Imagine What Fox News Would Say

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• JOHN F.KENNEDY AT MADI...
This is JFK speaking at Madison Square Garden about Medicare.

[@schoonykid]

Love this quote, "We aren't able overnight to solve all the problems that this country faces, but is that any good reason why we should say let's not even try?"

[@luisppgarcia7843]

Andrew Xitco V

[@AnArchyRulzz]

Let's not even try sounds like Hillary Clinton's campaign slogan.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Amen a thousand times over!

[@majorsmythe1]

Man was a GREAT. Genius.

[@1969JohnnyM]

Try reading that Constitution, your talking rubbish.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Ask not what FOX News would say of JFK; ask what JFK would say of FOX News...

[@rephill54]

Isn’t it a damned shame that we are still arguing about this very same thing today?

[@ortho-g9826]

Remember, this was BEFORE 1965 and the OPEN IMMIGRATION ACT. That single piece of legislation was the turning point for America. It was also BEFORE THE GREAT SOCIETY of LBJ.......not so great. Let us examine the TRUE history of America. JFK was a dynamic man but at that time SO WAS AMERICA. No longer....

[@weseehowcommiegoogleis3770]

When the Gov is Corrupt.

[@barbaracarbone4658]

Insane.

[@dynamicworlds1]

We're still arguing about the same thing WITHIN the "Democratic" party which views politics like this as "radical left" and unacceptable. We have these debates in the primaries and then choose between neoliberalism (the ideology of Regan and Thatcher) and fascism in the general elections now. We haven't polarized as a country. Both parties have moved _right!_

[@barbaracarbone4658]

@@dynamicworlds1 Pertaining to your last sentence.....hardly.

[@wohlgemuthjr]

I miss this GOOD Man. I have missed him for more than 50 years

[@venum17]

Please consider voting for Bernie, he's the only one who wants to pick up where FDT, Truman, and JFK left off.

[@calholli]

Let him go jim.. He's never going to let you touch it.

[@philgiglio7922]

And his brother Robert

[@brianmcglynn8865]

President Kennedy talked to the American people like it was a conversation. He used some humor, but he never talked down to the people like politicians do today.

[@PhantomOSX]

@GET A JOB examples?

[@samsca8529]

Literally Bill Clinton and Obama and Trump and plenty of other modern politicians do the same thing today. People are too easily impressed

[@scromtrulescent]

I wish we had politicians today who spoke like they had balls.

[@madeinmexico4483]

scromtrulescent President Trump doesnt take shit!!! And can careless about his own country bashing him Regardless of how he works diligently for the country alot of Americans just bitch and nag constantly about,CNN would edit parts of this to suit what fits ther standard. Democrats dont even try At least Trump is trying

[@jeffreyohler2599]

Actually there is. And even though the truth was exposed,there has been no justice. Naturally I'm referencing Bernie Sanders and how vote tampering has screwed him out of the candidacy. His views on Universal Healthcare are right in line with JFK.

[@garyclark9185]

It will never happen.

[@mitchellrose3620]

@@madeinmexico4483 Obama tried, and the Mitchell Ryan Gingrich complainers stalled his every effort, holding our entire country hostage shutting down the government. Trump hasn't done anything that Obama didn't try to do, but Trump has gone in like a bull in a china shop. Imagine trump as your surgeon, you would not survive.

[@lapislazulii141]

We do now

[@ItsBlackjack115]

JFK would be ashamed of us by now.

[@fingerscrossed2453]

I love how he spoke to the people. He didn't need to claim to speak for the people. He asked for their help, and tried to empower them by reminding them that they have the right to petition their government and help out for a worthy cause. Boy, is this lacking in modern politics - and not just in America

[@supernovakip]

That’s why they 🧑🏼‍💼🔫

[@michelgregoire799]

That is the true you are right..

[@TELEthruVOXx]

Holy cow. This was a good speech. This man was gifted. He has emotion in his voice.

[@seanohare5488]

True

[@DanielBarberMusic]

and Vision. and Courage.

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

All 3 of the Kennedy men who went into politics gave great speeches.

[@DialogDontArgue]

He gave a damn, didn't use teleprompters, made eye contact with the people, and responded to them.

[@redboneexcellence6041]

Something foreign to modern political hacks: he cared...

[@rokehdokey34]

I can't believe this is the first time I've heard this speech. I feel like I'm hearing the most American of Americans. What a man, what a speaker

[@lizab4208]

most people in the United States don't know our own history in fact most people from other countries know our history better than we do

[@GaryDeVaan]

Liberalism is what has made this country the great nation it is. A nation that works for the most common among us AND provides paths of opportunity for every citizen, talented or otherwise to improve their lot in life with dignity. We have, as a nation decided to build this nation for our own benefit. Roads, airports, public schools & universities, social security, police & fire departments, all of these are efforts to give everyone an opportunity to succeed. Those who want to tear down these opportunities for anyone, is selfishly trying to pull the ladder up behind them.

[@theend9258]

+Gary DeVaan there is a big difference between Kennedy Liberalism/Conservatism and todays Liberalism

[@majorsmythe1]

What a great description, he was a REAL AMERICAN. ICON.

[@kaymuldoon3575]

Kyle Rokeh I just love it when right wingers say that JFK would be a Republican if he were alive today. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@robertacolarette1594]

He is speaking completely off the cuff. This is a topic he believes in. He must have come in with notes but this is from his heart. He even has emotion in his voice when he feels it. We are still hearing “Social Security/Unemployment robs people of their self reliance”. It’s incredible. This man was so valuable. It’s no wonder he had over a 75% approval rating when he was killed. Have we ever had a President with that kind of rating since?

