I could do some yard work, I could wash the truck, I could wash out the trailer, I could ..., but I have decided to rest and read a little. What would the media do today if JFK were running. After all, he is one of their chosen party. However, let's look at just four of the items I like about him:
1. "Ask not what your Country can do for you, but what you can do for your Country."
2. Put a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
3. Super sonic air travel.
4. Nose to nose in a show of strength and determination with Russia.
Points two and three were challenges he laid before the people and industry. True, there was a lot of public money there, but he set goals for us, and even after he was gone they were completed.
I believe that if a person stepped up to the podium today and said #1, put out challenges #2 & #3, or did #4, the media would crucify them. We have put our hope, trust, and future in a bunch of idealistic, self righteous, talking heads who create controversy for the sheer sake of raising our view their own importance.