john kennedy. his mother was even more dominant on the prayer life, and kept after them for all of the reasons that good mothers do. i mean, to make responsible children, and -- but they kept very, very close track of what each was doing, and so i would not disagree that anybody who thinks that they were enormously up -- influential. the only thing i'm conscious of, however, is ambassador kennedy could not influence certain people in the democratic party. i mean, people that we were supporting. he frequently did not, so that -- >> who are you thinking of? [laughter] >> oh, well, i'm just really thinking about one fight that we had, and he just was not responsive. i mean, well, barbie was the responsible one, and what happened was that bobby had indicted the brother of a congressman from new york, and congressman who had been very, very responsive to us and wanted desperately for the indictment to be withdrawn, bobby refused; then there was a talk to the ambassador who said, no, he will do what he's

john kennedy. his mother was even more dominant on their prayer life, and and kept after them for all of the reasons that good mothers do. i mean, to make responsible children. but they can't have a very track of what each was doing -- kept very, very close track of each was doing. i would not disagree with anybody who would think they were enormously influential. the only thing i am conscious of, however, is that ambassador kennedy could not influence certain people in the democratic party. i mean, people that we were supporting, he frequently did not. spent who are you thinking of? >> well, i'm just really thinking about one fight that we had, and he just was not responsive. i mean, well, bobby was the responsible one. and what happened was that bobby had indicted the brother of a congressman from new york. and a congressman who had been very, very responsive to us wanted desperately for the indictment to be withdrawn. body refused -- body refused. and it was the talk to the ambassadors who said

one thing happened john kenneth galbraith was the ambassador to india in which john kennedy knew when he was in harvard. the ambassador in pakistan did not have that kind of relationship so for diplomatic relations it was a good idea to imply that walter mcconhe had a relationship with the president so mrs. kennedy implying the president thinks of the ambassador and he says that's funny i only met him once when i left to take this job two weeks ago. [laughter] >> so that didn't work terribly well. but not as a result of this. but having been in pakistan and watched him and watched him she wrote her husband's a memo say this is not the kind of ambassador we should not have and he went to the state department and the ambassador served until 1966. so maybe a comment on dean rusk. >> he didn't seem to be as involved in domestic politics, would you agree, dick? >> well, i don't know if she got involved in domestic politics. for instance, when they talk about monuments, i remember going to see john -- what the heck was his name, the congressman from brooklyn who was in charge of the appropr

i think the bottom line is it bother me ace catholic who saw great bias against john kennedy, as a man who was married to a jew on this holiest of day and the father of a chinese child any one of these things, catholicism, judaism or chinese could be issues of prejudice and i find prejudice to be something that people need to push away and the political process and you call something a cult, you may disagree with romney on many issues but he's a devout man, he shares values that they're talking about at this conference. he's a front-runner of our party and for anybody to say not to vote for him because his religion is a cult, i find it just outrageous and i think it disturbs our party and i think it basically gives the wrong impression of republicanism. >> paul, you're a democrat but you do campaign as well as anybody in the business. for this to happen at there's day, at there's time, governor perry coming to the forum, after he's been stumbling, down in the polls, conservatives have seen a few things in the record, immigration, hp vaccine, this gets stirred up, 54% of south carolina

sitting with john kennedy, he needed to be prodded, he needed to be led. he needed to be awakened to the issue of our day that he was not as in depth familiar with as he should have been. just as i believe now is the only thing i find missing from barack obama is a nation that's at his back. the tea party is there, a lot of people making a lot of noise, but he did not have and does not have, and will will have -- i predict it coming, what you sea on wall street is a martyr on its way to let the world know that there's an america that's awake, and an america that's thirsty for truth and an american that demands on having things in another way and is that way in a lot of america. a lot em -- the most unlikely thing, when a blam woman's feet hurt on a bus is a start of your movement? what are you smoking? you know, get out of here and go find life. we said we found a life, we're going to show you one. from that little humble beginning, we changed the future of america. i think exactly the same thing is happening now. >> when you see things like occupy wall st

