Barack Obama vs: JFK

[Mr. Jew]

Obama (I/O)

Progressives and liberals really need to actually examine what kind of politician JFK was before putting him in because "muh greatness!"  I am not one of those idiots who think he ran to Nixon's right in 1960 but he was far from a principled liberal and was a textbook example of a political panderer.  Yes, Obama did that quite a bit in his career, but at least he had a (mostly) consistent worldview of things and took on unpopular causes.  JFK's career consisted of blatant pandering to Taft Republicans over the TVA and anti-Communism, flipflopping over what to do in Southeast Asia, and trying to come out as the least offensive candidate to Dixiecratic segregationalists right before running for office in 1960.  Say what you want about Barack Obama but I'm sure he hasn't taken such extreme leaps of inconsistency as JFK did to get elected.

And even after he got elected he wasn't exactly a solid liberal either.  It took him two years to act on the Civil Rights issue and he did some real shady things in Cuba.  Sure, I know "judge them in the context of their times" but people were pointing this out about JFK during his own time.  I think that's quite valid to bring up.

[Mr. Jew]

(inb4 someone makes a "I like guys that don't get assassinated" joke) - okay, too late.

Obama for reasons that others mentioned, plus the fact that he didn't deflower a 19-year-old intern while in office.

Yeah that was some shady stuff.  Not because she was 19 though.  See: forced sex.