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Kennedy Myth And American Politics Summary

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President John F. Kennedy has always been a favorite president by many, even to those not in his generation. The article The Kennedy Myth and American Politics written by Herbert S. Parmet emphasized his reign as President of the United States. This article delves into the political realm and compares John F. Kennedy and the Kennedyites to the Johnson administration. Kennedy was acknowledged by numerous classes of people to be the president that fought for the common man and for civil rights. Many think that America would have been much different had Kennedy not been assassinated. Once Johnson took office, he began with the words, “Let us continue” meaning that he would continue with Kennedy’s legacy. However, Johnson did not have the standards that were set in place by Kennedy; meaning he did not offer the pizazz to the public and to fellow politicians as Kennedy had done during his time in office. Many Americans believed that the assassination in Dallas marked the end of stability. The author of this article, Parmet, wrote in terms as if Kennedy was not in fact a great president. This is where I have to …show more content…

His policies were referred to as The New Frontier. Many of his bills never passed partly because of the Democrats on the Rules Committee, The democrats on this committee thought that many of the bills would force the issue of racial desegregation, which they were expressly against. The author also goes on to state that after Kennedy was assassinated, Johnson continued on with the pursuit of the education act as part of his Great Society program with the enactment of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Although the Great Society failed for the most part, it did generate many of the programs and services that are in effect today, something the New Frontier never got a chance to accomplish because of Kennedy’s premature

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