is different this time around, then you are entitled to that opinion, but I don't see it that way, in fact I know it won't be different. When every new entitlement program is passed, the same things are said and decades later they only become a burden.
At the end of the day, in judging our president, it should be what works for us, not everyone else. And anyway, I don't see it working well anywhere else either, nor has it ever. Canada is undergoing major healthcare cuts after deficits began rising too quickly due to public sector health. Trends show those deficits will only continue to increase. I don't see how it is working for you unless you are only looking at the short term and you don't care about making the future pay.
We are talking about government deficits here, not private sector. The government is losing money on healthcare and not because of a slow economy, but just the net budget for healthcare alone has been taking a loss. With the baby boomer generation getting older, those costs are expected to rise and you can say whatever you want in optimism, but even your own government is cutting back healthcare coverage and some provinces are considering privatizing certain aspects from what I hear.
