and expect them to work with you. all of a sudden, i know that politicians have gone after big oil for the longest time. at the same time, did they just get greedy now? the public knows that prices were going up before the war in ukraine. does it have an effect? yes. but prices were going up before that happened. neil: i just wonder, maybe it s too late. the greatest presidents when they had a goof or problem, they said it. like john kennedy accepting blame for the bay of pigs fiasco. we can go back and forth on it. he said it s my fault. it s on me. his poll ratings went up ten points. so did bill clinton after the mid-term rampage of republicans that took over capitol hill. you know, he reached out and said i have to calibrate here, this parade, i m going to lead
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are taken prisoner. in the end, the united states is revealed to be completely behind this invasion. as castro boasts to the world about his victory, america is humiliated. kennedy was so overwrought that he began to cry. jackie had never seen her husband as distraught, as despondent, as depressed. he believed his presidency was over before it had even started because of this tragedy. at one point in the depths of his despair he and bobby were together, and bobby said, let s call dad. maybe he can cheer us up. joe kennedy may not be in washington, but he remains a trusted adviser to his son. if you look at the records of kennedy s calls during the days of bay of pigs fiasco, you will see how many times he called his
now it is time to take longer strides, time for a great new american enterprise. the soviets have already put the first man into space, and after the bay of pigs fiasco, jack cannot afford for america to be left behind. the united states was engaged in a space race with the russian. we weren t trying to just beat the soviets militarily. we were trying to beat them to new frontiers. this is the kennedy approach to life which is win at all the costs. it is not good enough to come in second. and that was what they were told by their father from the time they were little children. as jack projects the superiority of his country around the world, back at home a desperate struggle for civil rights is tearing america apart. if you re african-american in the united states in the 60s, you re not living in a democracy. you re living under an apartheid