>> understand this about ohi -- no decrat other than that john kennedy has ever been elected president without carrying ohio barack obama carried ohio in 2008. they are disisappointed in barack obama, and that question that colby mentioned, how you feel out a fifth grade kid -- there was no particular perception of obama. some saw him as the smartestid in the room others saw h as the owner, the teacher's pet, the all-amican kid. ere was ndefined sense of who he is and that is a problem i believe abortion should be safe and legal. >> mitt romney today. >> im firmly pro-life.e. >> here he is on a ballot initiative supported by ohio go john k 6asic -- kasich. >> i am not speakaking on particularallot issues. i am 110% behind v. kasich. >> romney has been running a savvy campaign, but he stumbled on this ballot question. is that going to come back to haunt him? he can get ay with this one, but flip-floping is his -- he has two big problems. one is the flip-flop thing, the other is that he is not applicicable.. -- not likable. i would not say he has unlikable in the debates, but he has been

his catholicism was held against him, but john kennedy got to the white house and overcame that that as a political issue. that is the challenge for mitt romney in this campaign, to get to those republican primaries, he's going to have to overcome this issue once again. >> jim acro costa, thank you, a always. >>> all this talk about mitt romney's religion, people say a lot of people don't know a lot about mormonism. let me give you some background. it was founded by a farmer named joseph smith in the early 1800s. he said an angel guided him to a hill in new york state and there on that hill he found golden tablets talking about how christ visited an ancient in the united states. he claims he saw god and flesh on the hill in palmyra, new york. president of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints are considered prophets and apostles of god. mormons believe in christ and god and consider themselves christians. pastor jefferss says basically he doesn't want to see romney nominated because of his mormon faith. also still to come as we get closer to the bottom of the hour, a 10-mon

you mentioned john kennedy. it was on september 12, 1960, that john kennedy spoke to a group of baptist ministers in hughes and he addressed his catholic faith and the issues in the 1960 campaign part of c-span's video archives. here is a portion of the speech. >> the hungry children i saw in west virginia, the old people who cannot pay doctor bills, the families formed to give up farms and america with too many slums with that few schools and too late to the moon and outer space. these are the issues that should decide this campaign and they are not religious issues. for war and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barrier. but because i'm catholic and no catholic has ever been elected president the real issues in the campaign have been object scoured -- obscured, trapped in some quarters less responsible than this. so it is apparently necessary for me to state once again it is not what kind of church i believe in for that should be important only to me but what kind of america i believe in. i bel

so they come out, they become more mainstream, people find out about them, john f. kennedy wins. religion goes mainstream. probably the same with mormonism there somebody an important time ubs for us all to pull together as americans, you know what i mean. >> stephen: i don't know what you mean. >> you know, it is unnarl and unhealthy for the most blue sky optimistic people in the world. we as americans to be as divided as we are today. >> stephen: don't we have to take our country back. >> we have to fix it. >> stephen: we have to take it back first before we can fix it. haven't you heard those chants. take our country back. >> we have to fix it i lived in china. >> stephen: i heard. >> we covered that earlier. and here's the deal-- . >> stephen: i'm sorry. but legally we have to do that. by the way, i find as i, as you have seen, i'm scared of chinese people and not chinese americans, greatest people in the world but chinese people. you speak mandarin. do you not. >> i do. >> stephen: okay. say the most nonscary thing in-- if you don't mind, would you say the most nonscary nice

they like john kennedy. they like ronald reagan. it sometimes doesn't really matter what the party is as long as they believe they have a strong leader. what they've witnessed with president obama is a president who seems to not have had much of a back bone, who hasn't really come in there with the understanding that he had a ten million vote margin over john mccain, a mandate from the american people to get busy and do some things especially in those first two years before the republicans had the house. so i just think that that's really where the discussion should take place of getting president obama to go back to being the centrist president he ran as with the positions that he had of ending these wars, taxing the rich, and reining in wall street. independents? you should see the polling on independents want regulations on wall street. they want them reined in. >> mark, what about raising taxes on the better off people? michael moore says that is a popular idea with the center as well as the left. >> the problem is the president

>> understand this about ohio -- node democrat other than john kennedy has been elected president without carrying ohio. barack obama carried ohio in 2008. they are disappointed in barack obama. the question that colby mentioned, how you feel about the fifth great kid? class clown? star athlete? there was no particular perception of obama. some saw him as the smartest kid in the roo, a so wjla.com -- some saw him as the smartest kid in the room, others at the loner, a teacher's pet. >> now listen to this. >> i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. >> mitt romney today. >> i am firmly pro-life. >> i am not speaking about the particular ballot issues. i am 110% behind gov. kasich. >> romney has been running a savvy campaign, but he stumbled on this ballot question. will that come back to haunt him? >> if he does this a couple more times, he can get away from this one, but flip-floping -- he has two big problems. one is flip-floping, the other is that he is not that likable. i would not say he has been like a bull in the debates, but he has been -- strong, and that

