Brian Williams seems to think that JFK ran against Dwight Eisenhower

[Eric J in MN]

Run time: 05:46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmzeLsj8rbI   Posted on YouTube: October 04, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 07, 2008 By DU Member: Eric J in MN Views on DU: 371

 
"This is reminiscent of maybe Eisenhower-Kennedy, where one side is running on a more traditional, and the other side would be the long ball: to elect the young, vigorous of the two candidates, the more untested of the two candidates. I look at this a lot like Eisenhower-Kennedy." - Brian Williams


John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon in 1960.

[LiberalAndProud]

1. How did I miss that?

Is it just that he didn't want to invoke Nixon's name. Brian doesn't try to hide his bias much, does he?

[Eric J in MN]

3. three possibilities

1) Brian Williams believes that JFK ran against Eisenhower.

2) Brian Williams knows that JFK ran against Nixon, but he intentionally substituted Eisenhower (and misled about history) to avoid offending McCain admirers by comparing McCain to Nixon.

3) Brian Williams' tongue slipped twice as he said "Eisenhower" twice.

[Wetzelbill]

2. what a knucklehead

[barack the house]

4. It's about the last Republican that had a half decent reputation, sure they would exchange him for >

Nixon.

[Eric J in MN]

5. Eisenhower may have a better reputation than he deserves.

America's problems with Iran started with the 1953 overthrow of their democratic government.

wikipedia:
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The 1953 Iranian coup d'état deposed the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq and his cabinet, it was effected by Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi, SIS, and CIA agents working with anti-Communist civilians and army officers. The attempt to encourage a coup d'état, Operation Ajax required CIA man Kermit Roosevelt, Jr.'s bribing government officials, the news media, and businessmen, <1> to allow imposing retired Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi and Imperial Guard Col. Nematollah Nassiri as the government.<2>

This deposition of a formerly elected civil government was "a critical event in post-war world history", because it re-installed the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, leading a pro-Western dictatorship, that, in the event, contributed to his deposition by the anti-Western Islamic Republic in 1979. <3>
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[Desertrose]

6. Just another rewrite of history for convenience's sake

This crap really pisses me off.

Am NOT impressed by Brian Williams.

[calmblueocean]

7. I heard it as Williams making a hypothetical match between presidents that fit these two candidates

I didn't see him as trying to say that an Eisenhower-Kennedy matchup had ever happened. Everyone always compares Obama to Kennedy, and I just felt he was trying to find someone to compare to McCain who wasn't Nixon.

[susanbanks44]

8. I noticed that when it came out

I was surprised Letterman didnt say anything about it to him.