J.F.K. - The Myth
By Gordon Bloyer (11/16/03)
There is a myth that John F. Kennedy was loved by everyone in 1963. Television shows always portray high school students and college students fawning over him. I was in high school when JFK was elected and I was in college when he was killed.
The truth needs to be revisited. Kennedy was elected by 110,000 votes in an election that many believe was stolen. The investigations since that election indicate that there was heavy vote fraud in Texas and Illinois. Kennedy did not receive 50% of the vote. I participated in a mock election at my high school. I campaigned for Nixon. Kennedy won by one vote. There was no great love for JFK at my school.
In 1963 I was attending Indiana University. I read Barry Goldwater’s book, Conscience of a Conservative. I do not know how anyone can read that book and not agree with everything in it. I read Victor Lasky’s, JFK The Man and the Myth. It told the truth about JFK. People called it a bunch of lies. It has all been proven to be true. One of the students in my dorm gave me his copies of National Review. I had been watching William F. Buckley’s television show. I knew the TRUTH about Kennedy. Nobody was going to con me into believing he was a great family and a brilliant leader. He was the early version of Clinton and I knew it when I was 18.
Barry Goldwater was going to run for President. I would be supporting him. The myth today is that Goldwater never had a chance to beat Kennedy. Goldwater was running close in some polls. Kennedy was very unpopular in the South. I still believe Goldwater would have won the election against Kennedy. J. Edgar Hoover had all the information on the Kennedy philandering. At that time in history, if that came out, Kennedy was toast. I am still amazed today that many women still think Kennedy was a good husband and father. The Goldwater campaign changed America.
On November 22, 1963 I was playing basketball and I twisted my ankle. I went to the school clinic. The doctor was looking at my ankle when someone came and said that someone had just shot Kennedy and the Governor of Texas. I said, "Who would want to shoot the Governor of Texas." They did not think that was funny. It turned out that it was not. I did not know that they were together that day and I thought it was just a bad rumor. While I did not like Kennedy, he was still the President.
The grief that I had was for his family and for the country that had lost a president. I had no personal grief for the man. He was a lousy president and terrible example for families. The entire Kennedy Clan should not be admired for anything. I will be talking more about this on my internet television show. http://gordonbloyershow.com/
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