his election represented a vitality of a new generation coming into power. it was not the soaring rhetoric of inauguration that promised new direction. it was the idea that the yu youngest president was coming into president after the oldest president was leaving office. so there was a sense of activism, a sense of citizen involvement, and a sense that there would be a change from the silence generation of the 50s. good evening, my fellow citizens. and at his first success in space where the russians pushed a man across the threshold. kennedy had campaigned and n 1960 against what he called the missile gap. that we were behind the soviets. and that we were in a dangerous
new generation coming into power. it was not simply the soaring rhetoric of the inauguration that promised a lot of action and motion and directions but the idea that the youngest president ever elected was coming into office right after the oldest president, eisenhower at 70 was leaving office. there was a sense of activism, a sense of citizen involvement and a sense to be a change from the silent generation of the 50s. good evening my fellow citizen citizens. first great success in space when the russians pushed a man across the threshold. he was the astronaut the russians said was the first to orbit the earth. kennedy campaigned against the missile gap, that we were behind the soviet and in a very dangerous situation. low and behold his president
president to the next, especially from different parties, can sometimes be prickly. in 1953, the transition from truman to eisenhower had been challenging. truman said eisenhower knows no more about politics than a pig knows about sunday. the relationship between the democrats and republicans were so cold that the eisenhower chose to sit in their car, instead of of accepting an invitation to come to the white house for a pre-inauguration public coffee. now eisenhower would be welcoming another democrat, the young, vital, john f. kennedy he hoped to set an example in handing over the presidency. not that the president liked everything kennedy had said, in particular particular he was offended by the claim of a missile gap with the soviet. in 1959, we are now threatened with a nuclear gas that leaves us and potentially grave danger. the question is, what must we do to regain our strength. he not only felt there was no
parties, can sometimes be prickly. in 1953, the transition from truman to eisenhower had been challenging. truman said eisenhower knows no more about politics than a pig knows about sunday. the relationship between the democrats and republicans were so cold that the eisenhower chose to sit in their car, instead of of accepting an invitation to come to the white house for a pre-inauguration public coffee. now eisenhower would be welcoming another democrat, the young, vital, john f. kennedy he hoped to set an example in handing over the presidency. not that the president liked everything kennedy had said, in particular particular he was offended by the claim of a missile gap with the soviet. in 1959, we are now threatened with a nuclear gas that leaves us and potentially grave danger. the question is, what must we do to regain our strength. he not only felt there was no
prickly. in 1953, the transition from truman to eisenhower had been challenging. truman said eisenhower knows no more about politics than a pig knows about sunday. the relationship between the democrats and republicans were so cold that the eisenhower chose to sit in their car, instead of of accepting an invitation to come to the white house for a pre-inauguration public coffee. now eisenhower would be welcoming another democrat, the young, vital, john f. kennedy he hoped to set an example in handing over the presidency. not that the president liked everything kennedy had said, in particular particular he was offended by the claim of a missile gap with the soviet. in 1959, we are now threatened with a nuclear gas that leaves us and potentially grave danger. the question is, what must we do to regain our strength. he not only felt there was no