Reply #71: Facts are Facts whether trivia or not. You don't get your own set of facts [View All]

[saracat]

You argue Kennedy would have been reelected so choose to count it as a viable fact when he was at a 30% approval rating in Nov. 1963, and the Democratic Party was badly split between the liberals and the conservatives. We lost those conservatives. Remember Strom Thurmond was a Democrat!Kennedy was trying to unite the party and mend fences prior to the election. The South was very important to him.That was a reason he wasn't pushing for the Civil rights Act. He wouldn't dare sign it at that point. That was the reason he didn't send troops to the University of Mississippi when Meredith enrolled. He only sent Federal Marshals, though he was asked for troops. He always regretted that.Two people were killed. Kennedy saw George Wallace as a huge threat, and he was.

I have no idea whether Obama will be re-elected or not but at least use the real facts when trying to analyze.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/behind-the-numbers/2007/07/approval_highs_and_lows.html