[@nikolaivista920]

Approval ratings are misleading. George W. Bush had an approval rating of 90% after the attacks of 9/11. Look how terrible of a president he turned out to be (Iraq weapons of mass destruction lies, economic collapse 2008, Hurricane Katrina disaster improper response!). Now, I know JFK was better than G.W. Bush. But FDR was way better than JFK. And only Lincoln can challenge FDR on best US president ever!

[@marknagy4779]

TRUMP is another JFK !

[@DialogDontArgue]

American society is so complicated. I don't know if that's possible anymore. Especially how corrupt pollsters are nowadays. I feel RFK jr. Is rekindling this style.

[@jstrahan2]

@robertacolarette1594 : Yes, we have. George Bush, after the September 11th attacks, had an 85% approval rating.

[@TannerSwizel]

Kennedy has the 4th highest approval rating recorded at 83% in March 1962. W. Bush had the highest recorded approval rating for initially handling 9/11 well, 90% 10 days after that. H W Bush has the second highest approval rating polled at 89% after Dessert Storm proved to be a near perfect and swift success. Truman was the third highest recorded a month after declaring victory in Europe, 87%. All this being said, Kennedy being ranked up there with these events, and this being mainly due to his general presidency and not a major historic event like the other three, is pretty resounding.

[@leroyburrow2432]

Listening to president kennedy to this day put's a tear my eyes . A honest man , a good man for America.

[@maxordonez5454]

I do cry too, I was a child of four years old, even though that I feel that we need a leader like that who inspired this Nation.cheers

[@brentrosenbaum1316]

I'm not so sure about the "honest man" comment. Ask Jackie if that describes him.

[@USA92]

He was great in a number of ways but at the most important he was just another bad actor who manipulated and lied to the American people. He voluntarily used good talk about good folk to be part of his whole. History in the US taught should make it clear his good and his bad. The bad in my mind disqualifies him. Try history. Rather than a nice video(s) The Pentagon Papers. There's your clue. Something you should already know. That if honor and honesty matters to you it should have played a role in your words about him.

[@USA92]

​@@brentrosenbaum1316The Pentagon Papers etc. These men lied to the American people. Manipulated them and the truth for funding and favor. Disgusting but somehow acceptable to those who dont seem to care about honesty.

[@dwightmagnuson4298]

Speaks volumes for the argument that he was assassinated by the oligarchs that were fleecing the working middle class.

[@whyey]

Notice he spoke from his heart!!!!!!! Not a prepared paper or teleprompter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He was a real leader!!!!!

[@1969lincolnosiris]

*Okay, if you really believe this speech was not written FOR him, you are extremely naive.* *Obama’s agenda is identical to JFK, but he is also aware that JFK was violently murdered for that agenda.*

[@superrodney3008]

@@1969lincolnosiris and even if it's from his heart a good leader isn't an emotional one . Fdr was a great leader. He realiz d this " only thing to fear, is fear itself" if you think with emotions you are thinking irrationally.

[@amexjam55]

He was an intelligent man who read several books, newspapers and magazines a day and knew about the world around him.

[@MisterNineEleven]

He literally looks down at his speech multiple times...

[@seanohare5488]

Definitely

[@bon1042]

Oh my god... my heart is bursting with love and admiration bec I'm almost 71 and knew this man was so much more than the shallow playboy that mainstream media harps on and that younger generations only know. THIS is the real John F. Kennedy.

[@seanohare5488]

True

[@robertacolarette1594]

I am 71 too. I agree with you 100%. He was a remarkable intellect. I’ve never stopped missing him.

[@nyworker]

He also had great young advisors. He knew how to work with his people and respect their talents.

[@mikemestas9835]

yea why do we need dirty laundry wen we can march ourselves to the laundry mat

[@sds5502]

Yes a great intellectual and humanitarian for all people " ICH BIN EIN BERLINER"

[@bones11252]

That’s what a President looks like…scary how far we’ve fallen

[@kuwinsitall]

tough, kind and fair. we need more leaders like this

[@theo1170]

We would have lost either way. As FDR once said, "Government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.". Hillary Clinton was not a representative of the American people, she was a representative of corporate interests.

[@kuwinsitall]

Jaime de Sevilla Yep. Dubya was given the presidency on a fluke, so was Trump. But in all maybe it could be alright by 2020. Trump and the GOP have nobody to blame if they royally screw things up, so if Dems can get a candidate without all the Clinton-like baggage maybe Trump can be a one-termer. Rock Chalk!

[@blazeshredz6817]

kuwinsitall. they already screwed up, usa is now in a random war again lol nothin new

[@theo1170]

@Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT Do not delude yourself into thinking either of those people are your friends. Hillary Clinton is not at all representative or caring of Americans that are not in her tax bracket, or lack there of with how many loop holes those types use to pay close to none.

[@seanohare5488]

Definitely

[@jtjmsb]

Thank you, I don't think people understand what we lost when JFK was murdered. He was truly "for the people" and he is sorely missed.

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@jacksonlsu]

His nephew will save us.. RFK!

[@rudeawakening3833]

To listen to these PROFOUND words of this great leader , AND his brother Robert ; it angers me that we can’t see what the history books WOULD HAVE SAID !!! Peace ☮️ ( prayers for RFK Jr . , and all his inside information he is disclosing ! )

[@kaljic1]

The worst part is that the news media, Ruling Elite, etc, is trying to wipe JFK off the history.

[@CosmicPen]

Agree

[@jamesscott5413]

A dollah and a quarta

[@Diana-mu7pc]

This effit.

[@blazeshredz6817]

Redalive. now its $10 an hour and its still crap , its a scam created by the 13 families and bankers

[@Raczoon]

The global banking cartel is fucking us all in the ass, and I'd wager not 1% even knows what I'm talking about. :-( Someone really should give them a catchy name like Masons or Illuminati that everyone can remember.

