Opinion of John F. Kennedy (by party)

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The best thing about JFK was that he learnt mistrust the CIA, after he was tricked into the stupid Bay of Pigs invasion. Him using that - to his credit - to develop a healthy dislike of the intelligence agencies and their tomfoolery that his predecessor and successor lacked. His actions in the Cuban Missile Crisis were also fairly sensible, I give him credit for avoiding nuclear war. That's always a positive.

Was he a nice person? Well, no, very few Presidents are. JFK was morally dubious, and his heavy use of spin vs. his actual actions means his reputation has suffered from people who think it's super clever to be "cynical" of popular people.