Kennedy's cup of tea?

Published November 30, 2013

by Gary Pearce, Talking About Politics, November 30, 2013.

Thanks to Senator Bob Rucho for serving up a heaping holiday helping of hilarity: “JFK could have been the founder and leader of the Tea Party.”

 

Let’s let JFK answer himself. In the 1960 campaign, he said: “I have yet to hear of one single original piece of new, progressive legislation of benefit to the people, suggested and put into a fact by the Republican Party.”

 

Also in 1960, he defined himself this way: “If by a ‘Liberal’ they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a ‘Liberal’, then I'm proud to say I'm a ‘Liberal’.”

 

As to Rucho, let us quote Lloyd Bentsen: “Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.”

 

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November 30, 2013 at 8:23 am
Rip says:

All of this is in response to the fact that it has been pointed out that St. Ronnie would not even be considered Republican material anymore - especially by the Tea Party.

November 30, 2013 at 2:00 pm
TP Wohlford says:

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future. -- Hubert H. Humphrey

So, are you a Dem, or not?

You gonna tell me, on one hand, that any Dem before, say, 1970 isn't a "modern Dem" but then try this "Reagan wouldn't be a GOP person" Comedy Central / DailyKos / MSNBC zinger tactic on me?

November 30, 2013 at 2:05 pm
TP Wohlford says:

"Most Democrats and Republicans in the Senate voted for an $11.5 billion tax cut for American citizens and American business, but not Barry Goldwater." -- HHH.

So would HHH be a Dem today?