The speeches of President Kennedy were well known because they were articulate on the subject matter and the issues themselves. and the American people responded in a positive way. It was a time when the GOP cast their conservatism as being superior to the democratic party's liberalism. Long before JFK became President, he said the following in his book, "Profiles in Courage."
If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people, their health-, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, If that is what they mean by a "Liberal" than I am proud to say I'm a "Liberal."
Kennedy's quote tells the story of a philosophy that has worked well for the people and the country over the years. Fast forward to Trump and the GOP CULT conservatism and one can see nothing but opposition, no policy, just an extreme ideology that rejects democracy and all the good America the Beautiful stands for. The conservative ideology is chaos and at the time of this writing they are threating a government shutdown once again for no good reason. The GOP's conservatism even supports Trump as their Presidential nominee, knowing he is a convicted criminal, sexual abuser, fraudster, and a former President who committed a traitorous act by trying to overturn a duly democratic legal Presidential election.
President Kennedy had it right about Liberalism and the American people can be proud of the accomplishments. The remarkable thing about Liberalism, it was there when our forefathers designed and adopted the U.S. Constitution, the most liberal document of them all.
And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