[@MrSuperX5]

+Blaze Shredz People working at Walmart don't deserve $15 dollars an hour

[@edbenti5007]

+Gene De Vito --The Jews hated the Kennedys. Still do.

[@musicgodess80s]

What an utter tragedy to have lost this great man. It crushes me to think what he could have accomplished had he not been savagely taken from this world. How much better America would be right now. God bless this man !!

[@luislaplume8261]

If I was in Congress as an adult in 1960, I would advise him to pick Senator Hubert Humphrey as Vice President since Senate President Lyndon Johnson was known for his jealousy of other people.

[@luislaplume8261]

In 1960, I was a little boy in NYC in Woodside, Queens,NYC. Not yet in kindergarten.

[@steviek6]

Listen to RFKJr and you’ll hear much of his heart alive today.. the passion and compassion

[@theeternal2734]

Too Bad The CIA Murked Him

[@barrylenihan8032]

​@@luislaplume8261Kennedy needed too win Texas, and Johnson delivered. The choice of Vice President is generally dictated by political advantage.

[@leslieperkins2722]

This should be played on every channel and in every class in America.

[@TommyMuriel]

unfortunately, if the current dictator wannabe in FL has it his way, this WON'T happen...... 😒😒 (I DO second your opinion!!!!)

[@TedH.]

We sure need President Kennedy now. God Rest His Soul. He was one of the Greatest Leaders ever of this Country; someone who truly tried to help our Society

[@OoOo-vk7cs]

Ted Halpern he was the greatest leader of our country......

[@venum17]

Please consider voting for Bernie if you feel this way, hes the only politician who actually wants to pick up where FDT, Truman, and JFK left off

[@patrickohare1681]

What a loss to the USA may he rest in peace with God

[@tfrost7859]

It is interesting that this man was despised by so many in his era. Listen to what is said in this day and age by those who seek this office. My God, there is no comparison.

[@billanthony7896]

+M Hart Yeah, people today forget how divided the country was on November 21st 1963. It was Kennedy's awful death that moved him into the ranks of the "beloved." A Gallop poll taken at the end of 1964 found that 82% of the American people had voted for Jack Kennedy in 1960... an IMPOSSIBLE figure considering the actual election results that year! Americans developed a case of collective amnesia regarding President Kennedy after he was assassinated. A syndrome which has only increased over time. He was a charming guy, quick witted, and a polished speaker. BUT... He was, bottom line, a politician. All that he might have accomplished, had he completed two terms in office, will always remain the greatest mystery.

[@agin1519]

As a foreigner I can hear a continuity between Biden and this man. Unashamedly for the working class, for the unions and that bit of Irish…

[@equine2020]

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country" loved that then, love it today. He was a real man. A people Pres.

[@hurdygurdyman1905]

It strikes me, tnough, how in contrast those words are to tnis speech, which calls for a gigantic expansion of government.

[@equine2020]

@@hurdygurdyman1905 Explain how his words reflect an enlarged govt? He's saying, don't expect your govt to support you. You contribute to the country.

[@hurdygurdyman1905]

@@equine2020 The speech is calling for classic liberal government expansion, in which government provides more and more services, necessarily creating greater dependence on it. I take the quote to mean somewhat the opposite.

[@dochollidaysraidersintel6466]

The last great leader of the Free World

[@MrAtlfan21]

GET A JOB he who has not sinned throw the first stone

[@Xpistos510]

Lyndon B. Johnson wasn’t too bad.

[@Xpistos510]

Louisiana Guy, his policies were for the people. His personal vices could be forgiven because he was a real leader and uniter.

[@jbcnxter2384]

@@Xpistos510 #houston

[@haroldbrown5308]

@@Xpistos510 What part did he play in the coup in Dallas! He'll burn in hell!!!!!

[@kirsteni.russell5903]

I get sad when I see and hear JFK speak. His voice takes me back to the time of his single term cut short by his assassination. But I'm glad he's still alive in videos.

[@seanohare5488]

Me too

[@edfou5]

Thank you for posting this, one of JFK's very finest momens.. It may sound a bit odd to a younger person reading this comment but I was 11 when President Kennedy died and in a small but always present corner of my heart I've never gotten over it. I'm sure I'm not the only grey haired baby boomer who was brought to tears by this clip. Thank You, Mr. President.

[@heyitsmichael6256]

The New and improved Leftist Democratic Party of today, would have thrown President Kennedy under the bus. Why? Tax cuts, being an America First President , Pro-life, among a few reason's. Democrats , youve been swayed by ABC, CBS, Msnbc biased news. This is NOT the Democratic Party of Truman or LBJ. JFK Dems. Ohio.

[@jamyla]

Yes, very moving. Total authenticity and commitment. He learned what needed to be learnt and said what needed saying. He understood that the purpose of Government is to improve the quality of peoples' lives. All people.

[@barrylyndongurley]

Thank you for your comment. I am about your age and remember the day we lost President Kennedy well. It seemed like everyone I saw that day was in tears. With each passing year since, I wonder like everybody else, how things might have been different for us had he lived out his term and subsequent career. To my mind, there's been no one since who's fully matched his intellect, charisma and natural political talent.

[@mindyharwood5992]

Loved this man I wish millennials could know him and understand why we can't abide Trump. We know what a real President looks like.

[@TheKingofjune]

We must be the same age, born in the little island in the South Pacific . I wish we can have him now.

[@jayrosen6663]

By far, our greatest President during the lifetime of those of us who were alive and remember him with love, respect, and reverence!!!!!!!

