Sep26

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john f. kennedy’s campaign appearance 

at the train station

1960 ann arbor michigan

(with tom payne, patrick mcnamara, governor swainson, soapy williams)

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on this day of the first debate 

by the candidates for the u.s. presidency

i look

back to the past 

ahead to the future

and

hope for the truth

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“a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood

in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”

– john f. kennedy

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credits: ali van den broek, ann arbor townies, ann arbor archives

 

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  1. We over here are at a loss how you over there can deal with the way your political system is run. This Clinton/Trump fiasco has been going on forever. I don’t envy the voting process or voters, not just with these candidates but all who follow. From what I know about JFK, he is once again needed. Hope this doesn’t offend anyone as we don’t have republicans and democrats as such over here…. It’s all too confusing. Good luck!

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  12. So tonight you have the first of the debates which will be very much about the two personalities and very little about the policies.
    I don’t know what hope there is for the US. My mum has a saying, ‘you reap what you sow’ and I think your political system shows this to be true. It breeds a certain type and makes it very difficult for ‘normal’ individuals to flourish.

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  16. Thanks for posting this. And I say that selfishly because it felt like a punch in the gut to me when I saw a Trump ad on one of my blog posts. I saw you liked the post I wrote after seeing that Trump ad, and when I clicked on you, I see not a political ad, but a very cool blog post, about a very awesome president (although I was young when he was around as well). So, seeing this post of yours has helped me settle down a bit (after that very disturbing ad I saw on my blog). Thank you, thank you! (If I see that Trump post on my blog again, I’m going to capture the screen shot and send it to WordPress as inappropriate!)

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