The Mafia stood by and let Castro take over Cuba. They should have taken him out ASAP! And believe me they had the wherewithal to do it.They lost billions when he ran them out of their Casinos in Havana.
Stop the nonsense, daydreaming conservas. Nixon would have made a mess because conservatives aren't men enough to back down when they're wrong. And make no mistake, air support or no air support, they would have been mowed down by Castro. The whole country was up in arms.
@RichardElden JFK sent air support twice. The US Navy attacked with unmarked jets and wiped out most of the Cuban Air Force except for a few trainers which they armed and used against the invasion. The 2nd time he sent the Navy jets there was a screw up in the timing. The CIA didn't compensate for the one hour time zone difference from Guatemala to Cuba. The B-26s left from Guatemala and were shot down because the jets had left by the time the B-26s got there. Blame the CIA idots not JFK.
@RichardElden JFK sent air support twice. The US Navy attacked with unmarked jets and wiped out most of the Cuban Air Force except for a few trainers which they armed and used against the invasion. The 2nd time he sent the Navy jets there was a screw up in the timing. The CIA didn't compensate for the one hour time zone difference from Guatemala to Cuba. The B-26s left from Guatemala and were shot down because the jets had left by the time the B-26s got there. Blame the the CIA idots not JFK.
Seeing JFK ask his predecessor Ike for advice, maybe Barack Obama, instead continuing his mistakes since he inaugurated should take advice from his predecessor, my favorite President, George W Bush.
Excellent Speach. The biggest failure of Kennedy was Mafia, Jimmy Hoffa and Union works. Public issues like that he refered to as a secret society. He could have been a great president but at the time Mafia and organized representation work or rights of all public was less of his effort. His response was ask not what you can do for your country but what you can do for it. A mistake was asking Vietnahm to do low end manual labor jobs. Black Americans was provided rights vietnam had less.
Ike was wrong. Krushchev was going to defend his nuclear missiles in Cuba with Soviet soldiers, with soviet submarines, and with Soviet nuclear battlefield weapons. Ike was also wrong about the Bay of Pigs invasion. Ike and JFK both made the mistake of magnifying Cuba into something much bigger than it ever should have been.
just two guys talking reasonably, simply, and with true reverence. it's crazy how far downhill politics have descended since the days of simple, fruitful conversations like this.
mmm i see bush with Ike, its that stange way he parts his hair and the receding hairling, it PERFECTLY MATCHES THE GUY IN THE PIC STANDING IN FRONT OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY BUILDING.... IT WOULD MAKE SENCE, bush THERE TO WAVE GOODBYE TO JFK, KENNEDY RECOGNIZING THE SCOUNDREL, KNOWING HE WAS CIA, IN HIS MIND WONDERING WHY HE WAS THERE WAVING, THEN WHEN THE BULLET FROM THE KNOLL HIT HIM IN THE THROAT, HE KNEW, IF ONLY FOR A MOMENT..... BUSH KILLED JFK
Thank goodness that Kennedy didn't listen to Eisenhower's advice to invade, we can see in hindsight that that would have been the end of civilization right there
I respect JFK for putting politics aside and having an honest consult with Eisenhower on this. Kennedy is clearly interested in Ike's opinion and wants his input, which is consistent with the way he sought advice from all members of the Cabinet and White House staff during the crisis.
@LonghornPhysicist Perhaps, but it is common practice even among Presidents to refer to one who is a former President of The United States, as "Mr. President".
amazing to listen to the two of them speaking so calmly about global nuclear war. and JFK even laughing "hang on tight". They had both been in combat, so you take it as it comes, but then so had the soviets.
Liberals/conservatives? In the early 60's, a social conservative would most likely have been a southern Democrat and social liberal might've been Republican or northern Democrat. When JFK cut taxes in early '63, the Democratic party did not berate him and Republicans didn't celebrate; it was something that could be acceptably done in a robust economy. The ideological dogma we enjoy in politics today came about after Watergate.
These conversations show Kennedy's level of confidence and trust in the former presidents with Eisenhower, Truman, and Hoover even. Imagine if Nixon won the election in '60 and this happened. What would have become of the world then? Would he have provoked nuclear war or would he have done what Kennedy did. Regardless of Kennedy's womanizing, he was the right man at the right time.
Why do all these republicans keep claiming JFK was really a republican...no he was just a democrat with balls like Truman which doesn't happen very often anymore..democrats are always cow towing to special interest and corporations now
@Vertigo2903 Well he wasn't Republican but he was a Conservative. He wasn't really Liberal at all. I'm a right Leaning Libertarian and I think Kennedy was one of the best presidents.
@catclaw357 JFK was very close to be libertarian. He lowered taxes, almost aduited the Fed Reserve, decreased business regulations, decreased government size. He was very fiscally conservative. Only socially he was Liberal in which he passed civil rights. He was very conservative.
@skatepunkzero Maybe he was in a way a little Conservative, but he was more Liberal The Civil Rights Bill JFK passed was the most Liberal thing done by any American president with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves.
@ultraback29 I think that President Eisenhower was fine with the salutation of "General" and in fact since Kennedy served as a junior grade Lieutenant in WW2 it is actually a higher compliment to acknowledge him this way as a show of honor by a man who still considers Ike his superior.
Did I understand correctly as Kennedy was ready to invade Cuba if USSR wouldn't back off and that they were thinking that Russians wouldn't fire those missiles.
From listening to the phone conversation, I get the impression that if former President Eisenhower was still in the White House, he would have done, basically at least, the same thing, and, considering he and President Kennedy were of the opposite political parties, it was nice to hear they could put their political differences aside during a major crisis such as this one.
A former CIA idiot involved with the Bay of Pigs said they would have taken over a Central American country if JFK would not have OK'd the fiasco.JFK was in a Catch-22 situation. Nixon was the real backer of that stupid invasion. The CIA lied to JFK and the anti-Castro Cubans. A Soviet Lt. Col. said in the 90's that he would have fired on the invasion fleet with tactical nukes on his own. That would have caused WWIII. Photo at 0:26 taken in Dallas. LBJ knew he was looking at a dead man.
As much as I respect Eisenhower, I'm glad that he was out of his office by then if he was so convinced that the Soviets wouldn't start a nuclear war over Cuba.