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@USA92]

As a man who lied and manipulated the American congress and its people he needs to be remembered just like all the presidents that lied. Unacceptable men who wear a coat of good words and some deeds to do things that in this case led to people dying. As a relative of one of those who died in his bed of lies I say learn from his actions. All of them. So men like Kennedy and Trump and Clinton are seen for what they were. To those who would argue? The least of the worst is never going to be the best for us all and most importantly for our children.

[@bomat761]

I was only 2 when he was gunned down in Dallas, but he has held my respect and interest to this day.

[@bill90405]

The day i came home from first grade and saw my mother crying in front of the TV, it was all over. “They killed him” she says.

[@rodmiller6872]

​@@seanohare5488With all due respect, based on what accomplishments exactly? Nothing against the man and I don't totally disagree with everything he says, but most of his so-called greatness was a myth. Had he been alive today, the Dems wouldn't have him. His tax policies alone would put him closer to the Freedom Caucus of the Republican Party. There is much to unpack with JFK and his unfulfilled legacy, but to rank him above Reagan and Trump, each of whom engineered massive economic success for the country and everyone in it, just can't be substantiated.

[@gehlen52]

I thank God that I was raised in an era where fox news didn't exist.

[@thomasmackelly7685]

gehlen52 must have been an amazing time for some.

[@yankenbeanstrum648]

@@thomasmackelly7685 xD So true!

[@Xpistos510]

Yeah, the time before fake news.

[@josephel4292]

His ability to articulate ideas was truly amazing.

[@tomcooley3778]

Makes Trump look very tiny .

[@brankobelfranin8815]

@@tomcooley3778 Don't even bring that criminal up.

[@nikitamcelwee9325]

i said it as a child ,and i am saying it now at the age of 57 he is still right ,and we the American people needs this kind of help from our national goverment

[@oldfogey4679]

Fox news today would hate this speech! Maybe even call jfk a commie?

[@collins48lc]

Wrong he'd be a Republican now He was a strong backer of the second Admendment and didn't approve of Abortion

[@downtownbrown50]

​@@collins48lcabsolutely correct. He would never be a far left Democrat, pushing EV' s down our throat, or letting Russia invade Ukraine like Biden did. Or putting up with the disastrous border policy, and then lying about. Kennedy was a good man, and every Republican would rather see him in the Whitehouse rather than the lying traitor that there now.

[@Joe-sw9nk]

JFK A REPUBLICAN? Hardly. Democrats have a big tent. Pro choice or Anti choice. He never would support weapons of war in our streets. REPUBLICANS are such comedians.

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@collins48lc Dude is literally talking about taxing the rich and universal healthcare…and you think he would be with Desantis and Jewish Space Lasers lady?

[@bradbyington6662]

I agree with this. Today I’m a conservative compassionate Republican. My politics haven’t changed a bit.

[@teeeeeveeeee314]

Well said MovieHound17! It doesn't matter what party you are affiliated with, if you're a liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican...listen to his words. It's more than eloquence! It's incredible open-mindedness, common sense and recognizing the need of what our country needed and trying to get us back on the very track we needed to follow...and they killed him for greed and vengeance. Just listen to the voice of truth.

[@TryTheBLT]

Great man. We desperately need a leader like him today.

[@matthewthomas6973]

Don’t taint the legacy of this man with modern day politics

[@tomcooley3778]

God I miss this great man !

[@StarWorld2550]

Robert F Kennedy Jr is running for president.

[@ortho-g9826]

Won't happen. We can no longer produce such men.

[@spiritualhammer392]

His nephew is gonna try.

[@amexjam55]

Now there was a rally that was truly meant for all to join together and make America even greater. Not a rally to undermine and destroy it. Rest in peace JFK.

[@bertellijustin6376]

Except America was still divided. His party was hard core anti-civil rights. Pro KKK and pro-segregation. They still are for that matter, they just use clever language to paint the pig as a lady.

[@spudjohnsonn8122]

The man was more highly Intelligent than any other President we had, He could read 1,200 words a minute and under the advice of his whole cabinet and military was told to Invade Cuba and under his own wisdom decided not too and saved the world from nuclear destruction ! God Bless You John Kennedy, We miss you.

[@ericvanjames8395]

Wow!!!

[@kujumz806]

read only 1200 words a minute?

[@spudjohnsonn8122]

@@kujumz806 Only? Do you think you can do better?

[@kujumz806]

@@spudjohnsonn8122 no one can actually read that fast and claims like that have been consistently debunked.

[@spudjohnsonn8122]

@@kujumz806 If you knew how fast JFK could read a 500-page book, you wouldn't say that! I didn't just make that up.

[@cruisersism]

JFK what a speaker !!!

[@ericvanjames8395]

John F. Kennedy: One of the greatest orators of ALL TIME!!

[@cruisersism]

Eric Van James Here here !!!

[@bobtaylor170]

Yes. When I was ten, I had the privilege of seeing and hearing him speak at Rice Stadium in Houston. That was in September, 1962. Look for it here on KZbin. A fantastic, unforgettable experience!

[@kman0506]

This was a president who put PASSION behind the words he spoke. He, like the very best orators, could make you FEEL what he was saying... whether you agreed with it or not. THAT is the mark of a great leader.

[@seanohare5488]

Definitely

[@eXcommunicate1979]

I am truly amazed that this man could make such an impassioned and articulate plea to the people when fighting such constant back pain and through the fog of pain killers. You can see it in his stanced in this video. His back was bad, very bad. And yet, that he could still get in front of thousands and articulate a national issue in such a way is just astounding.

[@chrispaschal7955]

And while under constant threat of assassination by so many from the Military Industrial Complex to the CIA to the Mob to the KKK and other anti-Americans. Man, those threats alone should tell US that JFK was not only on the side of right but was the people's President.

[@ericvanjames8395]

President Kennedy was truly great!!

