he's been so overrated that the conventional wisdom is that he's overrated, and so he has become underrated.
God, I'm so glad I'm not in politics.
Actually, I would be interested to hear from people who lived through Kennedy's presidency what sorts of impressions of him people, maybe those who voted for him in particular, had during his three years in the Oval Office. Obviously his persona and campaign created a certain glamor around him. But I'd be interested to hear what people thought of him during his term, whether they were disappointed, encouraged, inspired or indifferent. There is obviously distortion in Kennedy's case because he was brutally murdered in front of everybody. But it's also been my experience that presidents tend to be more vilified during their presidencies and lionized afterward. My parents had positive associations of his presidency, including my dad, who was an Eisenhower Republican of sorts. But I wonder what others who remember his term think.
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