Oh, I don't think he was pro-war. With all the death he saw during WWII, I'm sure he was far from it. It just would worry me that he seemed willing to task the risk. I think he was underestimating the Soviets, frankly.
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I just had to a book report on JFK, I use to think he was a hero but now I know the truth about him, i am dissapointed. JFK wasn't a good/smart guy his whole political career was based off his daddy spending millions to cheat for him in every election all the way from the House up until the Presidency. He was the most corrupt person and biggest fraud/cheater to ever become prez.
Kid, your keyboard should be confiscated. To be fair, it is entirely possible that you are simply foolish for what you don't know, not due to lack of intelligence. I'll refrain from calling you an idiot, therefore.
Jfk had the sense to ask for advice from a military historical president.There was a great deal of respect there.Eisenhower knew Kennedy was young and was very anxious but he also knew that Kennedy had respect.Kennedy was the most powerful person in America and very seldom was arrogant.Kennedy was a true democrat when a democrat meant something.
I'm an independent and I agree with you 100%. Of course, Dems today respect JFK a great deal and should. He's still viewed as a standard-bearer for their party. As an independent, I view JFK as a moderate Republican in today's terms.
In that respect, President Eisenhower would be vied as a Liberal in today's political world. He took on Conservative Robert Taft for the nomination;Signed legislation for what would later become Medicare and was an "Internationalist" in the true sense of the word. Some people call him a RINO because he would probably would not have been able to become president in today's Republican Party.
@Suprkit Sadly, this is true of most Republicans up to George W. Bush. Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Bush I, none of these people would get the nomination today. Only Reagan would be in with a chance. Even then I reckon he'd have a tough time - he was pro-immigration, against torture in all circumstances, pro nuclear disarmament & favoured talking (and indeed did talk) to the Soviet Union without preconditions.
He had the sense to ask for advice, PERIOD. The world was fortunate that he realized his mistake earlier in relying on hawkish military advisers telling him that the Bay of Pigs was a good idea. The CMC was a situation where temporizing and weighing opinions was the right move.
@capetown99 I said he realized his mistake in listening to folks like LeMay (and by extension, the plan of a former general and the CIA). I'm all for JFK. I'm not pinning the design on him, just his fresh-faced eagerness in towing the line w/o the caution he displayed during the CMC (which he presumably learned after BOP). He and RFK had a "how could we be so foolish?" mea culpa in private over the fiasco.
One of President Kennedy's "first offical acts" after becoming President was to sign an executive order promoting President Eisenhower back to General of the Army.
From unscripted CIA documents, America under the Kennedy administration orchestrated a military coup to overthrow and murder President Diem of South Vietnam government, who strongly opposed U.S. troops' presence in Vietnam because it would be used as a propaganda by communists to lure more Vietnamese to fight against South Vietnam and America; Ho chi Minh, communist leader of North Vietnam, also celebrated this coup and said, "We will win this war; I cannot believe Americans are so stupid."
thats true but kennedy offered him a chance to escape many times in the monthes and weeks leading up to his diems assassination. he refused and wouldnt listen. i dont think veitnam or america would have faired any different with or without diem, it was kennedy who held the power to stop the war. LBJ was too stupid to govern or manage a difficult war.
So basically I just heard Ike telling Kennedy that it would be OK to invade Cuba KNOWING that they had nuclear weapons pointed at us. How can two people gamble the fate of the world on a "yeah don't worry man they won't do anything". Fuck kennedy, fuck ike, fuck brainasium im out.
they did not like one another. to say that they did is just not true. however, kennedy respected eisenhower as a military man, and to his credit, swallowed his pride and asked for his advice.
yeah i think your right.. it shows how a great leader or leaders should act.. even if JFK and Ike both hated each other, they would put their differences aside for the sake of the country. thats what was wrong with bush jr, i dont like his dad but i think had he asked him for advice dealing with iraq and afgan. he would have avoided many problems
@lilkumarjones Kennedy and Eisenhowe hated each other...they just agreed to sort this one issues out for the good of the people, not for political gain.
Ike: "...you have to be concerned about world opinion and--"
JFK: "And *Berlin!*"
LOL, Ike was a great great man for the head-on, straightforward fighting of WWII, but he really didn't know how to handle the sneaky, terroristic cold war. The usual war approach doesn't work. Ah well, that's what each new generation is for.
So sweet to hear Kennedy asking him for advice though. I don't think a lot of presidents ever asked so many previous ones for advice as he did. Two of my favs!
Agreed, Ike was a good General in the army but he was an idiot when it came to matters like this. Too much time on the golf course as President to know what was going on in the world.
Kennedy did look up to Ex Pres for help or advise and I love how much respect he had for them by calling them Mr.President or General even though both were retired from those positions.
Wow. That was fantastic! Thanks for posting, RobUniv. I agree with ITLLII in that Ike wasn't a "fighting" general, like Patton. He was an adminstrative General. A great organizer and a good man. I have a great deal of respect for Ike. And hats off to JFK for contacting Ike on this horrific issue, but I must say, I tip my hat to JFK for ignoring the advice of Ike on this phone call. "Nah, they won't move against Berlin." Errr...I don't know, General. Do you wanna risk that? Great material!
why does he call him "general?" Is it a term of affection since Ike was JFK's general in WWII. My point is, it is usually customary to refer to someone by the highest office they attain. Therefore, calling him general bumps him down a notch.
no eisenhower never lost his title of general. he never really retired of the army when he became president but when he became president he wasnt a general anymore but the commander in chief and when he left the office he was a general again.
According to his wikipedia page, he retired from active service on May 31, 1952. And according to my father, a career Navy man, a retired officer collects retirement pension and can be persuaded to return to active duty, but is no longer allowed to give anyone any orders, but they are still to be treated with respect by being saluted and referred to by highest office attained, but he has no power. Therefore, he was not a general after WWII. His highest most recent ACTIVE office was president
oh i was wrong maybe they called him general because of the respect and for what he did in world war 2. must be it cos he did defeat the nazis and managed too pull off d-day. And you know what he was so damn honest and i think people should never take Eisenhower for granted. Great American and president. i thought he was always a general
Ike was a political general, not a fighter like Patton. He never saw combat, his expertise was logistics, etc....he was a close friend of Patton for 25 yrs but let him down after people criticized his slapping a soldier, etc....funny the Germans from Hilter, Rommel, on down had greater respect for Patton than did his allies
Yeah ok: give Ike credit for being a strategist then. He was commander in chief of the Allied Forces in Europe during WWII. This nuclear threat in Cuba called for strategic thinking, and that's plainly why JFK called him for his opinion.
