of the Kennedy brothers who would have been the best president?

[WI_DEM]

Yes, we know JFK was president, though his term was tragically cut short, but who do you think would have been the greatest "President Kennedy"?

[xkenx]

1. I go back to Bobby Kennedy, and not since RFK

have I been so inspired by a public figure as I have been inspired by Wes Clark. We didn't have Bobby in the White House, but we have the opportunity to put wes Clark there.

[flyingfysh]

2. all of them

They would all have been immensely better than the fool we have today. It's really hard to choose between "terrific" and "superb".

[BOSSHOG]

5. flyingfish is absolutely right

All three of them. How bout the bush morons, george, jeb, neil. Holy Christ, the bush's make the three stooges statesmen by comparison.

Put a Kennedy in the white house anyday.

[EFerrari]

23. Agree. It's easier to idealize Bobby because he has the shortest

record, though.

[uppityperson]

3. Bobby, then Ted once he grew up, then Jack

[Devil Dog Dem]

4. Zeppo, the forgotten brother.

Oh wait, that was the Marx Brothers. Nevermind.

[VOX]

9. Stick out your hand. *applies ruler smartly to DDD's knuckles* WHACK!

Now, go to your virtual room, and think about what you've done.

Just goofing on ya -- :toast: :hi:

[Devil Dog Dem]

19. Ow! That hurts!

I'm taking my ball and going home!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

21. OMG YOU WANT A MARXIST PRESIDENT!!111!!!!1!

[WI_DEM]

6. My feeling is that Teddy, the Teddy of the last twenty years or so,

would have been the most effective president.

[1monster]

7. Bobby. He was growing right before our eyes and becoming a really

terrific person and leader.

He had the passion that Jack lacked and he had learned the beginning of wisdom: knowing that one does not know...

[stellanoir]

8. jack junior RIP

[H2O Man]

10. I remember being in

a taxi in Boston in the 1980s, and my father asking the driver if he thought Ted should become president? The guy said no, he didn't think so. He pointed out that Ted was a great Senator, aqnd that many of our greatest leaders have been Senators, while some of the worst snakes were presidents. I agree.

It's difficult to say about JFK and RFK. Different men in different times. But one thing I can say, without any chance of error: the world would be a better place if John served from 1960 to '68, and Robert from '68 to '76.

[zeemike]

12. I don't think Bobby would have ran if JFK would have lived

Bobby was shy and content to help his big brother.It was only the war and his brothers death and perhaps Johnson as president that convinced him to run.
But once he was in the race it was no doubt that he would have won and there would have been no Nixon.

[H2O Man]

16. You might be right.

But I think that he was going to run. In fact, Jack being killed may have made it more likely he would wait until 1972, except Lyndon lost his mind. The Kennedy brothers had plans to lead this country in a new and progressive direction, and many people close to them were under the impression they would hold the presidency for 16 years. Their enemies were concerned that Ted would make it 24.

[Kelly Rupert]

11. Where's Joseph Kennedy, Jr?

[Gormy Cuss]

13. Yeah, Joe Jr. was the one the old man had in mind.

That family and planes, not a good combo.

[flyingfysh]

18. he was killed in World War 2

His bomber disappeared over the English Channel.

[Kelly Rupert]

20. Yes, I know he was killed on World War 2.

I was not asking where he was in the real world, I am asking where he was on the poll, since he was the one Joe Sr. was grooming for the White House.

[Raine]

14. Bobby

seemed to be the most progressive, he had so many new ideas and new ways of looking at things.

[Alexander]

15. JFK. He already was.

He was getting us out of Vietnam, saved the entire world during the Cuban Missile Crisis (while still standing strong against the USSR), intended to completely eliminate the CIA, pushed for the Civil Rights legislation through Congress and was perhaps most responsible for putting a man on the Moon.

I only wish he had chosen Humphrey, Gore Sr. or Symington or somebody else as his running mate and kept Johnson in the Senate where he could've done the most good as Majority Leader.

[NNadir]

17. I can't say I liked any of them.

Of course, my Democratic heroine - the greatest Democrat ever in my mind - was Eleanor Roosevelt.

She despised the Kennedy's.

[gauguin57]

22. CAROLINE!

My FAVORITE Kennedy!