The reason Sen. Obama is most like President John F. Kennedy:

[MethuenProgressive]

Poll question: The reason Sen. Obama is most like President John F. Kennedy:

edit: spelling

[Stand and Fight]

1. How about a simple option for...

He's not.

[bellasgrams]

5. Stand-Good One

[MethuenProgressive]

12. "He's not."

Because that's too obvious.

[neutron]

57. Media CREATED personal legend

[MethuenProgressive]

60. The Fairy Tale needed an author...

that's for sure.

[SammyWinstonJack]

29. ...

:thumbsup:

[QC]

2. Both went to boarding schools and Harvard. n/t

[Gman]

3. He's Irish

[MethuenProgressive]

14. Heh...

There's an O'Bama button out there. Very clever.

[MediaBabe]

4. Thanks, I needed a good laugh.

I think I'll come back to this thread every now and then to lighten the tension. So few people seem to get it these days.

[OzarkDem]

6. Thanks for that!

I see a DUzy in your future!

[Diane R]

7. So this is what Clinton staffers spent their day working on?

[cali]

8. sad to see how corrosive bitterness and jealousy are

quite pathetic.

[MethuenProgressive]

24. So you saw Teddy's speech, too?

Very sad display of his corrosive bitterness and jealousy towards the Clintons.

[neutron]

58. the clubby senate geezers

make the senate seem like a pit of spite and jealousy.

The way Kerry took down his former running mate, Edwards
early on, and now going after Clinton.
Mediocrity hates brilliance.

[Clarkansas]

9. You really need a hug or something.

<hug>

[MethuenProgressive]

20. After reading GDP? Youbetcha!

:hug:

[stray cat]

10. Calls for joint effort and sacrifice to make America a place of opportunity

for all.

[stray cat]

11. Bill matches with womanizer. Hillary none of the above...

[MethuenProgressive]

22. Obama's most like JFK because his wife's name is Hillary?

Please, tell us more.

[Beacool]

13. I have said this from day one:

With Obama's minuscule record in the US senate, if he had been an average very junior senator, the leadership would have told him to sit his butt back until he actually had some gravitas and had paid his dues. To me, he's the candidate of smoke and mirrors. All fluff, but no substance. I prefer Hillary, but I would take Edwards a million times over Obama.

I don't trust slick operators......

[MethuenProgressive]

18. 'media enhanced personal legend'

:hi:

[MadBadger]

15. Before I clicked on this, I said out loud: Push Poll!

[MethuenProgressive]

17. So, you're the one that voted 'Decorated War hero'?

:hi:

[penguin7]

16. Both prove the importance of form over substance

[MethuenProgressive]

19. JFK had both,

I really do see the desire for 'another' Jack Kennedy, but this guy falls way short.

[MethuenProgressive]

21. For the record, I voted:

Media enhanced personal legend.
All Obama is lacking is a romantic Hollywood retelling of his experience as a Swiftboat Captian South Carolina.

[jackson_dem]

36. lol good one. Obama's "naval" heroics in SC

[calico1]

23. Other...

He's about the same age as when JFK was elected.

[Beacool]

27. Yep, but the big difference is that JFK had been in Congress for 14 years!!!

He didn't get a free pass, he prepared himself for the job and paid his dues. Unlike Obama and his "audacity of hope" campaign..........

[calico1]

32. I know! I forgot to add this:

:sarcasm:

:hi:

[Beacool]

43. Much better!! LOL!!!!!

:rofl:

[Rockholm]

25. Excellent Poll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MethuenProgressive]

45. Turning out just the way I thought it would, too.

:kick:

[dionysus]

26. you forgot to add this option

[grantcart]

28. they both won the general election and became president?

[Alexander]

31. And had right-wing idiots attacking them non-stop.

In Kennedy's case, the attacks were physical.

[jackson_dem]

37. That is because JFk was fighter. The rethugs love Obama

[Name removed]

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[MethuenProgressive]

33. ...

...

[Occam Bandage]

34. Oh, that poor stupid Caroline Kennedy. Doesn't know a thing about JFK.

[MethuenProgressive]

35. So, you voted 'Womanizer'?

:thumbsup:

[earth mom]

50. Caroline chose Obama because that's who her kids want. That is the most ridiculous reason EVER.

:eyes:

[MethuenProgressive]

53. Based on That, Hannah Montana should get my endorsement.

Now that I think about it, BOas more in common with HM than JFK...

[TheDeathadder]

38. Could have used a choice for he's not like him

I'm a huge JFK fan, and I just don't see it. I mean no insult, I just don't see it, and I'm such a JFK fan I get touche about his name getting passed around, Kennedy Family Endorsed or not.

[MethuenProgressive]

40. Only superficially, like how Paris Hilton is like Marilyn Monroe.

...

[MethuenProgressive]

39. 53 votes: "Media enhanced personal legend."

That's how I voted, too.
2 votes for Decorated War hero - I guess he lft that part out of his book.

[MethuenProgressive]

41. 10 votes: "Short Senate record, good speaker."

But of course, JFK had a much richer record as a Senator than Obama has.

[MethuenProgressive]

42. 2 votes: "Decorated War hero."

[Unsane]

44. Trying to kick your lame ass thread?

It's an Obama haters circle jerk!

[Celebration]

46. no "other"? It is youth and other stuff.

He is from an entirely different generation/perspective. Kennedy was also relatively youthful and it was talked about in that campaign.

It is the "outsider class" thing. There had been no Catholic as president. There have been no blacks as president.

They are both prone to making sweeping type speeches.

Those are the similarities that I see.

[MethuenProgressive]

48. Nice JFK quote in your sig line.

:thumbsup:

[Celebration]

55. the story behind that

Some bizarre idea surfaced in the Health Forum from people that wanted to censor "dangerous" YouTube videos about vaccines. I was accused of being a "libertarian" because I happen to like the First Amendment. That was scary enough that I made the First Amendment picture and added the JFK quotation.

[MethuenProgressive]

59. "For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth...

...and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." John F. Kennedy

True, that.

[harun]

47. It is primarily because he is inspiring and new (n/t)

[ihelpu2see]

49. Caution HillBot push poll... I would pick Bright, Young, Family Man nt

[MethuenProgressive]

56. So, you didn't pick "womanizer"?

JFK, "family man"? :cough:

[JTFrog]

51. Awww, nothing good to say about your girl so you have to post a push poll. What's that smell?

It appears the smell of desperation is starting to overpower the smell of inevitability.

[MethuenProgressive]

52. I know you were Hoping for a "he's like, wicked pretty and stuff" option.

Maybe next time.

[workinclasszero]

54. Exactly!! /nt

[MethuenProgressive]

61. Short Senate record, good speaker: 14 votes, Media enhanced personal legend: 69 votes.

Looks like DU isn't as dumb as some would Hope it is! :applause:

[Clinton Crusader]

62. He's male, and has 2 arms and 2 legs?

[MethuenProgressive]

64. And wears expensive shoes.

That sums it up!

[forsberg]

63. I think they had the same middle name

[MethuenProgressive]

65. Actually, at the time "Fitzgerald" might have been as "troubling" to bigots.

Setting aside my snarky poll:
Being an Irish Catholic wasn't an easy thing for a Presidential candidate to be.