You are absolutely correct. Ike wasn't JFK's general, I believe McArthur was the Pacific theater general. But JFK would have known of him during the war and still perhaps thought of him as his general?? After all, Ike was the "Supreme Allied Commander." But you are right, JFK was definitely in the Pacific and Ike was in Europe.
I love bunneys and there wiggley noses which i time how many they wiggle in a minute with a stopwatch.I love there tails.I LOVE EVERY BUNNEY IN WORLD. I bet they taste good to eat.
I remember my father telling me about this crisis many, many times: How the whole family sat around the radio to find out what would happen next - and how afraid they were that WW3 could start any minute.
And now I found this phone conversation here! This is so great - I'll show this to my Dad. He'll love it! Thank you!!
Ya my grandpa was gonna be sent to Cuba had they invaded, I remember my parents telling me stories about how everyone was on edge because we were SO close to annihilating each other.
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typical! Judge a president based on a telephone voice?? I hope to God that is not how you base your voting habits as well. kennedy was a scumbag so were Bobby and Ted-- ask the girl who went for a swim in chappaquiddick-or maybe the people infront of me who saw kennedy falling down drunk at a redskins game in d.c. yrs ago - trahsy bunch of rum runners thats all they ever were
Just over 100,000 fewer votes for Kennedy and Nixon would have been president. I wonder what would have happened in the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban missile crisis? Would these events have happened at all? Would it have been WW3?
Just over 100,000 fewer votes for Kennedy and Nixon would have been president. I wonder what would have happened in the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban missile crisis? Would these events have happened at all? Would it have been WW3?
I remember being in grade school when this all went down. Our teacher said (something like) "we may not be here tomorrow" I was too young to truly understand the gravity of that statement & what exactly he meant by that... thank god.
The United States broke of relations Jan 3rd 1961. Eisenhower was still President. Ike was preparing a invasion to overthrow Castro. Kennedy only inherited it. Now I like both Eisenhower and Kennedy. I would have prefered no invasion however at that time with Communism a threat to the United States and unsure what it would do at home anyone may have done the same thing. No one knew Castro was a peace maker not a war nut. Castro actually likes Kennedy weird.
Khrushchev initially instructed his men on the ground to respond with force in the case of a U.S. full-scale invasion. He then revoked the order when the U.S. became more 'hawkish.' Despite Castro's constant appeals to nuke southern American states. Russia called our bluff and won.
If we had attacked, the Russians would have moved on Berlin-we would have responded-next step WW3. This is now an historical fact confirmed by former members of the Russian politburo, KGB and Segei Khruschev as well Kennedys' former advisors. JFK made the right call. Thank you President Kennedy.
IKE told kennedy to smash the missle sites to defend American and enforce the Monroe Doctrine. Intead, kennedy made an unnecessary deal and cemented Castro's rule in Cuba.
IKE also warned that any half measures in the Bay of Pigs would only make Castro appear stronger. kennedy should have listened.
Yeah, but no one has the right to get into other countries policies. If Castro stayed into power for so long, is not america's business, nor russia's, nor anyone's. Actually, we would never know whether or not the bombing of Cuba's missile sites would result in a nuclear war. Kennedy made a decision, there was no war, thus it was the right decision. You can't play with: "let's bomb a foreign country and let's hope they don't mind". The deal was necessary!
No one has the right to get into other INDIVIDUALS' business. If a country violates the rights of its citizens, then any country that does not violate rights (or at least violates fewer of them) has the right to interfere in their business.
Where was america then when the soviets made a puppet gov in my country, where were the western country when the communist government in my country killed millions? The truth is that the rich country intervenes in other countries business only when their interest are threaten or they are forced by the public opinion. So spare me the morality tales.
I said they have the RIGHT to do so. I did not say they have the responsibility to do so.
"...rich country intervenes in other countries business only when their interest are threaten or they are forced by the public opinion."
When it is in our best interest to do so, is the only time we should even care.
If one jackass country invades another, but doesn't threaten us all that much, then the only thing that should be able to get us involved would be if we stood to gain something from it.
Kennedy was out of his depth as President in 1961.Too young and inexperienced : there is no way IKE would have allowed the Bay of Pigs invasion to go ahead..... from that decision by Kennedy, this Missile crisis followed.
Bay of Pigs was initiated under Eisenhower's & Nixon's administration with the assistance of the CIA.. JFK had been in office two months when it went down..He knew nothig but took the wrap for the fiasco and sacked the two CIA chiefs Dulles and Bissell for not telling him what was really going on. JFK was the real peace keeper.
..again, do yr research.. The operation was authorized by Ike. Kennedy did not like it a bit, but felt he could not go against the advice of his predecessor and the CIA advisors, just two months into office.
Also, the CIA misrepresented the situation and the chances of success to him
He has the operation reduced in scale (absolutely no US army intervention) and asked that the original landing site be changed to something more "discreet"..
Kennedy only lost teh VP nomination to Kefauver by 26 and 1/2 delegate votes after Ike said he would not endorse anyone for that job, the last time that was done in 1956. That run for VP in 1956, even though it was not successful at the time, nevertheless helped set the stage for JFK to make a successful run four years later for presidential nomination.
To Johnson361981, JFK ran for the Vice Presidency in 1956. He lost to Estes Kefauver but came in second. Hubert Humphrey came in third for the vice presidential nomination, and Al Gore's father, Al Gore Sr., came in 4th. There were some very interesting people in the '56 election that would go on to have a legendary future. It was because of my favorite president, Ike, that World War III was avoided. Ike liked JFK quite a bit, and gave him advice often.
why cant the poeple we elect get along respectfully as these two did
rlf1967 1 month ago
@rlf1967 Unfortuntely those days are over.
