F.d.r. Had To Deal With Southern Segregationists

Victory Has 1,000 Fathers; Defeat Has 1,000 Kibitzers.

Protestations Of Indifference To Higher Office Are Hard To Take Seriously When The 'non-candidate' Is Busily Engaged In Testing The Waters.

Well, Politics Is War, And In War, Truth Is The First Casualty.

The Niftiest Turn Of Phrase, The Most Elegant Flight Of Rhetorical Fancy, Isn't Worth Beans Next To A Clear Thought Clearly Expressed.

In Early 1961 A New President, John F. Kennedy, Was Told By Military Leaders And Civilian Officials That The Kingdom Of Laos - Of No Conceivable Strategic Importance To The U.s. - Required The Presence Of American Troops And Perhaps Even Tactical Nuclear Weapons. Why? Because If Laos Fell, Asia Would Go Red From Thailand To Indonesia.