>> understand this about ohio -- no democrat other than john kennedy has been elected president out carrying ohio. -- without carrying ohio. barack obama carried ohio in 2008. they are disappointed in barack obama. the question that colby mentioned, how'd you feel about a fifth grade kid -- there was no particular perception about obama. some saw him as the smartest kid in the room, others saw him as the teacher's pet, the all- american kid. there was no defined sense of who he is, and that is a problem for him. >> i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. >> mitt romney today. >> i am firmly pro-life. >> here is romney on a ballot initiative supported by ohio gov. john kasich. >> i am not speaking about a particular ballot issue. i am 110% behind a governor kasich. >> romney has been running a pretty savvy campaign so far, but he stumbled on this ballot question. is that going to come back to haunt him? >> he can get away with this one, but flip-floping is his number one -- he has two big problems. one is the flip flop thing, the other is that he is not that likable.

>> understand this about ohio -- node democrat other than john kennedy has been elected president without carrying ohio. barack obama carried ohio in 2008. they are disappointed in barack obama. the question that colby mentioned, how you feel about the fifth great kid? class clown? star athlete? there was no particular perception of obama. some saw him as the smartest kid in the roo, a so wjla.com -- some saw him as the smartest kid in the room, others at the loner, a teacher's pet. >> now listen to this. >> i believe that abortion should be safe and legal in thi. >> i am firmly pro-life. >> i am not speaking about the particular ballot issues. i am 110% behind gov. kasich. >> romney has been running a savvy campaign, but he stumbled on this ballot question. will that come back to haunt him? >> if he does this a couple more times, he can get away from this one, but flip-floping -- he has two big problems. one is flip-floping, the other is that he is not that likable. i would not say he has been like a bull in the debates, but he has been -- strong, and that lika -- likable in the debates,

i predict a speech on this, not unlike john kennedy in 1960 and the issue will be not entirely laid to rest, but where it will matter it will not pull a state away from him. chris: thanks to a great roundtable. that's the show. thanks for watching. we'll see you back here next thanks for watching. we'll see you back here next week.

i predict a speech on this, not unlike john kennedy in 1960 and the issue will be not entirely laid to rest, but where it will matter it will not pull a state away from him. chris: thanks to a great roundtable. that's the show. thanks for watching. we'll see you back

john f. kennedy, when he was running for president faced concerns about his roman catholic faith. in 1960 he gave a speech about that. >> let me state once again, not what kind of church i believe in. i believe in an america that is officially neither a catholic, protestant, nor jewish, well nor public official requests or instructs policies from the pope. >> joining me now is karen finney and pat buchanan. they are both msnbc political analysts. pat, we've seen this before. mitt romney gave a speech on this back in 2007. do you think he's going to have to give another one? >> no, i don't think he's going to have to give another one. lee say, i think romney's speech, as i mentioned, was outstanding. and what john f. kennedy said -- and i still remember it -- don't pay attention to the fact that i'm a catholic. it will have nothing virtually to do with me being a president and when his brother joe hit the v-2 sites in france and died in that, it was a very powerful thing and very effective. but i think the problem here is really not mitt romney in that everybody knows mitt romney i

i predict a speech on this, not unlike john kennedy in 1960 and the issue will be not entirely laid to rest, but where it will matter it will not pull a state away from him. chris: thanks to a great roundtable. that's the show. thanks for watching. we'll see you back here next thanks for watching. we'll see you back here next week. you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ and you're always guaranteed the lowest prices online. so don't wait... try, compare and buy at verizonfios.com today. because there's never been a better time to build the perfect fios bundle.

you mentioned john kennedy. it was on september 12, 1960, that john kennedy spoke to a group of baptist ministers in hughes and he addressed his catholic faith and the issues in the 1960 campaign part of c-span's video archives. here is a portion of the speech. >> the hungry children i saw in west virginia, the old people who cannot pay doctor bills, the families formed to give up farms and america with too many slums with that few schools and too late to the moon and outer space. these are the issues that should decide this campaign and they are not religious issues. for war and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barrier. but because i'm catholic and no catholic has ever been elected president the real issues in the campaign have been object scoured -- obscured, trapped in some quarters less responsible than this. so it is apparently necessary for me to state once again it is not what kind of church i believe in for that should be important only to me but what kind of america i believe in. i bel

