![]() ![]() While it has since emerged that this man was far from being an embodiment of goodness, the eternal flame still burns in his memory, in much the same way as revelations about Bill Clinton's personal life have done nothing to derail his own presidency. The idea behind this feeling was that even the man who embodied decency and hope for everyone could be wiped out by the forces of evil. ![]() It has become a truism that the United States of America (and for that, as usual, read the Western World) lost its innocence on the day that John F Kennedy was assassinated. But while this speaks volumes about the degree to which the media now reports on the private lives of public figures, it also says much about how unwilling we all are to let the facts get in the way of a good myth. Bill Clinton, who has himself milked the Kennedy myth in order to gain power, was unable to keep a lid on his own infidelities. Back then it was possible for a US president to keep his sexual peccadilloes completely secret. Times have changed since John Fitzgerald Kennedy led America in the early Sixties.
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