LBF522 4 weeks ago
Fascinating! Great find, great post, thank you!
jb0579 1 month ago
The Mafia stood by and let Castro take over Cuba. They should have taken him out ASAP! And believe me they had the wherewithal to do it.They lost billions when he ran them out of their Casinos in Havana.
univibe23 3 months ago
@univibe23 oh wow I've just learned a new word from a youtube comment (wherewithal) -- dear God! its the coming of the apocalypse =P
Derrylmanalie 2 months ago
SICKO
3dartistguy 3 months ago
Wow
CarCriticAssessor 3 months ago
@RichardElden None of which would have happened if Kennedy hadn't been killed. You are so fucking stupid.
mraindog81 3 months ago
@RichardElden Me too. His martyrdom expedited the passage of a lot of liberal legislation.
mraindog81 3 months ago
Stop the nonsense, daydreaming conservas. Nixon would have made a mess because conservatives aren't men enough to back down when they're wrong. And make no mistake, air support or no air support, they would have been mowed down by Castro. The whole country was up in arms.
lz2rini 3 months ago
@RichardElden JFK sent air support twice. The US Navy attacked with unmarked jets and wiped out most of the Cuban Air Force except for a few trainers which they armed and used against the invasion. The 2nd time he sent the Navy jets there was a screw up in the timing. The CIA didn't compensate for the one hour time zone difference from Guatemala to Cuba. The B-26s left from Guatemala and were shot down because the jets had left by the time the B-26s got there. Blame the CIA idots not JFK.
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Nominay 4 months ago
@RichardElden JFK sent air support twice. The US Navy attacked with unmarked jets and wiped out most of the Cuban Air Force except for a few trainers which they armed and used against the invasion. The 2nd time he sent the Navy jets there was a screw up in the timing. The CIA didn't compensate for the one hour time zone difference from Guatemala to Cuba. The B-26s left from Guatemala and were shot down because the jets had left by the time the B-26s got there. Blame the the CIA idots not JFK.
1916jutland 4 months ago
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@1916jutland That's not good enough for him (who you responded to). Nothing is going to change this clowns hatred for JFK.
Nominay 4 months ago
These Evil LBJ statements WE believe refers to the murder of JFK
"It is the Melancholy law of human societies to be compeled sometimes to chose a great evil in order to ward off a greater evil"
YOU want to see a guilty MAN? check this out , = LBJ coments on JFK assasination 1969.wmv
LBJ Evil joke about JFK
"I told? him that morning at breakfast...Son, I'm afraid this just ant' your day. Your going to the morgue and I'm going back to the White House"
cruisersism 4 months ago
Eisenhouer gave Kennedy really good advice...
jonvil2009 4 months ago
if the U.S.A. had attacted cuba, it would have been a disaster because tactical nukes were in place& castro would have used them in a heartbeat
flankdrive45 5 months ago
Maybe this vid shows that Obama should start asking his predecessor Bush for advice.
TheCarguy974 5 months ago
Seeing JFK ask his predecessor Ike for advice, maybe Barack Obama, instead continuing his mistakes since he inaugurated should take advice from his predecessor, my favorite President, George W Bush.
TheCarguy974 5 months ago
Excellent Speach. The biggest failure of Kennedy was Mafia, Jimmy Hoffa and Union works. Public issues like that he refered to as a secret society. He could have been a great president but at the time Mafia and organized representation work or rights of all public was less of his effort. His response was ask not what you can do for your country but what you can do for it. A mistake was asking Vietnahm to do low end manual labor jobs. Black Americans was provided rights vietnam had less.
redviper2GAMER 6 months ago
The best part is when Kennedy cracks up at the end. That's what saw him through this event -- his humanity.
dontchastop 6 months ago
Ike was wrong. Krushchev was going to defend his nuclear missiles in Cuba with Soviet soldiers, with soviet submarines, and with Soviet nuclear battlefield weapons. Ike was also wrong about the Bay of Pigs invasion. Ike and JFK both made the mistake of magnifying Cuba into something much bigger than it ever should have been.
johnny511000 6 months ago
just two guys talking reasonably, simply, and with true reverence. it's crazy how far downhill politics have descended since the days of simple, fruitful conversations like this.
rlipil 6 months ago
I greatly admire Kennedy asking the advice of the former Presidents. I'm glad in the end though, he was his own man.
Awesome leader.
snoops71 7 months ago
if ike was president then, he would of nuked the bastards. You can tell he had great disdain for the russians.
FREAKNIZZLE100 7 months ago
mmm i see bush with Ike, its that stange way he parts his hair and the receding hairling, it PERFECTLY MATCHES THE GUY IN THE PIC STANDING IN FRONT OF THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY BUILDING.... IT WOULD MAKE SENCE, bush THERE TO WAVE GOODBYE TO JFK, KENNEDY RECOGNIZING THE SCOUNDREL, KNOWING HE WAS CIA, IN HIS MIND WONDERING WHY HE WAS THERE WAVING, THEN WHEN THE BULLET FROM THE KNOLL HIT HIM IN THE THROAT, HE KNEW, IF ONLY FOR A MOMENT..... BUSH KILLED JFK
MrBrianchristopher 8 months ago
If Bush and Cheney had been in the White House back in 1962...the world would have ended then...JFK kept us out of nuclear war...
beatlejim64 8 months ago
Thank goodness that Kennedy didn't listen to Eisenhower's advice to invade, we can see in hindsight that that would have been the end of civilization right there
Thvndar 8 months ago
lol just a casual talk about Nulcear war.... :)
VaciliNikoMavich 8 months ago 2
I respect JFK for putting politics aside and having an honest consult with Eisenhower on this. Kennedy is clearly interested in Ike's opinion and wants his input, which is consistent with the way he sought advice from all members of the Cabinet and White House staff during the crisis.
jksonny 8 months ago
The world is run by lunatics.
bogglerful 8 months ago
at 22 seconds of the clip notice how that man across from eisenhower looks a lot like george bush senior
MrJosh91189 9 months ago
@MrJosh91189 YES!! I said the same thing I had to rewind it back a little.
bubblinbrownsugar616 9 months ago
Kennedy seems very relieved when Ike inidicates he does not think the Soviets will launch an attack. Reflected in his laugh.
unwindzen 9 months ago
Notice that Kennedy never refers to the former President as such....
clarinetman100 11 months ago
@clarinetman100 I don't think he was trying to be disrespectful, just that Ike was better known as the general who won WWII in Europe.
LonghornPhysicist 10 months ago
@LonghornPhysicist Perhaps, but it is common practice even among Presidents to refer to one who is a former President of The United States, as "Mr. President".
clarinetman100 10 months ago
@clarinetman100 meh. Just my opinion. Doesn't really matter.
