going to unravel and he wouldn t have been remembered as a great president. where do you lie? i think he was not a great president. he was there for only 1,000 days, sixth briefest presidency in the country s history. but i think he certainly was a significant president. he broke the hold of white protestant males on the office, first catholic to win the office. one could see a direct line from him to barack obama. when we get a woman as president i think you can see a direct line to that, as well. he put across that nuclear test ban treaty which was a major advance. he also put that civil rights bill before the congress, and he was taking a big political chance. he and bobby kennedy were convinced that it risked his re-election in 1964. and the peace speech at american university in june of 63, it was a great state paper. i think if he had lived and had a second term we would have seen detente with the soviet union
sinister dark side that was all going to unravel and he wouldn t have been remembered as a great president. where do you lie? i think he was not a great president. he was there for only 1,000 days, sixth briefest presidency in the country s history. but i think he certainly was a significant president. he broke the hold of white protestant males on the office, first catholic to win the office. one could see a direct line from him to barack obama. when we get a woman as president i think you can see a direct line to that, as well. he put across that nuclear test ban treaty which was a major advance. he also put that civil rights bill before the congress, and he was taking a big political chance. he and bobby kennedy were convinced that it risked his re-election in 1964. and the peace speech at american university in june of 63, it was a great state paper. i think if he had lived and had
looking back at president kennedy s legacy. back with me now, james swanson, robert dahling. where does he rank in the pantheon of american presidents. some people think he was an untouchable genius, brilliant president. others think there was a sinister dark side that was all going to unravel and he wouldn t have been remembered as a great president. where do you lie? i think he was not a great president. he was there for only 1,000 days, sixth briefest presidency in the country s history. but i think he certainly was a significant president. he broke the hold of white protestant males on the office, first catholic to win the office. one could see a direct line from him to barack obama. when we get a woman as president i think you san see a direct
going to be meeting the delegation now. the representatives from different countries. more than 130 countries are represented today. verse heads of state, there are princes, there are i believe that s argentina s president, yes? am i right about that? argentina s president who had lunch with him yesterday when she arrived. and they did have lunch yesterday. and her relationship has not always been rosy, shall we say. for the united states, vice president joseph biden is there. our first catholic vice president. he has led the american delegation, and also several members of congress led by nancy pelosi. speaker john boehner was invited. he said he could not go because he had to take care of business in washington. but there are a lot of americans there. also some controversial figures there, including the president of zimbabwe, robert mugabe. look, this is the other side of the papacy. we saw him highlight that he s the successor of rome. he mentioned that he was a
politicians want to know what he ask. he fessed up, i m not sure if it s mine. i ve had sex with her. i m giving her child support. got it right out in the open. he wins the election by a very narrow margin. another one i m intrigued with is based on somebody, one of the more political dinners, the al smith dinner. tell us about al smith? al smith, first catholic to receive the nomination of his party paves the way for jfk. his nomination in 1928. he s the happy warrior. he s a new dealer. by 1932, he did not get along with him. al smith comes out in opposition of fdr, doesn t support him in the 36 and 40 campaigns. the al smith dinner happens every year. the presidential nominees goes to it during campaigning. barry goldwater going to make the list. george mcgovern make the list?