[@ortho-g9826]

He was accustomed to pain

[@luislaplume8261]

​@@ortho-g9826He was badly injured when a Japanese naval vessel rammed his torpedo boat during the night in 1942 when he was the captain of the boat. He rescued one injured sailor and swam successfully to the shores of an uninhabited island with the rest of his crew.They were rescued by an American naval vessel despite being close to the Pacific fleet of the Japanese navy.

[@haroldbrown5308]

@@luislaplume8261 He was a great man--that's why "they" had to kill him!

[@bgmeadows6085]

Wow! What a speaker! Such charisma. Great message.

[@seanohare5488]

Yes

[@bondsons]

Just finished a biography of his days leading up to the presidency. This man was a true hero.

[@CanadaMan6]

I've read all of his book and academic writing, and I can say he was honestly one of the most broad-minded and thoughtful political leaders in our history. The death of the Kennedy brothers was the death knell for an incredible amount of untapped progress and the citizens of this country have suffered from its delay.

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@dwightmagnuson4298]

Once again, ask yourself who benefited from JFK's assassination?

[@captaincarl8230]

@@dwightmagnuson4298 The man who hated the Kennedys, LBJ.

[@arcanondrum6543]

@@captaincarl8230 You're leaving out a few too many people. It wasn't a great many people, definitely a minority inside and outside of government but it wasn't only LBJ. Some of them unaffiliated with any political party, some Republicans and of course a few Democrats (but not many, Kennedy's popularity with the people meant a great future for the Democrats but that all changed under LBJ). Kennedy signed an Order to pull out of Vietnam, LBJ reversed that by signing a different document on the day of JFK's funeral. The Gulf of Tonkin incident took place when LBJ was President. Ken Burns' "Vietnam" has an INTERESTING quote from Nixon while he was Eisenhower's Vice President...

[@arcanondrum6543]

I watched the Debate for US Senate between incumbent Ted Kennedy and challenger Mitt Romney. Romney supporters must have been gleeful for a while, until.... Ted Kennedy wasn't doing too well in a debate against Romney, who was looking fit and trim whereas Kennedy looked a bit unwell , even the suit he was wearing for the debate didn't fit well. The questions were back and forth for a while with Romney scoring some points even if only for style sometimes (which annoyed me greatly because that's all that some people need). Then Romney talked about the Education Bill. *BOOM!* Kennedy woke the F up! He starts talking about it in great detail, with passion, about how it will help people. It was remarkable to watch just how well he knew the details and based on that alone, you saw that he really cared about the role of government in people's lives. He also became engaged in the debate from that point on and easily won re-election but it was really great, even a bit emotional to see how passionate that Ted Kennedy was about real issues.

[@erikmuniz7832]

"thats what we do today, we are trying"... john f kennedy.

[@derrickbonner6911]

Wow how can you not be shook up when this man talks R.I.P sir

[@edfou5]

Derrick, I agree. I'll easily admit that the full speech brought tears to my eyes. But then those tears have been there for 55 years because as old folks like me will tell you... the wound has never healed.

[@billkirkpatrick8769]

Absolutely agree!!!!

[@ericvanjames8395]

JFK: One of the greatest presidents we've ever had!!

[@reedanderson50]

A great speach....could be applied today.

[@jeffallcock4561]

Simply put, this is a great speech

[@shortorbaldlover]

+Jeff Allcock You would not know great if you tripped over it!

[@jeffallcock4561]

I wouldn't need to trip over it. I'd immediately recognize it for what it is. This is a great speech.

[@John_Candido]

You have got to love this good man! Social security for all in need, medical care for all through a national system of single healthcare, age pensions, unemployment benefits, housing for those in need, and reasonable wages and conditions for workers. This is the real President Kennedy.

[@heyitsmichael6256]

The New and improved Leftist Democratic Party of today, would have thrown President Kennedy under the bus. Why? Tax cuts, being an America First President , Pro-life, among a few reason's. Democrats , youve been swayed by ABC, CBS, Msnbc biased news. This is NOT the Democratic Party of Truman or LBJ. JFK Dems. Ohio.

[@alfredfreedomjones5105]

👏

[@seanohare5488]

True

[@joea5228]

I don’t think you have that all quite right.

[@grahamsellors7464]

@@seanohare5488 what’s he got wrong. We’ve got National Health Service UK. Saved by parents lives numerous times. USA right REST OF CIVILISED DEMOCRATIC NATIONS wrong 😂😂😂

[@billsmith2460]

I can only think what kind of a world we would be living in had JFK lived, and won a second term in 1964. I was not alive in 1963 but i get sad when i think of how he lost his life. I think things would be so much different had he lived.

[@radhominem]

or at a minimum, if Bobby hadn't been killed. Based on some of RFK's speeches that I have heard, he may have had the chance to be even better than his brother. If they could've gone back to back....man.

[@ianmccown2934]

Bill Smith kennedy didnt want to go into vietnam. racial issues he might have taken a bit on. but things would have definetely been different throughout the 60s

[@billanthony7896]

+rAdHominen Had John lived, it's doubtful that Bob would have even run. He certainly wouldn't have left the administration to run for office in New York. Bob was totally devoted to his older brother, and the Kennedy's were sensitive to the charges of nepotism. John wouldn't even campaign for Teddy when he ran for the Senate in 1962! Had John completed two terms, Bob probably would have returned to private life in 1969.

[@davidviton1065]

@@billanthony7896 that was one of the things that they were afraid of JFK 2 terms and Bobby possibly running for president and winning he would do two terms and then possibly Ted running for president winning and possibly doing two terms so you you have Kennedy Dynasty running the country they were not going to let that happen

[@saveyourbacon6164]

Sad to say, the world Americans would be living in today, had Kennedy completed two terms, would be little different from the USA of today. Rupert Murdoch would still have moved to the USA and established a media empire there, and the rich would still have learned to use their wealth and power through their lobbyists to lean on politicians to put their interests front and center. Inequality and declining living standards would still plague most Americans.

