Obama Declares Day Of Remembrance In Honor of JFK

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

CATHERINE THOMPSON – NOVEMBER 22, 2013, 8:23 AM EST

President Barack Obama declared Friday a day of remembrance for the late John F. Kennedy and ordered flags flown at half-staff to mark the 50th anniversary of the former president's assassination.

"With broad vision and soaring but sober idealism, President John F. Kennedy had called a generation to service and summoned a Nation to greatness," Obama wrote in a proclamation. "Today, we honor his memory and celebrate his enduring imprint on American history."

The President and First Lady Michelle Obama, along with former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, laid a wreath at Kennedy's gravesite Wednesday to commemorate the anniversary of his death.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obama-declares-day-of-remembrance-in-honor-of-jfk

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Obama Proclamation on Day of Remembrance for President Kennedy

21 November 2013

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
November 21, 2013

DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

A half century ago, America mourned the loss of an extraordinary public servant. With broad vision and soaring but sober idealism, President John F. Kennedy had called a generation to service and summoned a Nation to greatness. Today, we honor his memory and celebrate his enduring imprint on American history.

In his 3 years as President of the United States, John F. Kennedy weathered some of the most perilous tests of the Cold War and led America to the cusp of a bright new age. His leadership through the Cuban Missile Crisis remains the standard for American diplomacy at its finest. In a divided Berlin, he delivered a stirring defense of freedom that would echo through the ages, yet he also knew that we must advance human rights here at home. During his final year in office, he proposed a civil rights bill that called for an end to segregation in America. And recognizing women's basic right to earn a living equal to their efforts, he signed the Equal Pay Act into law.

While President Kennedy's life was tragically cut short, his vision lives on in the generations he inspired -- volunteers who serve as ambassadors for peace in distant corners of the globe, scientists and engineers who reach for new heights in the face of impossible odds, innovators who set their sights on the new frontiers of our time. Today and in the decades to come, let us carry his legacy forward. Let us face today's tests by beckoning the spirit he embodied -- that fearless, resilient, uniquely American character that has always driven our Nation to defy the odds, write our own destiny, and make the world anew.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 22, 2013, as a Day of Remembrance for President John F. Kennedy. I call upon all Americans to honor his life and legacy with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. I also call upon Governors of the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, officials of the other territories subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and appropriate officials of all units of government, to direct that the flag be flown at half-staff on the Day of Remembrance for President John F. Kennedy. I further encourage all Americans to display the flag at half-staff from their homes and businesses on that day.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.

BARACK OBAMA

http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/texttrans/2013/11/20131121287656.html#axzz2lNnv8lfP

Poll: JFK The Most Popular President In Last 50 Years

TOM KLUDT – NOVEMBER 22, 2013, 7:11 AM EST

John F. Kennedy is the most popular president in the last 50 years, according to a new CNN/ORC International poll.

The poll, released on the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination, showed that 90 percent of Americans approve of his job performance as president.

Kennedy was followed by Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, who boasted approval ratings of 78 percent and 74 percent respectively.

With only 31 percent approving of his job as president, Richard Nixon finished at the bottom of the rankings.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/poll-jfk-the-most-popular-president-in-last-50-years

[mountain grammy]

1. Ronald Reagan at 78%?? I just can't swallow that one....

[Patrick57]

3. George W. Bush

I would put Bush Jnr. to the bottom of my pile. I mean the guy couldn't even spell the word 'polotycs'

At least Tricky Dicky seemed to understand the concept of having a point.

[mountain grammy]

4. Agree! W has my vote for the race to the bottom.

[gopiscrap]

6. Welcome to DU

[cosmicone]

5. For all the economic fuck-ups Ronnie did,

one must say that he kept the teabagger types under control. He only gave lip service to their racist, homophobic and anti-choice agenda without enacting anything that would roll back the civil rights act, Roe v Wade or affirmative action programs. He also was flexible and negotiated with Tip O'Neil in good faith.

[mountain grammy]

8. Yeah, kind of like Saddam Hussein without the torture, just propaganda and mind control

which began in earnest during the Reagan years.
This is just my opinion: Ronnie wasn't like conservatives today because he honestly loved America and Americans where pols like Rmoney have an obvious hatred for pretty much half of all Americans.