LonghornPhysicist 10 months ago
@clarinetman100 maybe Ike preferred being called General
quarf53206 9 months ago
@clarinetman100 it is proper that a President refer to his listener with thier FORMER rank before they became president.
discos1 8 months ago
@discos1 Eisenhower's former rank was Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States!
clarinetman100 8 months ago
amazing to listen to the two of them speaking so calmly about global nuclear war. and JFK even laughing "hang on tight". They had both been in combat, so you take it as it comes, but then so had the soviets.
ciroalb3 11 months ago
So Eisenhower would have invaded Cuba. He tells JFK he doesn't believe they will fire off their missiles.
bio2020 1 year ago
BOTH KENNEDY AND IKE WERE IDIOTS AND MADE TONS OF MISTAKES THAT COST US MONEY AND LIVES AND REPUTATION
1IIIIIIIIII1 1 year ago
BOTH THE4SE GUYS WERE IDIOTS AND MADE TONS OF MISTAKES THAT COST US MONEY AND LIVES AND REPUTATION
1IIIIIIIIII1 1 year ago
LIBERALS hate to hear it, but JFK would be a conservative democrat by today's standards or a full fledged republican! Awesome man!
mrbrandon71 1 year ago 2
Liberals/conservatives? In the early 60's, a social conservative would most likely have been a southern Democrat and social liberal might've been Republican or northern Democrat. When JFK cut taxes in early '63, the Democratic party did not berate him and Republicans didn't celebrate; it was something that could be acceptably done in a robust economy. The ideological dogma we enjoy in politics today came about after Watergate.
bikefixer 1 year ago 7
@bikefixer Things change. In 1956 Eisenhower won every county in New England except Suffolk, Massachusetts
xaviqaz 1 year ago
this is great!!! someone should subtitle this!!!!
kayolekenya 1 year ago
imagine people, the missile crisis under bush administration...
Lievcocijo 1 year ago
I love how John grunts.
exuberantpeace 1 year ago
These conversations show Kennedy's level of confidence and trust in the former presidents with Eisenhower, Truman, and Hoover even. Imagine if Nixon won the election in '60 and this happened. What would have become of the world then? Would he have provoked nuclear war or would he have done what Kennedy did. Regardless of Kennedy's womanizing, he was the right man at the right time.
corydwalker 1 year ago
Why do all these republicans keep claiming JFK was really a republican...no he was just a democrat with balls like Truman which doesn't happen very often anymore..democrats are always cow towing to special interest and corporations now
Vertigo2903 1 year ago
@Vertigo2903 Well he wasn't Republican but he was a Conservative. He wasn't really Liberal at all. I'm a right Leaning Libertarian and I think Kennedy was one of the best presidents.
skatepunkzero 1 year ago
@skatepunkzero JFK was a liberal, not a conservative and he was the farthest thing from a Republican possible. All hail JFK!
catclaw357 1 year ago
@catclaw357 JFK was very close to be libertarian. He lowered taxes, almost aduited the Fed Reserve, decreased business regulations, decreased government size. He was very fiscally conservative. Only socially he was Liberal in which he passed civil rights. He was very conservative.
skatepunkzero 1 year ago
@skatepunkzero He was a liberal socially and politically.
catclaw357 1 year ago
@catclaw357 not fiscally his Fiscally polices are conservative. Only socially he was liberal.
skatepunkzero 1 year ago
@skatepunkzero Maybe he was in a way a little Conservative, but he was more Liberal The Civil Rights Bill JFK passed was the most Liberal thing done by any American president with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves.
catclaw357 1 year ago
@catclaw357 Like I said he was socially liberal. Civil Rights is a social view.
skatepunkzero 1 year ago
@Vertigo2903 Because they can't handle the fact that our 2nd best president was a Democrat.
catclaw357 1 year ago
yes nixon was the reall backer of the cuban bay of pigs thats what he was after at watergate
cullinane8888 1 year ago 4
"Thanks general."
What ever happened to "Thank you, Mr. President"?
ultraback29 1 year ago
@ultraback29 I think that President Eisenhower was fine with the salutation of "General" and in fact since Kennedy served as a junior grade Lieutenant in WW2 it is actually a higher compliment to acknowledge him this way as a show of honor by a man who still considers Ike his superior.
1sababoy 1 year ago
@ultraback29 Eisenhower prefered the title "General" over "President".
corydwalker 1 year ago
Epic phone conversation is epic.
jackeroo02 1 year ago
What do these likable fellows have in common? They're all murderers.
bogglerful 1 year ago
Did I understand correctly as Kennedy was ready to invade Cuba if USSR wouldn't back off and that they were thinking that Russians wouldn't fire those missiles.
maweric 1 year ago
From listening to the phone conversation, I get the impression that if former President Eisenhower was still in the White House, he would have done, basically at least, the same thing, and, considering he and President Kennedy were of the opposite political parties, it was nice to hear they could put their political differences aside during a major crisis such as this one.
trafficligh 2 years ago 3
A former CIA idiot involved with the Bay of Pigs said they would have taken over a Central American country if JFK would not have OK'd the fiasco.JFK was in a Catch-22 situation. Nixon was the real backer of that stupid invasion. The CIA lied to JFK and the anti-Castro Cubans. A Soviet Lt. Col. said in the 90's that he would have fired on the invasion fleet with tactical nukes on his own. That would have caused WWIII. Photo at 0:26 taken in Dallas. LBJ knew he was looking at a dead man.
1916jutland 2 years ago 3
As much as I respect Eisenhower, I'm glad that he was out of his office by then if he was so convinced that the Soviets wouldn't start a nuclear war over Cuba.
GusF 2 years ago
Eisenhower ended the korean war what makes you think he was pro war
simontimon2 2 years ago
Oh, I don't think he was pro-war. With all the death he saw during WWII, I'm sure he was far from it. It just would worry me that he seemed willing to task the risk. I think he was underestimating the Soviets, frankly.
GusF 2 years ago
It's unlikely that the soviets would start a nuclear war because the US would have won.
And I don't see if cuba was liberated from that dictator it would start a nuclear war.
simontimon2 2 years ago
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I just had to a book report on JFK, I use to think he was a hero but now I know the truth about him, i am dissapointed. JFK wasn't a good/smart guy his whole political career was based off his daddy spending millions to cheat for him in every election all the way from the House up until the Presidency. He was the most corrupt person and biggest fraud/cheater to ever become prez.