[@josvb]

I come from Europe and studied US history. Oh my god, dear Americans. Look what has become of your great country. JFK was your last great and true President. Compare this hero with who you have been stuck with... R.I.P. Mister President

[@roadrules3671]

@Jos van Bommel; Could NOT Agree more. I think a vast Majority of Americans ( Those 50 or Older ) would agree as well.

[@abcd123906]

Jos van Bommel Yes, I agree. It's sad what has happened.

[@sunnyseacat6857]

Yes! Exactly! Kennedy was before my time but hearing these speeches online helps me realize what a mess the USA is in and has become. I admire JFK's intelligence. The USA has been corrupted for a long, long time. Perhaps the murder of Lincoln signaled the downward spiral of America, escalating with the very public murder of JFK to Sept 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Central (both shown worldwide... deliberately folks). JFK can "see" all of this from above, so to speak. I think he is still with us though. America was a great, monumental dream for some. In the remarkable book, Black ElK Speaks, he (Black Elk) said the dream (of freedom for his people) died in the yet another war against Indians, after the Battle of the Little Big Horn ... I forget that battle's name. Point being, dreams of freedom are in all people and I believe JFK knew that implicitly... Back to American Indians, the West, and Lincoln: I would say that "the West" was lost. Lincoln did not help Native Americans. Dakota38. Think from a Native American's point of view in the 1800's and now, 2018. The West was "conquered" by whites/ Europeans - deliberate genocide, folks. JFK got that wrong, however, JFK did say elsewhere that Native Americans were the least understood group of people ... I think, nonetheless, that JFK was up against brutal, vicious, treasonist leeches all around him and he knew it. All in all, JFK - you showed the world the potential of America, just like Black Elk. Thank you both!

[@bella57603]

Dixon Adair hey you dont have be 50 or older to admire president kennedy and believe in the same values im only 21 and hes the reason i am how i am today him and my father whom i hold very high

[@abcd123906]

Hannah Brighton Totally agree. I’m 26 :) Whenever I want to get inspired, I go on KZbin and listen to a speech by FDR or JFK. None of the modern politicians we have now even come close!

[@jamesbanks8206]

As long as we have the opportunity to do so,someone took away the opportunity in Dallas TX. and took away a great man, and we've been rolling down hill like a snow ball headed for hell ever since. As Merle Hagar put it.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

$1.25 bought more back then than the minimum wage does today. Believe me, those were better times.

[@MultiJimmyb]

with the cost of living now, 20 dollars an hour would hardly be enough

[@kaymuldoon3575]

You’re right. Thanks to the greed of the 1%, one of Reagan’s lasting legacies which has all but destroyed the middle class. Thanks Reagan

[@patricklowry7001]

We need another JFK!

[@rickuyeda4818]

Who do you think employees all the Middle Class? The 1% were smart enough and took chances to become successful. Back in '67, I was grateful to even have a job at $1.25 an hour while going to school. I worked 6 days a week, 8 hours a day and 14 hours on Sunday. Working at a Gas Station, there was no overtime or double time on Sunday. No triple time on Major Holidays. Sundays and Holidays are a construct in your mind. Hell, Grammar School kids had paper routes now taken over by adults. Gas Stations are now automated and you pump your own fuel. I'm the Middle Class and retired. I own my own home and 5 cars. How? Prior to retiring, 10 years before pulling the plug, I never took a day off, never took a vacation and worked all the overtime offered because I planned on being debt free and paying off my house. It called hard work!

[@peacemonger766]

I disagree - As Mark Twain said, "Things aren't like they used to be - and they never were!"

[@AuomAk]

Ok this is when leaders were real, advancing the nation, no bullshit.

[@thebacons5943]

AUOMAK there has always been BS, Kennedy was far from an exception in that regard. But he was a good president and our leaders should certainly follow his example

[@dspreis]

No one like JFK today...

[@tjcassidy2694]

Here's a possible answer ... watch?v=-XBlrAxPtAw

[@redaryan9719]

Trump

[@Xpistos510]

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie come as close as possible. Obama’s economic and environmental policies were more like Nixon’s policies despite Obama’s social policies being more Leftist.

[@Xpistos510]

A Ryan not really. Neither policy-wise nor leadership wise. Kennedy was an inspirational leader and uniter. Trump’s only similarities is that he comes from a wealthy family, and that he proposed a space force (which can be compared to the moon missions). Trump is economically too far Right Wing and elitist to be like Kennedy.

[@scottycameron5937]

@@redaryan9719 really? Trump supports a 70% top marginal tax rate.

[@jackmackenzie2482]

This is what a Statesman is supposed to sound like!! He was a Great American!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ignatiusjk]

THIS IS LEADERSHIP !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not the ridiculous bickering we're getting today. When I watch this clip and think of the political system today I am embarrassed.

[@checkerslane]

His entire speech is still relevant today.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Even more so ten years after your comment

[@DyanneGavin]

Wow, a real President,.....caring, intelligent, passionate. What we have running for president today is pitiful. They look and sound like high school students. Grown up, stupid, brats speaking with nothing substantial to offer the American people. No wonder we're all walking around like we're dumb-founded. Thank you for posting this and reminding me of what I was missing and why I was feeling strange. It wasn't my lack of understanding, it's our politician's lack of everything, frankly.

[@ghebalouhacene7422]

THE LAST GREAT PRESIDENT...

[@luistijero3771]

Absolutely. No other president like Jack Kennedy after his assassination. Great loss.