who watched it on television thought john kennedy had won by a landslide. it was that first moment in our history when we saw that television can transform a political candidate from a candidate into a celebrity, and it changed the whole contours of our politics. >> television, depending on your point of view, either gave voters a powerful new way to evaluate their candidates or ushered in an era that overemphasized the visual. perhaps the lesson is no matter what new technology comes along, its true influence takes some time to be seen. we will end where we began, but this time, with a one-word answer. is our political journalism better and getting better or worse? jim? >> it's better and getting better. that's not one word. >> it's different, and it has the ability to get better. >> we end on an optimistic note, then. thank you, jim vandenhei of politico, sam donaldson of abc news. it's been a pleasure, as always. join us next time for "the future of news" from the knight studio. i'm frank sesno.

who watched it on television thought john kennedy had won by a landslide. it was that first moment in our history when we saw that television can transform a political candidate from a candidate into a celebrity, and it changed the whole contours of our politics. >> television, depending on your point of view, either gave voters a powerful new way to evaluate their candidates or ushered in an era that overemphasized the visual. perhaps the lesson is no matter what new technology comes along, its true influence takes some time to be seen. we will end where we began, but this time, with a one-word answer. is our political journalism better and getting better or worse? jim? >> it's better and getting better. that's not one word. >> it's different, and it has the ability to get better. >> we end on an optimistic note, then. thank you, jim vandenhei of politico, sam donaldson of abc news. it's been a pleasure, as always. join us next time for "the future of news" from the knight studio. i'm frank sesno. kcsm needs you financial support. you can pledge at any dol

kennedy said those who would make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable and i would think would be best for all of us to say this kind of greed this kind of accumulation of wealth is unsustainable what can we do in a humane just fair and peaceful way to change and that's what i would think we all need to be fighting for right now well you know since you brought it up here then i have to ask you you're right you know in these unstable situations if you look back at history usually this doesn't last and then leads to massive social unrest and we see some big changes take place but if you look at the clashes that we've seen between police and protesters in oakland the last couple days in atlanta we saw in new york is there a way for it to be done it peacefully if you have a completely militarized police force. well as somebody who is not only militarized but in the case of new york city it's also to a large extent corporate ties because there are a lot of cases in new york and elsewhere where the police force is given large grants or donations by corporation

kennedy said those who would make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable and i would think would be best for all of us to say this kind of greed this kind of accumulation of wealth is unsustainable what can we do in a humane just fair and peaceful way to change and that's what i would think we all need to be fighting for now we know since you brought it up here and i have to ask you you're right you know and these are stable situations if you look back at history usually this doesn't last and then leads to massive social unrest and we see some big changes take place but if you look at the clashes that we've seen between police and protesters in oakland the last couple days in atlanta we saw in new york is there a way for it to be done it peacefully if you have a completely knowledge rise police force. well as somebody who is not only militarized but in the case of new york city it's also to a large extent corporate sized because there are a lot of cases in new york and elsewhere where the police force is given large grants or going nations by corporations

kennedy said those who would make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable and i would think would be best for all of us to say this kind of greed this kind of accumulation of wealth is unsustainable what can we do in a humane just fair and peaceful way to change and that's what i would think we all need to be fighting for now you know since you brought it out here then i have to ask you you're right you know any is unstable situations if you look back at history usually this doesn't last that then leads to massive social unrest and we see some big changes take place but if you look at the clashes that we've seen between police and protesters in oakland the last couple days in atlanta we saw in new york is there a way for it to be done it peacefully if you have a completely militarized police force. well as somebody who is not only militarized but in the case of new york city it's also to large extent corporate sized because there are a lot of cases in new york and elsewhere where the police force is given large grants or going nations by corporations includ

who watched it on television thought john kennedy had won by a landslide. it was that first moment in our history when we saw that television can transform a political candidate from a candidate into a celebrity, and it changed the whole contours of our politics. >> television, depending on your point of view, either gave voters a powerful new way to evaluate their candidates or ushered in an era that overemphasized the visual. perhaps the lesson is no matter what new technology comes along, its true influence takes some time to be seen. we will end where we began, but this time, with a one-word answer. is our political journalism better and getting better or worse? jim? >> it's better and getting better. that's not one word. >> it's different, and it has the ability to get better. >> we end on an optimistic note, then. thank you, jim vandenhei of politico, sam donaldson of abc news. it's been a pleasure, as always. join us next time for "the future of news" from the knight studio. i'm frank sesno. of the best of europe. venice seems to be every italy conno

