this is taking to long...
ok if you ask just about any hippy who their least and most favorite presidents are and invariably they say Nixon-least favorite and JFK-most bestest favorite ever.
and the main issue of that era was the war in Vietnam and our involvement in it... and they were all vehemently opposed to it...
but strangely, our involvement in vietnam hinges on the one president that started us on the path of escalation to war and that would be the very same
JFK their bestest most favorite president ever
now... some may argue that the gulf of tonkin resolution was after JFK was dead but LBJ was just following kennedy's orders and they were...
kenedy escalation "pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and success of liberty.
and can you guess which president ended the war in vietnam that was so important that we get out of...
well of course it was Nixon the vile, nixon the villain, nixon the crook nixon the most hated man in america etc etc etc
how do square that to, let's say, a casual onlooker from another planet.... explain it to me so that I can explain it to them.
someone, anyone. jump on in!