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BOSTON.- As citizens across the country prepare to elect the next President, the Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library has unveiled The Making of a President, a special display of archival material and Museum objects from the Library's collection that explores those elements of John F. Kennedy's life that prepared him for a career in public service and motivated...
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is trying to invoke the passion of President John F. Kennedy for his Democratic National Convention speech, officials say.Obama supporter Theodore Sorensen, who worked on Kennedy's New Frontier convention acceptance speech in 1960, said Obama is taking a page from the late president by moving his DNC speech to an outdoor facility in Denver, USA Today...
Barack Obama , listen up! In this video from August 13, 1962, when the highest marginal individual income tax rate was 91% and the highest marginal corporate tax was 52%, President John F. Kennedy announced his plan to introduce permanent, across-the-board tax cuts for both individuals and corporations. Kennedy argued that both "logic and equity" demanded tax relief for Americans,...
As the TV cameras close upped teary-eyed Demo Denver conventioneers when Senator Edward Kennedy took the stage, I remembered another night and another Kennedy. It was July 15, 1960, at the L.A. Sports Arena and John F. Kennedy was making his acceptance speech as the Demos' Presidential candidate. In my column that day I wrote, "We were on the platform...
John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech is widely regarded as having reassured voters who were wary because he was a young Catholic and hardly a legislative lion in the Senate.
John F. Kennedy’s 1960 speech is widely regarded as having reassured voters who were wary because he was a young Catholic and hardly a legislative lion in the Senate.
... of
Barack Obama.
I have long dreamed that our party would produce another president
matching John F. Kennedy's intellect and integrity, his capacity to inspire
justice at home and peace around the world--and this week my dream is
coming true. Once in a lifetime, said the poet, hope and history meet in
one extraordinary man and movement--I thank the good Lord that I've lived
long...
... dreams can be one”. The 35-minute acceptance speech, the first to be held in the open air since John F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1960, was elaborately staged with a backdrop of a building that looked like a mock Greek temple but also with windows that made it reminiscent of the White House. Afterwards, red, white and blue fireworks shot out of the top of the building, one side of...
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I have long dreamed that our party would produce another president matching John F. Kennedy's intellect and integrity, his capacity to inspire justice at home and peace around the world--and this week my dream is coming true. Once in a lifetime, said the poet, hope and history meet in one extraordinary man and movement--I thank the good Lord that I've lived long...
In a sub-section of your report on a plot to assassinate Barack Obama, the US presidential candidate (27 August), you say that the Warren Commission's conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin who shot President John F Kennedy has "hardened over the years into certainty". This is far from the case, although, with the passage of time, the true facts will probably never be...
Susan Davis reports from Denver inside the convention hall. Caroline Kennedy praised her uncle, Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, and Barack Obama as two men who have changed my life and said leaders like them come along once in a lifetime. The daughter of former President John F. Kennedy was part of Obama's vice presidential vetting team [...]
There will be a few posts on the speeches given at the Democratic Party Convention in Denver this year. Starting with remarks prepared for delivery by Caroline Kennedy. As I watched the events of November 1963 in which it has been echoed many times that we all remember where we were that day, [...]
She comes from the most high-profile political family in America, but Caroline Kennedy has avoided running for office and instead chosen to carry the Camelot torch by working mostly behind the scenes and in charity. Now there's talk that...
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President John F. Kennedy, is paying tribute to Barack Obama and to her uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy. After mentioning that Obama had inspired her the way people told her they had been inspired by her father, Ms. Kennedy began outlining a list of Ted Kennedy's legislative accomplishments, describing him as more of a senator for America...
The first evening of the Democratic Convention in Denver included tributes to former president Jimmy Carter and Senator Edward Kennedy. The keynote speech was given by Michelle Obama, the wife of the Democratic candidate. Michelle ObamaThe convention is being held at a football stadium and Michelle Obama gives the impression of playing at a home game where she is surrounded only by supporters....