i would like to talk about the john f. kennedy proposed the bike path. thank you for the update, as far as including the people with disabilities and the mayor's disability office and paratransit coordinating council, which i am members of. it seems to me when they proposed this pathway, the bike path is going to be against the proposed this pathway, the bike path is going to be against the

i would like to talk about the john f. kennedy proposed the bike path. thank you for the update, as far as including the people with disabilities and the mayor's disability office and paratransit coordinating council, which i am members of. it seems to me when they proposed this pathway, the bike path is going to be against the curb. so everybody will have to be going across the pathway in order to get to the curb, the sidewalk. i am kind of concerned about people with disabilities, and families with strollers, having to make their way onto the curbs safely. also, even when people are paratransit users, the lift is so large -- by the time they deploy the left, it is going to be on a buffer. when the wheelchair user gets off the lift, i do not know how far into the buffer zone would be safe in order to pass to get to the sidewalk. it is one of those concerns we had talked about in many of our disability committees. i just want to bring this up as a public comment. but one of these creative obstacles -- i would love to work with the park commission and eve

f kennedy de new york. en estricto apego se logró neutralizar un tiempo relevante para l segidadaciona de méxico. >>> el gobierno de estados idoseveló que méxico contribuyó en la frustraci del atentado >>> deseamos al gobierno de méxico, por su colaboración, en esta investigación. no quiero ahondar en detalles, pero fue una ayuda significativa dijol fiscageneralrick holder. >>> el incendio en el casino roya nuevo laredo ciudad juarez chihuahua, han escalado la violencia a terroristas como el definió el presidente felipe calderón en agosto pasado. >>> micidas incendia ríos que tiene que caer el pes de la l si no el repud dla sociad. >>> las auridades tadounidenseo menonaron a que organización crimina se buscó para cometer el attado rias cadenas norteaméranas mencionan aos zetas. es falso pen que los carteles mexicanos están vinculados con grupos ir nies terrorist. seria el vínculo entre el informante. que está bajo in cubierto > trabajando dentro del rtel por lo tantoo se puede ha hablar tav

john f. kennedy stands up, addresses the critiques that david lawrence raised, and then turns and verbally pummel david lawrence in front of lawrence's own audience. my question to you is, can you see barack obama having the strength to do that today? >> he better learn. the best part of my book in terms of research was getting 64 audiotapes that nobody's ever had before of kenny o'donnell describing such scenes at each stage of his political life. jack kennedy played "hardball." he sent bobby in the back room to do it, to beat up these governors who were giving him a hard time. it's amazing how he did it with mike desal and david lawrence and people like pat brown. governor taas. they came out of that room endorsing him. he had a strong brother who was willing to do the tough work, the ruthless work. and jack kept his hands clean. but he got the job done. in that case, here was lawrence. jack kennedy had won the democratic primary in pennsylvania that spring, 70 plus percent. he had walked a

a few of us remember john f. kennedy. he was in your political memory. i am one of those. when john f. kennedy was president of the united states, government at our level -- all levels, it consumed 27% of the total u.s. economy. that is how big government was very today consumes 37%. -- today it consumes 37%. and today they want to raise taxes a little bit more. i have seen that movie before. i have seen it in california where they raise taxes higher and higher and their income tax in california at the highest level is 10.5%. and they're still not able to balance the budget. they just need a little bit more. government will spend whatever you give them and then some. my view is to not take more of the money of the american people. let's talk about living within the means that have already been provided to you. the other challenge is if you take money away from people, it now government can use it, except those people could also use it. what would they use it for? in some cases, the start businesses to open shops, hire people, or buy stuff. in which case, they would put peo

kennedy and always traveled with a nurse at hand and an all-female core of bodyguards. despite displaying himself as a simple family man, there was a long life of huge excess, especially as pictures seen or captured by rebels in recent weeks. a seaside villa, indoor pool, a golden mermrmaid sofa, overstufd closets, a bedroom on his private plane. an ever changing wardrobe kept the world guessing how he would show up any affair and showed up in a litany of likes and dislikes. gadhafi loved horse racing and fla minute go dancing and hated flying over the water or staying on the first floor of any hotel. indeed, even in the biggest city such as paris and new york, he insisted of bringing a tent along of which to greet visitors, sometimes as a camel as an accessory. at home, there was western influence and rumors circulating that he said william shakespeare was and once his son was accused of assaulting a maid in switzerland, dividing it between jempl knee, france, and italy. his occasional interviews only confused matters even more. he told cnn two years ago he was not the

