21. Prof. Kruse does the same thing here: "oh yeah, he stood up to the Russians." Tough-on-USSR was, of course, the conservative position throughout the Cold War, not the liberal one. It has remained the position of many non-Trump conservatives since. https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1104826923589554176 …
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23. JFK's Vietnam policy remains controversial on Right & Left alike, as does what we *should* have done in Vietnam. But the fact that his Administration escalated our presence there & backed the overthrow of Diem in South Vietnam should tell you how far JFK was from the Left.
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24. JFK lifted regulatory & ratemaking burdens on natural gas producers: "If it is in the public interest to maintain an industry, it is clearly not in the public interest by the impact of regulatory authority to destroy its otherwise viable way of life." https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/special-message-the-congress-the-regulatory-agencies#axzz2hS0cKtX6 …
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25. On welfare programs, JFK in his 1962 SOTU argued for "stressing services instead of support, rehabilitation instead of relief, and training for useful work instead of prolonged dependency." A 1990s neoliberal theme, but surely more Reagan & Newt than Pelosi.
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26. Prof. Kruse doesn't mention guns. JFK was the only Democratic president to be a Life Member of the NRA. He gave a pro-Second Amendment statement to Guns Magazine in 1960: https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHP/1961/Month%2004/Day%2028/JFKWHP-1961-04-28-C?image_identifier=JFKWHP-ST-91-1-61 … https://web.archive.org/web/20180326063342/http://gunsmagazine.com/1960issues/G0460.pdf …
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27. Note that JFK statement on guns stressed "the right of each citizen" to bear arms. Also some other lawmakers ducked the question; one who came out roughly where JFK did was Democratic Senator Willis Robertson, father of Pat.pic.twitter.com/KTFRI6bFZe
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28. JFK in 1961: "Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not only prepared to take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life..." https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/life-of-john-f-kennedy/john-f-kennedy-quotations/commemorative-message-on-roosevelt-day …
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29. What about abortion & birth control? JFK was Catholic. He put Byron White, dissenter in Roe v Wade (& author of Bowers v Hardwick) on SCOTUS. In 1959-60, JFK described abortion as "repugnant" & opposed US funding of birth control abroad:pic.twitter.com/5z1SExXZvE
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30. You get the point: JFK was liberal on some issues, but quite conservative on others. He was more conservative than the Democrats who preceded or followed him, & took key positions his party later renounced as anathema. Don't let progressives tell you history says otherwise.
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31 (epilogue) I see the Prof. has posted a response, which declines to engage with Kennedy's position on any issue & falls back mostly on numerical ratings. https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1105239767929761794 …
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Hey Dan, where do you think numerical ratings come from? It's like in baseball...batting averages come from performance at the plate. Kennedy's liberal ratings came from his voting performance in office.
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Replying to @jessphoenix2018 @baseballcrank and
Dan thinks he's an intellectual, but really he is "unencumbered by the thought process."
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