Liz Cheney's ordeal offers a modern take on political courage
Nominate her for the 2022 "Profiles in Courage" award
Al Allenback
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During some recent editorial research a few weeks ago on the occurrence of the “Bay of Pigs” anniversary, I was reviewing President John F. Kennedy’s role in that disastrous attempt to over throw Fidel Castro’s new regime.
Kennedy took complete responsibility for the fiasco, even though he had only been President for three months and it had been planned by his predecessor Dwight Eisenhower’s administration.
During my research, however, I rediscovered Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize winning book “Profiles in Courage,” written in 1956 as he was recovering from back surgery.