A New Generation John F. Kennedy and a New Generation, by David Burner, discuss his presidency with regards to his youth, style and courage, as opposed to his actual achievements. Many people feel that Kennedy's term was full if image boosting events and lacked substance and outstanding accomplishments. Kennedy appealed to the public with his style and looks. Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, appealed to certain groups which formed the solid support of the family's power. Many groups, such as Jews, blacks, blue-collar democrats, Hispanics, and Asians supported him because he "represents a partial fulfillment of a national promise that Americans even of recent immigrant background might reach for wealth, homes, education for their children, or an ideal of justice" (Burner 1). Like Franklin D. Roosevelt and his fireside chats, JFK made the voters responsive to the "air of easy con....

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