[@leroyburrow2432]

JFK was too advanced for the Republicans back then even when pay wage was only 1.25 he wanted more for Americans . A better way a better life. That's why thay stopped his life. A president for the people.

[@roadrules3671]

@@leroyburrow2432 ; It wasn't the Republicans that had John Kennedy murdered. It was his own Party.

[@transylvanianite3391]

The Era back then would've cringe at modern politics

[@JL-oi2cv]

his speech on universal healthcare is just like what Bernie sanders is fighting for!!! Bernie 2020

[@upsty6499]

Bernie is a sap

[@collins48lc]

He was nothing like Bernie He hated communist

[@jkrasney1]

"We aren't able to solve overnight all the problems that this country faces, but that any reason why we should say, 'let's not even try?'" It is a start. Let us begin. Let us try. "The business of government is the business of the people."

[@Junior_Rocky]

I wish we could have a President like this!!!

[@1969lincolnosiris]

*We do.* *Name a single policy difference?*

[@1969lincolnosiris]

***** *Their tax policies are identical.* *Both are against high taxes. Unfortunately our taxes right now are at an all time low, WAY too low, even with a record deficit.* *You can thank Reagan and Bush for that.* *There are several tax charts per president on the “interwebs" if you need a simplified resource.* *Just a quick google search.*

[@1969lincolnosiris]

***** *The average top tax rate throughout American history is around 62%, which is, coincidentally or not, the rate that JFK used.* *The current top tax rate is about half of what JFK thought it should be, which is a ridiculously low 34%.* *You are being lied to, 24/7.*

[@davidtuley1068]

Junior Rocky we did

[@WizardofGargalondese]

1969lincolnosiris JFK didnt want any unnecessary wars with countries that didnt attack us. JFK didnt kill 90% civilians with his drone strikes. JFK was pro universal healthcare. Obama isnt. Obama is corrupt. JFK wasnt.

[@Mike649foxx]

I'm English but I think that JFK was the one of the best presidents of America. This man was a legend.

[@rossthompson7956]

When I was in Junior High School I believed all of us kids loved this president.

[@jeanniepiller3421]

The thing he has that others don't is that when he speaks you believe him. Rare for a politician.

[@davesuiter]

The tears shed at the passing of John Kennedy would overflow the great rivers of our nation. We will never be young again.

[@grazianodeluca73]

the last real president.

[@1969lincolnosiris]

Graziano de luca __ ____*JFK advocated for Universal Healthcare, Minimum Wage, Social Security, Progressive Taxation, Medicare, Labor Unions, Public Education and Strong Worker’s Rights.* *I can think of many other presidents that advocated the same things.*

[@matthewmiller2367]

If this man lives and completes 2 terms this country would be in a totally different place than we are in now. Not only the country but the entire world would be in a much better place. Intelligent speaking, intelligent policies, how different the world is today.

[@TRob52]

So true.

[@carolmeagher4134]

What an incredible speech, had he only lived. I am 80.

[@gotch09]

I had some idiot tell me that social security, public school systems, etc. were "socialism". He went blind when I told him if he went to public schools as a kid, or collected social security when he was old, why that made him a "socialist". He threw the word around, not knowing it's true meaning, because he heard Rush Limbag use the word. I kid you not.

[@Snoopy7666]

Well said...sometimes it's very hard to believe it has been 50 years since that brilliant mind was blown to bits in an unspeakable act of political murder. I find it incalculable what America and the world lost that day...not just a man, but a vision, a direction, an initiative that could have truly changed the world for good - and made it safer for peace. 'We shan't see his like again.

[@seanohare5488]

Sad but true

[@technologic21]

It's 2023 and this amazing man was pushing for a better America in 1962! Absolutely amazing leadership.

[@erikpeterson25]

Quite the impassioned speech.....given he came from wealth his ability to speak for the not so wealthy was very honorable 👍

[@mariovaccarella6854]

This is the first time I'm hearing this Speech. This Man was way ahead of his time, and, the reason He is, in my opinion, The Greatest President Of All Time, Given His Limited Time. He believed In Free Market, And, A Small But Responsible Government That's There To Spend, Not Waste, Money, With Minimal Taxation.

[@seanohare5488]

True

[@mariovaccarella6854]

@@seanohare5488 Thanks for your comment

[@rjwalker6677]

Interesting how health care was a big issue even then.

[@bilbobaggins9451]

And now politicians don't even talk about healthcare. Even though it's gone up by an absurd amount.

[@emmanueludeze-onwuka2364]

I'm very sure he would support a Medicare for All program.

[@TheAlcapone100]

business of the government now has become the business of corporations and that's why regular people are struggling

[@harolddburke4726]

J.F.K. What a great 1st citizen. Most of what he says is still applicable today. What he does is cut through the differences and reaches us as one people with his vision and positive leadership.

[@nidurnevets]

What should a person do if they suddenly need vital surgery to save their life, and they don't have health insurance? Or they are diagnosed with cancer? In a rich country, which has billionaires, there shouldn't even be a debate about providing healthcare for all citizens. I think Ayn Rand rules this country.

[@adrianpoesiat]

FDR tried to pass universal Medicare in his new deal. The GOP voted against it. I’m Canadian. We’ve had universal Medicare since 1965 when Tommy Douglas first passed the legislation provincially in Saskatchewan. Kiefer Sutherland’s grandfather.

[@MCO18]

I wish we had the optimism of the early 60s.

[@aughalough1]

What a outstanding leader !

[@seanohare5488]

Definitely

[@Snoopy7666]

JFK was the last US president that summoned (so famously) Americans to ask not what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country. He called upon us all to be pioneers as our forefathers and founders had been. He believed in the virtues of national service. He served in the US Navy in WWII an' was a genuine hero. He respected strength, commitment and self-reliance, and had no patience for weakness. He helped pull the world back from the nuclear abyss in 1962.

