Explain this to me?

.MASSHOLE.

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So, can someone explain to me the fascination with JFK? I understand he was assassinated, was young, had a great 1st Lady, was a Kennedy, but beyond that, he didnt really amount to much from what I have heard.

(This is coming from someone who hasnt done much in regards to American Political History during the Cold War Era)

Nov 24 2013 5:40PM

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Piste.Off

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he boned marilyn monroe

Nov 24 2013 5:41PM

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.MASSHOLE.

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I forgot to mention I know the basics (Cuban Missile Crisis, MM Controversy, Bay of Pigs, etc) but I dont understand why people believed he would have amounted to such a great president.

Nov 24 2013 5:44PM

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Proletariat.

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He was nailing Marilyn Monroe

Nov 24 2013 5:46PM

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Chris.B

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He made the decision for the US to go to the moon, was a war hero, in favor of civil rights, first catholic president and had a great public image.

Nov 24 2013 5:50PM

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Chris.B

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Also looked great in sunglasses.

Nov 24 2013 5:51PM

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doGelyst

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First pres that everyone could see on TV.

Nov 24 2013 5:52PM

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987321654hgfd

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He banged everything. People love to get into the whole conspiracy theory (though I'm not one of them. He was a war hero. He was a Kennedy.

Nov 24 2013 5:54PM

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Wallisch_pl

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I remember hearing in my US history class that the reason he was killed (and his brother, lawyer) is that because his father had payed off the mob to get fake voted for a swing state or something and the father never 100% payed them so the mob was like "you're gonna regret this" and the was like "k lol" then the 2 sons were murdered

Nov 24 2013 5:59PM

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deleted5

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I'm shocked you don't go to a private school, with the country's top educators. On a real note I've always had a very strong gut feeling, he was killed by the Federal Reserve although I have no proof for it.

Nov 24 2013 6:25PM

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Wallisch_pl

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It was a video we were shown, that was made by National Geographic I think, chill

Nov 24 2013 6:28PM

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GayWolf420

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It was Obama

Nov 24 2013 6:29PM

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Wallisch_pl

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Nov 24 2013 6:55PM

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JAHpow

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He regularly had three-ways with his two secretaries and Mrs. Kennedy knew about it.

Nov 24 2013 6:57PM

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Wallisch_pl

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"lets fucking pound the wall with a hammer i wonder what the fuck will happen, oh shit it broke a hole through the wall why the fuck did that happen

Nov 24 2013 6:59PM

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TechnoPotamus

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from what I gather in this thread, if you bang lots of hoes, you are fit to be president, and/or rule the world

Nov 24 2013 7:04PM

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Wallisch_pl

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Nov 24 2013 7:10PM

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catsRjerks

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Just like good ole Clinton "I did not have sexual relations with that Woman" same deal.. Bang broads, receive aplause

Nov 24 2013 8:05PM

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HowNeatIsThat

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The fascination between it all stems from all the conspiracies and questions that arose that day. And, it was all on live TV - it was the first time something this big has happened.

An analogy of that happening in that day and age with media coverage would be comparing it to September 11, 2001 in the States -- especially in the north east.

Read the time article in the most recent edition on JFK -- I did yesterday, it's awesome.

Nov 24 2013 9:35PM

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coling

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Jfk was a baller

Nov 24 2013 9:53PM

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