44 years ago, President John F. Kennedy was murdered in a classic coup by the American military industrial complex in order
to perpetrate the Viet Nam war onto the American and the Vietnamese people.Ever since, people have been trying to stake a claim on the legacy of President Kennedy. Even Dan Quayle who tried to compare himself to him was chastised by his own fellow Republicans. Remember the famous Quote by Lloyd Bentsen "I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you''re no Jack Kennedy."Well in case you haven''t been paying attention, the Kennedys have given Senator Barack Obama an unprecedented political gift with a strange baggage attachment. Their absolute endorsement of Senator Obama comes with all the shadowy overtones of Camelot.The pluses:Last Century''s "Brief Shining Moment" for America. The New Frontier, The postwar promise. A young American President with wide appeal among youths. In southern black households there were three icons at the mantel: Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy. The Apollo missions to the Moon, The Peace Corps. PT-109, Beautiful Wife Jackeline, those were wonderful times full of hope.The minuses:The Bay of Pigs, Military Advisers in Viet Nam, Marilyn Monroe, Back pain pills, Deals with southern racists and shadowy election results in Illinois.However:In retrospect, who remember those days can''t help but yearn for the passion and the hope they felt back then. Carline Kennedy said to a crowd of students at American University: "Over the years, I''ve been deeply moved by the people who''ve told me they wish they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president," Most Americans, specially with the failures and tresspasses of the current Bush Administration in every single field, are thirsty for the kind of optimistic politics of those days.She continued: "This longing is even more profound today. Fortunately, there is one candidate who offers that same sense of hope and inspiration, and I am proud to endorse Senator Barack Obama for president."Caroline Kennedy who has access to millions of dollars and works helping New York Public Schools, is the same little girl with gloves and a short dress, following her father''s coffin holding her mom''s hand. She does not have to concern herself with Pig Bays or back pills. Her father''s legacy is very real to her and who here has the right to tell her she''s wrong.Ted Kennedy said at a Barack Obama rally in Washington DC: "Each of us can make a difference and all of us ought to try." Senator Obama then proceeded to voice a rousing speech in the Kennedy style to the hopeful and the faithful members of the Democratic Party.It''s just Politics, but politics of hope, not of division, not of war.