Pinksnotgoth 2 years ago
Kid, your keyboard should be confiscated. To be fair, it is entirely possible that you are simply foolish for what you don't know, not due to lack of intelligence. I'll refrain from calling you an idiot, therefore.
pakizarish 2 years ago
Not really. Read up on his successor. And his successor's successor. Makes you wonder about the credentials one needs to be president.
Toodlem 2 years ago
Jfk had the sense to ask for advice from a military historical president.There was a great deal of respect there.Eisenhower knew Kennedy was young and was very anxious but he also knew that Kennedy had respect.Kennedy was the most powerful person in America and very seldom was arrogant.Kennedy was a true democrat when a democrat meant something.
openedup09 2 years ago 2
I'm an independent and I agree with you 100%. Of course, Dems today respect JFK a great deal and should. He's still viewed as a standard-bearer for their party. As an independent, I view JFK as a moderate Republican in today's terms.
ThePrimeDirective 2 years ago
In that respect, President Eisenhower would be vied as a Liberal in today's political world. He took on Conservative Robert Taft for the nomination;Signed legislation for what would later become Medicare and was an "Internationalist" in the true sense of the word. Some people call him a RINO because he would probably would not have been able to become president in today's Republican Party.
Suprkit 2 years ago 2
@Suprkit Sadly, this is true of most Republicans up to George W. Bush. Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Bush I, none of these people would get the nomination today. Only Reagan would be in with a chance. Even then I reckon he'd have a tough time - he was pro-immigration, against torture in all circumstances, pro nuclear disarmament & favoured talking (and indeed did talk) to the Soviet Union without preconditions.
AdiRudi 1 year ago
He had the sense to ask for advice, PERIOD. The world was fortunate that he realized his mistake earlier in relying on hawkish military advisers telling him that the Bay of Pigs was a good idea. The CMC was a situation where temporizing and weighing opinions was the right move.
pakizarish 2 years ago
@pakizarish
He realised his earlier Bay Of Pigs mistake?
The Bay Of Pigs was planned by the CIA and authorised by Eisenhower.
Bit unfair to blame John Kennedy on it even though it happened on his watch?
capetown99 2 years ago
@capetown99 I said he realized his mistake in listening to folks like LeMay (and by extension, the plan of a former general and the CIA). I'm all for JFK. I'm not pinning the design on him, just his fresh-faced eagerness in towing the line w/o the caution he displayed during the CMC (which he presumably learned after BOP). He and RFK had a "how could we be so foolish?" mea culpa in private over the fiasco.
pakizarish 2 years ago
I wonder if this conversation came before or after we found out there were tactical nukes in Cuba. Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
fogdelune 2 years ago
He called him General instead of Mr president. Interesting.
doug12361 2 years ago
He had been renamed a general after his presidency, so it was his official title.
esb84 2 years ago
One of President Kennedy's "first offical acts" after becoming President was to sign an executive order promoting President Eisenhower back to General of the Army.
Suprkit 2 years ago 3
Actuallly, even during his presidency he was called "general" over president. He actually prefered it.
George Washington also during his presideny still went by General...
Moionfire 2 years ago
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From unscripted CIA documents, America under the Kennedy administration orchestrated a military coup to overthrow and murder President Diem of South Vietnam government, who strongly opposed U.S. troops' presence in Vietnam because it would be used as a propaganda by communists to lure more Vietnamese to fight against South Vietnam and America; Ho chi Minh, communist leader of North Vietnam, also celebrated this coup and said, "We will win this war; I cannot believe Americans are so stupid."
TOMP66666 2 years ago
thats true but kennedy offered him a chance to escape many times in the monthes and weeks leading up to his diems assassination. he refused and wouldnt listen. i dont think veitnam or america would have faired any different with or without diem, it was kennedy who held the power to stop the war. LBJ was too stupid to govern or manage a difficult war.
pat442389 2 years ago
So basically I just heard Ike telling Kennedy that it would be OK to invade Cuba KNOWING that they had nuclear weapons pointed at us. How can two people gamble the fate of the world on a "yeah don't worry man they won't do anything". Fuck kennedy, fuck ike, fuck brainasium im out.
beefyseamus 2 years ago
most americans were happy that the current president was asking advice from the great Ike...
He was known for being a great general.
it was true that Ike didnt like nixon.
pt109girl 2 years ago 8
The best thing about Eisenhower and Kennedy is that they really liked each other. And Neither was a fan of Nixon. And that's why I love them both.
lilkumarjones 2 years ago 4
they did not like one another. to say that they did is just not true. however, kennedy respected eisenhower as a military man, and to his credit, swallowed his pride and asked for his advice.
BamaChris 2 years ago
yeah i think your right.. it shows how a great leader or leaders should act.. even if JFK and Ike both hated each other, they would put their differences aside for the sake of the country. thats what was wrong with bush jr, i dont like his dad but i think had he asked him for advice dealing with iraq and afgan. he would have avoided many problems
pat442389 2 years ago
@lilkumarjones Kennedy and Eisenhowe hated each other...they just agreed to sort this one issues out for the good of the people, not for political gain.
Manbeast222 1 year ago
JFK is the loud voice and Eisenhower is the quite one right
FamilyManMFH91 2 years ago 3
lol.we need another kennedy.true grit.
bansheewhiskey 2 years ago 2
lbj was going to do the fucking around the white house for now on
john19712 2 years ago
ike had a genius in dealing with people.
john19712 2 years ago
THIS IS THE GENIOUS OF kENNEDY,,TO REACH OUT TO
skotmikals 2 years ago
thanks for uploading this vid, it really helped me for my project
~Nat
BoleynofAragon21 2 years ago
Ike: "...you have to be concerned about world opinion and--"
JFK: "And *Berlin!*"
LOL, Ike was a great great man for the head-on, straightforward fighting of WWII, but he really didn't know how to handle the sneaky, terroristic cold war. The usual war approach doesn't work. Ah well, that's what each new generation is for.
So sweet to hear Kennedy asking him for advice though. I don't think a lot of presidents ever asked so many previous ones for advice as he did. Two of my favs!
grumpytosnowwhite 2 years ago 2
well im glad JFK was President and not Ike at that moment.
MADMAXIMUS88 2 years ago
Agreed, Ike was a good General in the army but he was an idiot when it came to matters like this. Too much time on the golf course as President to know what was going on in the world.