[@Arbognire]

“A progressive citizenry of retrained workers.”

[@sarathabeywickrema4903]

What a class act JFK is (was). There is none in US politics today to touch him. The man is a shining example of outstanding quality, determination, and prestige. Sadly we see today only hubris filled bamboozlers. This is from a citizen of Sri Lanka.

[@MovieHound17]

Man he was just a natural pres. Im captivated by him when he speaks......NEVER EVER! felt this way once watching any other pres since then

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@PacoOtis]

Wow! JFK could really speak and capture an audience! Thanks for the video!

[@davegillod]

Listening to Kennedy manifest his speech - no teleprompter, no dry aphorisms, no phony baloney playacting. He makes most of today's politicians sound embarrassing for our country. Indeed, the world. Who's a great world leader and orator today? I can think of a few.

[@ruthcummings6824]

Than k you for posting! Sure miss him and Bobby and Teddy ..... they all really were devoted to our country and to us. It has now been nearly 60 years .....my grandmother was cleaning house for $1 an hour and suffered from angina. I remember them talking about what Jack Kennedy wanted to do for the elderly as we sat there in bass river on cape cod. She made $7 a month from soc sec and was so grateful !

[@collins48lc]

Teddy was a disgusting human being Who let a woman die to save his ass

[@johnnypastrana6727]

Right wing revisionist history would have us believe that JFK was a right wing democrat. Of course, this could be not be further from the truth. Like Franklin Roosevelt, he believed in a pro active government concerned about the needs of the many and not the few. RIP Mr. President

[@Buzzbox3rd]

+Johnny Pastrana Very well said.

[@2468allan]

+Johnny Pastrana: Kennedy was left leaning in his politics. A great President that is sorely missed!

[@johnnypastrana6727]

Now the modern democratic party is militaristic and fascist...I support Trump big time...

[@kennedylegacy8849]

JFK was pro life, he cut taxes, increased the military budget- he was pretty right wing as is almost every president in American history

[@Jessman9000]

KidWithIT is best For one, he raised military spending for an OBVIOUS reason. The cold war, our relations with the USSR were shite, not to mention then vietnam conflict. BUt we have NO REASON to keep spending SO MUCH money on our military today, the only reason why we do ist so military contractors can keep making millions off of pointless wars. And for those tax cuts. Guess you he cut taxes to? Not the SUPER rich, just the middle/upper middle- income families.

[@zippgunz]

Ideologically JFK is hard to pigeonhole - one of the things I like about him.

[@MC-Podunk]

Liberal, easy.

[@SN2903]

Conservative Democrat.

[@WhiteCamry]

SN2903+ Guess again .... kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWTSimxpmdSiqck

[@Xpistos510]

JFK: On Executive Agencies, Populist Economically Liberal Temperamentally Conservative Socially Moderate On Race-Relations, Progressive Foreign Policy-wise, Conservative I largely agree that he is somewhat hard to pigeonhole, but Kennedy was a New Deal Democrat. So he was a standard, 20th Century, Classic Modern Liberal. At least, if you HAD to give a label, that one works slightly better.

[@Xpistos510]

SN2903, depending on the issues. He was economically Liberal though. (Not economically Libertarian - he was a New Deal Democrat.)

[@terryburleyson1208]

never heard this before.........truth...........bone chilling truth................this man was just to good to last......shame on the ones who killed him............

[@DerWaidmann_]

There's a reason this man was murdered by his government.

[@badnewswade]

It's like listening to someone dictate their own death warrant.

[@phil36310]

He was truly a man and President no one ever came close to. Even not being an American JFK still lives on in my heart. Those who killed him, soon will wish they never been born. For God loves the righteous ones !

[@theearl1477]

No doubt he was well spoke. His press conferences were classics. No nastiness towards the press, but a tremendous sense of humor. Please God help us find someone like Jack Kennedy to lead us once again?

[@pilotrserra]

We need healthcare for everyone. We all are tired of GREEDY corporations.

[@backcountyrpilot]

I’m tired of greedy people that want others to carry their wait.

[@hemiolaguy]

@@backcountyrpilot And I'm tired of ignorant people who don't know the difference between "wait" and "weight."

[@susankohistany]

i feel compelled to scream. I LOVE YOU JFK

[@jamyla]

Somewhere he hears it! ♥️

[@sooz9433]

He was a highly educated man who was familiar with America and what it needed, he didn't need notes. I was 13 when he was murdered the day before my 14th birthday and I cried and cried when I found out... my whole family did.

[@michaelmallinson7620]

I bet that was a very sad time, knowing when the President died. I was pretty close to 2 years old. I was crying and really didn’t understand… later in life, however, I was even more deeply saddened and troubled by the assassinations in the turbulent 1968 year, when MLK Jr and RFK issue happened and the Viet Nam War was continuing… I really regret those tragic experiences at the age of 6. It all came down to a very challenging time for the USA. 😢

[@fredericopinto2943]

JFK was too visionary for this effed up world.

[@stevenchelmsford4882]

First time I've seen this speech ... amazing! Wow ... very impressive ... he was not reading this speech ... no teleprompter etc. ...

[@gerryodowd3914]

Trump should watch this and realise he is not fit to walk through the same door as this man did let alone hold the same office

[@marypoppins2044]

And Hildabeast, with her LIFETIME record of felonies and blatant corruption, should?

[@sciedpower]

Trump and his followers are shameless, they would rather burn our Nation down then try to do the hard work of repairing it.

[@ryand9873]

Both Trump and Hillary should watch this video

[@scorsese1]

Yes

[@nefersguy]

Its funny BUT Trumps economic policy is a mirror image of what JFK did.