Phoenix
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Today I was listening to some people talking about Ronald Reagan and how they loved him and such and it got me wondering, who is the president (or notable politician) that you would consider your favorite and why do you say so?
When I tried to answer this question myself I kept coming back to John F. Kennedy. Why? Primarily for his role in kickstarting the space program in the US, for maintaining containment during the Cold War during the Cuban Missile Crisis (which has probably allowed most of us to be alive to day), and finally for the most gangster quote of all
The funniest (and most gangster) part of this is that it is the equivalent of saying "Don't ask what I can do for YOU, as what you can do for ME"! And people applauded and celebrated him for it But seriously, he was one of the last presidents that I can recall who actually CHALLENGED the populace to do something.
When I tried to answer this question myself I kept coming back to John F. Kennedy. Why? Primarily for his role in kickstarting the space program in the US, for maintaining containment during the Cold War during the Cuban Missile Crisis (which has probably allowed most of us to be alive to day), and finally for the most gangster quote of all
Kennedy said:Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country
The funniest (and most gangster) part of this is that it is the equivalent of saying "Don't ask what I can do for YOU, as what you can do for ME"! And people applauded and celebrated him for it But seriously, he was one of the last presidents that I can recall who actually CHALLENGED the populace to do something.