Jeff051176 2 years ago
If you knew how stupid you sounded, you would not talk at all.
bigjoetube 2 years ago 2
Had the agreements fell through it wouldn't have mattered. Either man would have had to take the gloves off. No choice.
dpman72 2 years ago
Is it me or does Truman and Ike seem like father figures to Kennedy?
InformationMinister 2 years ago
In one sense or another, I almost get the same feeling.
ROFLMFAOMGTG 2 years ago
Kennedy did look up to Ex Pres for help or advise and I love how much respect he had for them by calling them Mr.President or General even though both were retired from those positions.
dcn8933 2 years ago 4
Wow. How fascinating. Especially considering theyre in opposing parties. Two great presidents.
Sage80 2 years ago
ONE great president, and one martyr.
bigjoetube 2 years ago
Nice work, but I don't think the reminder that JFK was shot was necessary.
torgman 3 years ago 4
Wow. That was fantastic! Thanks for posting, RobUniv. I agree with ITLLII in that Ike wasn't a "fighting" general, like Patton. He was an adminstrative General. A great organizer and a good man. I have a great deal of respect for Ike. And hats off to JFK for contacting Ike on this horrific issue, but I must say, I tip my hat to JFK for ignoring the advice of Ike on this phone call. "Nah, they won't move against Berlin." Errr...I don't know, General. Do you wanna risk that? Great material!
tlibber 3 years ago
hey great material. where did you find it? the miller center? the eisenhower library?
DarKnight24712 3 years ago
00:26 - Johnson looks so happy in that picture.
CBright7831 3 years ago 2
He was probably thinking "Wait till Dallas, big boy".
dpman72 2 years ago 2
Haha! Knowing how shady Johnson was, you may be right.
CBright7831 2 years ago
LoL... Ike and JFK talking about nuclear destruction, like two neighbors having a morning coffee.
Pleblian 3 years ago 26
It's kind of scary how Ike seems to want to go straight in to a shooting war with the Soviets.
bsantosu 3 years ago 3
why does he call him "general?" Is it a term of affection since Ike was JFK's general in WWII. My point is, it is usually customary to refer to someone by the highest office they attain. Therefore, calling him general bumps him down a notch.
dylanrocks83 3 years ago
no eisenhower never lost his title of general. he never really retired of the army when he became president but when he became president he wasnt a general anymore but the commander in chief and when he left the office he was a general again.
dussuh 3 years ago
According to his wikipedia page, he retired from active service on May 31, 1952. And according to my father, a career Navy man, a retired officer collects retirement pension and can be persuaded to return to active duty, but is no longer allowed to give anyone any orders, but they are still to be treated with respect by being saluted and referred to by highest office attained, but he has no power. Therefore, he was not a general after WWII. His highest most recent ACTIVE office was president
dylanrocks83 3 years ago
oh i was wrong maybe they called him general because of the respect and for what he did in world war 2. must be it cos he did defeat the nazis and managed too pull off d-day. And you know what he was so damn honest and i think people should never take Eisenhower for granted. Great American and president. i thought he was always a general
dussuh 3 years ago
Capable, but not a great president. Great general? Certainly so. But great president? No.
Zeitgeist74 3 years ago
Ike was a political general, not a fighter like Patton. He never saw combat, his expertise was logistics, etc....he was a close friend of Patton for 25 yrs but let him down after people criticized his slapping a soldier, etc....funny the Germans from Hilter, Rommel, on down had greater respect for Patton than did his allies
ITILII 3 years ago
Yeah ok: give Ike credit for being a strategist then. He was commander in chief of the Allied Forces in Europe during WWII. This nuclear threat in Cuba called for strategic thinking, and that's plainly why JFK called him for his opinion.
bookkeeper57 3 years ago
Really, I thought JFK served in the Pacific Front? Ike was in Europe.
bittergunowner12 3 years ago
You are absolutely correct. Ike wasn't JFK's general, I believe McArthur was the Pacific theater general. But JFK would have known of him during the war and still perhaps thought of him as his general?? After all, Ike was the "Supreme Allied Commander." But you are right, JFK was definitely in the Pacific and Ike was in Europe.
dylanrocks83 3 years ago
Ya but I thought Ike was the Supreme Commander of Allied troops in Europe. I'll look it up.
bittergunowner12 3 years ago
JFK, in the only job he ever (briefly) held outside of politics, interviewed Ike as a reporter for Hearst Newspapers in 1945 after the war ended.
Nominay 3 years ago
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dackywamboo 3 years ago
such a fascinating insight into a potentially devastating era in history
taityfella 3 years ago 3
I remember my father telling me about this crisis many, many times: How the whole family sat around the radio to find out what would happen next - and how afraid they were that WW3 could start any minute.
And now I found this phone conversation here! This is so great - I'll show this to my Dad. He'll love it! Thank you!!
BlauerHut 3 years ago
Ya my grandpa was gonna be sent to Cuba had they invaded, I remember my parents telling me stories about how everyone was on edge because we were SO close to annihilating each other.
bittergunowner12 3 years ago
pictures too fast for me, sorry
phdecora 3 years ago
0:24 Bush Sr. was there....they're everywhere! Time to call an exterminator. LOL
debaucheryBotched 3 years ago 2
wow that was great, what an amazing insight into a very dangerous period in world history, thanks for posting
Nayrion70 3 years ago
ey..
no i am not judging him by his voice..
he was a great president maybe if you would open a book or two about him. yes he had his flaws but dont we all.
and if you dont like kenendy then dont watch any vidoes about him or just dont complain!!
pinecove11 3 years ago
Wow, a great piece of history. The subject matter is so serious yet they are talking so calmly about it. Two great presidents!
inspirewire 3 years ago 13
@inspirewire No. One great president, Eisenhower was horrible.
catclaw357 1 year ago
kennedy has a hot telephone voice.. i love kennedy..
pinecove11 3 years ago
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typical! Judge a president based on a telephone voice?? I hope to God that is not how you base your voting habits as well. kennedy was a scumbag so were Bobby and Ted-- ask the girl who went for a swim in chappaquiddick-or maybe the people infront of me who saw kennedy falling down drunk at a redskins game in d.c. yrs ago - trahsy bunch of rum runners thats all they ever were
radiojim1023 3 years ago
nixon had the best foreign policy with regards to balancing us off against china and the soviets
colonicvillus 3 years ago
Just over 100,000 fewer votes for Kennedy and Nixon would have been president. I wonder what would have happened in the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban missile crisis? Would these events have happened at all? Would it have been WW3?
