50 Years Ago
 

I remember this well, as my High School Civics class hashed this election to no end. But more than the election, I remember the times, the country as it was then. Although there have been improvements such as civil rights, I don't like many of the changes we've gone through. Looking at the details of the picture, you can see a different country.

That suicide in the front row would be a big deal today.

Private Pyle from Full Metal Jacket. I think I see Mary Jane Rottencrotch, too.

"A small crowd gathered in front of the local Moose Lodge to hear Mr. Kennedy stand on a high-chair on speak into a light bulb."

No one paid any real attention to Ike's "beware the military-industrial complex" or the John Birch Society,
but there was "Silent Spring" and the National Park Service's "Mission 66",
and some Pirates beat some Yankees, and the first "sit in" in Woolworths,
and almost as important, Bill married Edwina in Dallas Tx.

Could you imagine what would happen if you stood six feet from Obama and pulled out a toy gun?

Well, no, 'cause you wouldn't get within 60 feet of Big O with so much as a slingshot in your pocket, but ...

Well one change is, you can't just stand on a high chair to deliver your message. You have to be behind a backdrop with a message repeated over and over so that even the dumb people can take something from it. :D

Maybe that kid was from Dallas.

And Flags! Where are the enormous FLAGS! What is this Kennedy fella, some kind of commie traitor???

I remember that time, and it looks like JFK was speaking in West Virginia where he was shocked to find the amount of poverty there. He reacted strongly to it which was obvious to the people who voted for him in the primary and election.

Timing is all wrong, but, I'm thinking the kid w/the gun went to University of Texas at Austin. Looks like a young Charles Whitman.

To bad it has all been such a total failure since....

Obama on a high chair would be news enough

:lol: Obama Steals Infant's Highchair, film at 11, on FOX.

Actually it's a step stool, common at the time for reaching high kitchen cabinets, buy fox wouldn't care.

Wouldn't that be a great news item? :D

But then we'd need infant teleprompters... :3_eyes: