I saw this Inaugural button on a political items website and could not resist. Here is a very attractive John F. Kennedy button, which was offered for sale before his inauguration on January 20, 1961.
I remember that day well. I was in the sixth grade, and my teacher, who was a 71-year-old “progressive educator” (I’ll define that, if you like, later.) made arrangements for the class to go the house of one of our classmates to watch the inauguration on TV. There were no TVs in the school at that time. It was very cold that day, and snow had fallen the previous night. The class walked a couple of blocks and sat in the family’s Livingroom.
John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever elected President at age 43. Theodore Roosevelt was 41 when he took office, but he was not elected. He became President after William McKinley was assassinated.
Kennedy was noted for his youth and vigor. He was a lively public speaker who was noted for giving frequent and notable press conferences. He could invent the great line tag line off the cuff, and his meetings with the press were spontaneous and not staged. He and First Lady, Jackie, presented a youthful and active image to the world.
Jacqueline Kennedy First Lady Gold Piece, Issued by the U.S. Mint
Contrast that now with the old fossil, Joe Biden, we now have in office. All of his events have to be staged, and he must read a teleprompter to communicate. He dodders around from one place to another like someone from a memory care unit. If he had not been picked to lead our country, you could feel sorry for him.
Yes, there were things we didn’t know about John Kennedy. He had Addison’s disease, a serious condition. It was well known that he had a bad back, but many people didn’t know that it had almost killed him circa 1953. We also didn’t know that he was a serial philander who took his sexual exploits to the point of threatening national security.
Yet, it is my perception that the country was not nearly as divided as we are today. We were not having debates about whether or not the country was to go socialist, and we didn’t have a President who blatantly ignored the law the way Biden has on the border issue. If a president had opened the border the way Biden has, members of both parties would have on his case.
We also had a President who recognized the benefits of capitalism. “A rising tide raises all boats” was one of his characterizations about a good economy. He lowered taxes and supported the private sector, unlike the present White House occupant, who follows the teachings of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. Snow flakes like her were very much on the periphery of politics where they belong.
2014 John F, Kennedy Half Dollar in Gold Issued to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the JFK Half Dollar.
Back then, you didn’t have worry that much if there were change in political parties. All of that started to change when Lyndon Johnson won by a landslide in 1964. His Great Society signaled the beginning of out of control government which has become the bane of our existence today.
LBJ, the Worst President of my Lifetime … Until Biden.