Rhenoism 3 years ago
That would only be true if the popular vote determined who is president.
NecessaryTruths 3 years ago
You're right. I guess the real rulers wanted Kennedy, then.
Rhenoism 3 years ago
Just over 100,000 fewer votes for Kennedy and Nixon would have been president. I wonder what would have happened in the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban missile crisis? Would these events have happened at all? Would it have been WW3?
Rhenoism 3 years ago
I remember being in grade school when this all went down. Our teacher said (something like) "we may not be here tomorrow" I was too young to truly understand the gravity of that statement & what exactly he meant by that... thank god.
Deke100 4 years ago
american leaders we twats
crishcrash1 4 years ago
Democrats and Republicans got along then. Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon all got along. Why can't they all today. Although Bush Sr. and Clinton get along
KMAN6000 4 years ago
They all do, you just don't know it.
lyden2006 4 years ago 3
The United States broke of relations Jan 3rd 1961. Eisenhower was still President. Ike was preparing a invasion to overthrow Castro. Kennedy only inherited it. Now I like both Eisenhower and Kennedy. I would have prefered no invasion however at that time with Communism a threat to the United States and unsure what it would do at home anyone may have done the same thing. No one knew Castro was a peace maker not a war nut. Castro actually likes Kennedy weird.
KMAN6000 4 years ago
Khrushchev initially instructed his men on the ground to respond with force in the case of a U.S. full-scale invasion. He then revoked the order when the U.S. became more 'hawkish.' Despite Castro's constant appeals to nuke southern American states. Russia called our bluff and won.
IKE got it right.
DeAnte85 4 years ago
How exactly did Russia win? They ended up disarming their missiles.
nickchris17 3 years ago
If we had attacked, the Russians would have moved on Berlin-we would have responded-next step WW3. This is now an historical fact confirmed by former members of the Russian politburo, KGB and Segei Khruschev as well Kennedys' former advisors. JFK made the right call. Thank you President Kennedy.
drysdale65 4 years ago 3
IKE told kennedy to smash the missle sites to defend American and enforce the Monroe Doctrine. Intead, kennedy made an unnecessary deal and cemented Castro's rule in Cuba.
IKE also warned that any half measures in the Bay of Pigs would only make Castro appear stronger. kennedy should have listened.
DeAnte85 4 years ago
Yeah, but no one has the right to get into other countries policies. If Castro stayed into power for so long, is not america's business, nor russia's, nor anyone's. Actually, we would never know whether or not the bombing of Cuba's missile sites would result in a nuclear war. Kennedy made a decision, there was no war, thus it was the right decision. You can't play with: "let's bomb a foreign country and let's hope they don't mind". The deal was necessary!
brav0wing 4 years ago 4
No one has the right to get into other INDIVIDUALS' business. If a country violates the rights of its citizens, then any country that does not violate rights (or at least violates fewer of them) has the right to interfere in their business.
NecessaryTruths 3 years ago
Where was america then when the soviets made a puppet gov in my country, where were the western country when the communist government in my country killed millions? The truth is that the rich country intervenes in other countries business only when their interest are threaten or they are forced by the public opinion. So spare me the morality tales.
brav0wing 3 years ago 5
What country are you refering to?
ishmaiden 3 years ago
Bravowing is from the United Kingdom.
xxNIKEDAN63bb 3 years ago
I said they have the RIGHT to do so. I did not say they have the responsibility to do so.
"...rich country intervenes in other countries business only when their interest are threaten or they are forced by the public opinion."
When it is in our best interest to do so, is the only time we should even care.
If one jackass country invades another, but doesn't threaten us all that much, then the only thing that should be able to get us involved would be if we stood to gain something from it.
NecessaryTruths 3 years ago
Kennedy is a hero of mine. I wish I could hug you for posting this. Thank you so much!!!!!!!
christinamickey06 4 years ago
Kennedy was out of his depth as President in 1961.Too young and inexperienced : there is no way IKE would have allowed the Bay of Pigs invasion to go ahead..... from that decision by Kennedy, this Missile crisis followed.
haldenver 4 years ago
Excuse me??? Inexperienced? The man was a war hero. Do some research.
christinamickey06 4 years ago
Bay of Pigs was initiated under Eisenhower's & Nixon's administration with the assistance of the CIA.. JFK had been in office two months when it went down..He knew nothig but took the wrap for the fiasco and sacked the two CIA chiefs Dulles and Bissell for not telling him what was really going on. JFK was the real peace keeper.
yaluobud 4 years ago 6
...the Bay of Pigs was a CIA project authorized by Ike.....pls do your research...
funkster4 3 years ago
authorising is not the same as giving the "go-ahead".
Rgds HD
haldenver 3 years ago
..again, do yr research.. The operation was authorized by Ike. Kennedy did not like it a bit, but felt he could not go against the advice of his predecessor and the CIA advisors, just two months into office.
Also, the CIA misrepresented the situation and the chances of success to him
He has the operation reduced in scale (absolutely no US army intervention) and asked that the original landing site be changed to something more "discreet"..
funkster4 3 years ago
It's so bizarre to hear a president, let alone two of them, speak so candidly.
Filby 4 years ago
WOW what a great clip. The best political clip I have heared. America could have very possibly completely disappear in those months. Amazing
700056 4 years ago
Mr. Kennedy should have listened more to Ike than the CIA. God bless Ike and JFK. Grandpa Clarence Jones tribute on YouTube
oldsteinar 4 years ago 4
Kennedy only lost teh VP nomination to Kefauver by 26 and 1/2 delegate votes after Ike said he would not endorse anyone for that job, the last time that was done in 1956. That run for VP in 1956, even though it was not successful at the time, nevertheless helped set the stage for JFK to make a successful run four years later for presidential nomination.
D4g4marc4 4 years ago
To Johnson361981, JFK ran for the Vice Presidency in 1956. He lost to Estes Kefauver but came in second. Hubert Humphrey came in third for the vice presidential nomination, and Al Gore's father, Al Gore Sr., came in 4th. There were some very interesting people in the '56 election that would go on to have a legendary future. It was because of my favorite president, Ike, that World War III was avoided. Ike liked JFK quite a bit, and gave him advice often.
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