In the face of the sweeping mania to desecrate or remove historic and patriotic monuments in this country, I think that I have a possible solution: Let's make it a tit-for-tat process. For every statue, plaque or building that memorializes the tough times that our nation has survived ... and now the new Left wants to eliminate; the Right has the option to erase an equivalent icon which is offensive to them.
My first choice in this deal would be, in exchange for the Robert E. Lee monument in Charlottesville, the JFK Library in South Boston. OK, OK maybe that's too unequal. Make it just the annual Profiles in Courage Award that is presented there. Or for a closer equivalence, we might exchange Faneuil Hall in Boston for this library. If this swap requires just a name change, we might rename the library -- the Fiddle Faddle Memorial Hall (look it up).
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JFK is offensive to you and your rightwing peers?
Why is that?
Not enough space for all the reasons. Short answer: because he is a Kennedy.
Ah! The whole clan. White Irish Catholics from Massachusetts that went to Harvard. Got it...
"http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/howie_carr/2017/03/excerpts_from_howie_carrs_new_book_kennedy_babylon_trouble_in"
What a trashy source! Here's one review: "thought this was going to be trash...but it is below that. After about 30 pages, I gave up in disgust. Most of it isn't even gossip...it's just ugly unfounded fiction. I wanted to take this book and throw it violently against the wall. Like the Kennedys or not...they don't deserve such a devestating punch." Have any other journalists endorse Howie's tripe?
Generic spitballs don't count. Critics need to provide specific objections. I understand that Ted Sorensen has electively created the Kennedy myth ... but a lot of it is make-believe. I think most of what Howie reported is well sourced.
Name a critic, politico, or journalist that has reviewed Kennedy Babylon.
It got 4 1/2 stars, out of 5 on Amazon Hilary Clinton's latest, "Hard Choices" only got 4 (mostly from people who didn't read it).
Those 51 reviews are generic whoevers that bought the book. Amazon doesn't even sell it. Name a recognized critic, politico, or journalist that reviewed it.
That famous blogger, George W. Potts, gave it a 5 ...
Good enough for me! Tear down the JFK library...
He is a TRumpswab, I hear.
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