Blog Discussion today:
JFK:
35th president. first and only catholic president. youngest elected president. second youngest president. assassinated in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald. without his dad, wouldn't have been president.
1960 election- ran against richard nixon who was the vice president at that time. after the first debate (first televised debate) , his campaign really took off. only won the election by .1% closest election ever. kennedy won because he got texas. made lyndon johnson his vp because he wanted to get southern votes.
assassinated during a parade. shot at 12:30 took a ten month investigation to find out who killed him and that he acted alone. he also killed a police officer. kennedy was going down there to help settle a dispute between gov. connley and another political member.
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