 during the kennedy years before his assassination he inherited a recession and they were at something like 6.8 percent gdp growth uh by 1964. obviously he believed in a strong military he stared down the soviets obviously cuban missile crisis didn't believe in racial quotas or affirmative action just believed in you know merit-based stuff common sense you know so kennedy was like he would be laughed out of the room today uh if if he were to run in this current environment and then i