[proverbialwisdom]

2. iipdigital.usembassy.gov: Obama Proclamation on Day of Remembrance for President Kennedy

http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/texttrans/2013/11/20131121287656.html#axzz2lNnv8lfP

Obama Proclamation on Day of Remembrance for President Kennedy

21 November 2013

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
November 21, 2013

DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

A half century ago, America mourned the loss of an extraordinary public servant. With broad vision and soaring but sober idealism, President John F. Kennedy had called a generation to service and summoned a Nation to greatness. Today, we honor his memory and celebrate his enduring imprint on American history.

In his 3 years as President of the United States, John F. Kennedy weathered some of the most perilous tests of the Cold War and led America to the cusp of a bright new age. His leadership through the Cuban Missile Crisis remains the standard for American diplomacy at its finest. In a divided Berlin, he delivered a stirring defense of freedom that would echo through the ages, yet he also knew that we must advance human rights here at home. During his final year in office, he proposed a civil rights bill that called for an end to segregation in America. And recognizing women's basic right to earn a living equal to their efforts, he signed the Equal Pay Act into law.

While President Kennedy's life was tragically cut short, his vision lives on in the generations he inspired -- volunteers who serve as ambassadors for peace in distant corners of the globe, scientists and engineers who reach for new heights in the face of impossible odds, innovators who set their sights on the new frontiers of our time. Today and in the decades to come, let us carry his legacy forward. Let us face today's tests by beckoning the spirit he embodied -- that fearless, resilient, uniquely American character that has always driven our Nation to defy the odds, write our own destiny, and make the world anew.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 22, 2013, as a Day of Remembrance for President John F. Kennedy. I call upon all Americans to honor his life and legacy with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. I also call upon Governors of the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, officials of the other territories subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and appropriate officials of all units of government, to direct that the flag be flown at half-staff on the Day of Remembrance for President John F. Kennedy. I further encourage all Americans to display the flag at half-staff from their homes and businesses on that day.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.

BARACK OBAMA

This site is managed by the U.S. Department of State.

Related: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/01/20/remarks-president-50th-anniversary-john-f-kennedys-inauguration

[monmouth3]

7. I'm glad, for Caroline's sake, that she is in Japan..n/t

[Drunken Irishman]

9. LOL! Bush's approval still sucks.

[Jamaal510]

10. Like an earlier post said,

HTF does Reagan have a 78% approval rating after all the messed up ish he did? I wonder who voted in this poll, because they clearly must not know (or care) that Reagan was the main guy who opened up this can of worms on the middle class/poor callled "trickle-down". He pandered to bigots, and even went after the Black Panther Party in office (they were in fact the main reason he got behind gun control in the first place). And he did away with the Fairness Doctrine, so that FOX News and Limbaugh-type hosts dominate the media now.

How do so many people have rose-colored glasses of him?

[bearssoapbox]

11. "Obama Declares Day Of Remembrance In Honor of JFK"

Rethugs and Teabaggers response...

Who's JFK???

[cosmicone]

12. Sadly, getting assassinated does wonders for approval ratings

If Nixon was assassinated in 1973, he may have enjoyed a higher approval rating.

Having said that, Kennedy's approval rating is well-deserved, whether assassinated or not. If he had lived out two terms, perhaps we would not have had the highly escalated Vietnam clusterfuck and Nixon may never have been elected.

[avaistheone1]

14. President Kennedy's approval ratings were very high before he was assassinated. His numbers were in

the 70's.


John F. Kennedy's Vision of Peace
On the 50th anniversary of JFK's death, his nephew recalls the fallen president's attempts to halt the war machine

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/john-f-kennedys-vision-of-peace-20131120#ixzz2lQ6lQLeY

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024066229

[cosmicone]

15. Actually, in November 1963, JFK's approval rating was 58%

"History has generally been kind to ex-presidents, but none more so than Kennedy. His approval rating in November of 1963 was 58%. In the 1990s, that number rose to 78% and rose even further in later years," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/22/cnn-poll-jfk-tops-presidential-rankings-for-last-50-years/

[MoreGOPoop]

13. K & R

President Kennedy provided the Lift-off and President Obama
has kicked in the After-burner.

RIP JFK