he had better than 50 press conferences, and on average would take 40-plus questions in the press conferences. that is historic. right or left. why did he abuse himselfs to that degree? because he knew he was very good at it and he was. and you just showed why, neil. he had a wonderful sense of humor, often self-dep creek indicate depricating. there was a book, the kennedy wit, and much of this it s important to know this came from him. i wasn t written by professional comedians the way it is today. staff members didn t write jokes into the speech. these were spontaneous quips and peep can tell that and they learn to like a president that way. larry, thank you very much. 50 years after the fact. and, again, my friends, i don t care whether you re on the right or left of john kennedy and all
blessing on the most hazardous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked. thank you. to larry wrote the book on the kennedy half century. larry, we forget what an audacious if not ridiculous goal that sounded like at the time, with all of 60 minutes of space experience we were aiming for the man before the decade was out. it really was. i m here in dallas for the commemorative evens today, and i talk to people and asked them dwight you think john f. kennedy s legacy is? and the space program is mentioned more than anything else. people understand, this was president kennedy s personal initiative. he cared about it deeply. he took the time to be fully briefed on it. he made sure i was making