I was eight years old when our teacher came into the classroom crying. She informed all of us that the President had been murdered and that school would be let out early. I remember it seeming surreal. I did not follow John Kennedy that close but I admired him as much as any naive 8 year old could. However I did follow Bobby Kennedy. In 1968 I was hoping he would win. I think he would have made a great President. His leadership qualities seemed, at least to me, to be outstanding. But there were forces that wouldn't have it. Teddy Kennedy wasn't in the same category as his two older brothers. And then there was John Kennedy Jr. who we thought might be being groomed for the position. His fate was the same as his father and uncle. So when we witness a bloviating ignoramus occupying the same office as John Kennedy it's pretty sad. The man belongs in a carnival.