“ For Jack Kennedy, who only made campaigning LOOK easy, it was, in fact, anything but. ”
While JFK had made the sale on a political level, he had not yet completed it on an emotional one.
~ David Pietrusza
Organizing a coup was not the same as wanting one.
John F. Kennedy responded, as he often did when at his best, skillfully mixing dollops of wit with, self-deprecation, and the principle of not-really-going-near-the-question.
Nixon was by nature a excluder. Halderman like to exclude people. When Nixon's need met Halderman's abilities, you had the most perfect formula for disaster. – Jim Shepley