. >> ambition, imagination, accomplishing great statements like john kennedy's vision of america leading the world. in space exploration, which obama systematically dismantled. if i were him, i wouldn't bring imagination and great things, it's poor salesmanship. >> bret: what about this? talking down, americans? is that a fair criticism for people to say, juan? >> i don't think so. it seems to me a reflection of a political attitude the day. if you look at right track, wrong track number, overwhelming. america thinks we're going the wrong way. people are stocking away money. they want to make sure that everything is okay. the idea of taking the bold step like launching the space program or doing anything on the infrastructure program, at this point, they are reminded to reduce the debt and make sure we have the house in order. he is saying the language on soft is out of line. when he says we need to get back to having confidence in ourselves maybe that is a call to action. >> steve? >> you are all trapped by obama's use of government projects as american greatness and emblematic of great

kennedy had when he ran to become the first catholic president. john hendron, abc news. >>> one million flooded san francisco this weekend forefleet week. the blue angels roared over the bay area saturday and sunday. yesterday's show was cut short by incoming fog. the waterfront was packed as thousands turned out for the last day of the air show. several ships berthed in san francisco open for tourists. we have times and locations on abc7news.com look under see it on tv. >>> right now, prince harry is in california for helicopter training but found time for fun. he went bar-hopping in san diego. among the hot spots, a coronado bar owned by a former navy seal located across the street where history buffs go -- ed prince of wales met wallace simpson. prince harry will be training out of el centro for the next two months. harry-hunters watch out. >>> wanted to talk about the fog and cancellation of the blue angels show. >> they didn't cancel it but they cut it short. >> there were a lot of people wondering what was going on. most of the bay looked cl

f kennedy de new york. en estricto apego se logró neutralizar un tiempo relevante para la seguridad nacional de méxico. >>> el gobierno de estados unidos reveló que méxico contribuyó en la frustración del atentado >>> deseamos al gobierno de méxico, por su colaboración, en esta investigación. no quiero ahondar en detalles, pero fue una ayuda significativa dijo el fiscal general erick holder. >>> el incendio en el casino royal en nuevo laredo y ciudad juarez chihuahua, han escalado la violencia a actos terroristas como el definió el presidente felipe calderón en agosto pasado. >>> homicidas incendia ríos que tiene que caer el peso de la ley si no el repudio de la sociedad. >>> las autoridades estadounidense no mencionaron a que organización criminal se buscó para cometer el atentado. varias cadenas norteaméricanas mencionan a los zetas. es falso pensar que los carteles mexicanos están vinculados con grupos ir nies terroristas. seria el vínculo entre el informante. que está bajo in cubierto

>> there is no question he was a very assertive cold war ironic because one of the criticisms john f. kennedy made of the eisenhower years when kennedy ran in 1960 was on eisenhower hadn't done enough to the policies in the third world. i haven't had a crude great deal and as you mentioned the covert action in places like in guatemala because the low-cost way to contain communism it turns out in the case of iran the leader of the time was more of an iranian nationalist so it's been a controversy at the present. the lydia lee was just sitting was far from the truth. >> gerald ford. >> he is under retek. i think he was aggressive on intelligence and he was kind of a mainstream conservative internationalist. i think he did his best of the circumstances. it was a difficult time for the u.s. foreign policy because public and congress was fed up with the memory of the vietnam and the possibility of anything that might resemble vietnam chapter 74, 75, 76 and the allies, cuba, for example were promoting socialist revolutions and africa parts of the world and in the political times residing fo

kennedy and martin luther kind. and he always traveled with a nurse at hand and for a time, he had an all-female core of bodyguards. despite displaying himself as a simple family man, his home and the homes of his family, there was a long life of huge excess, especially as pictures seen or captured by rebels in recent weeks. a seaside villa, complete with a grand piano, an indoor pool, a golden mermaid sofa, overstuffed closets, a bedroom on his private plane. an ever-changing wardrobe kept the world guessing how he would show up any public affair and showed up in a litany of peculiar likes and dislikes. gadhafi loved horse racing and flamingo dancing, hated flying over the water or being in the air over eight hours or staying on the first floor of any hotel. indeed, even in the biggest city such as paris and new york, he insisted of bringing a tent along of which to greet visitors, sometimes with a camel as an accessory. at home, there was a culture war with western influence and rumors circulating that he said wil