it s not true. but it frightens people and it s very effective in the campaign. i believe the soviet union is first in outer space, you said to him, you may be ahead to us in rocket thrust. the missile gap was a total lie. we out missiled them at that time better than 100 to 1. if eisenhower came forward and said this kid is not telling the truth, it would have been a different election. let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
they were letting the russians get ahead of us in missiles. it frightens people. it s not true. but it frightens people and it s very effective in the campaign. i believe the soviet union is first in outer space, you said to him, you may be ahead to us in rocket thrust. the missile gap was a total lie. we out missiled them at that time better than 100 to 1. if eisenhower came forward and said this kid is not telling the truth, it would have been a different election. let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,
but it frightens people and it s very effective in the campaign. i believe the soviet union is first in outer space, you said to him, you may be ahead to us in rocket thrust. the missile gap was a total lie. we out missiled them at that time better than 100 to 1. if eisenhower came forward and said this kid is not telling the truth, it would have been a different election. let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
nick rangun is joining us on the greatest presidential moments. great to see you this morning. good morning, clayton. we ll start with jfk and going to the moon and then we ll come back to analyze this sound byte from jfk. we choose to go to the moon and other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard. because that goal will certain to organize and measure the best of our energies. how important of a moment was that in presidential history, nick? it was very important for the 20th century. at that time in the early 60s we were in the throws of the cold war and were losing it. there was a perceived missile gap and technology gap, and it was kennedy s way of reminding the free world we are still the best at democracy and capitalism and had the science to prove it. and he challenged the nation and we did that in july of 69 when we reached the moon. it was an important reminder for
oh, totally ridiculous like what s going on. everyone else can read into exactly what she s doing. your guys afraid of her? no. i can t imagine. first of all, if you know liz s mother, you should be afraid. however liz is tough. listen mark and i have run campaigns, he on a much larger scale in republican primaries but it s not just republicans, change and mark will tell you, change is always the best message. jfk did it in 1960 and he made up a missile gap that didn t exist with the soviet union. so politics ain t bean bag and what mark and i were trying to say is if you ve got a woman talking about change and then you got an older guy with gray hair going well, you know, i m actually the average age of senators, you immediately get well that s problem number one and then goes and i woman