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 | | From: | Kim Strh | | Subject: | Re: Windows 99 Real or Not | | Date: | Sat, 11 Dec 2004 20:21:24 GMT |
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 | Second, it seems to me to be a
curious leap from the politically misunderstood shenanigans of
Watergate to the formative years of John Kennedy's college prep
days and early adulthood, which is what this book is about. It
takes JFK from his days at the exclusive Choate School in
Connecticut to his first term as a congressman i.e. from about
1934 through 1947. I don't understand how comparing the political
fallout from Watergate with an examination of Kennedy's youthful
years constitutes a politically valid analogy. Third, the Blairs
seem a bit behind the curve on Nixon. If they wanted to find out
the "truth" about Nixon all they had to do was examine his
behavior, and some of the people he employed, in his
congressional campaign against Jerry Voorhis, his senatorial
campaign against Helen Douglas and, most importantly, his
prosecution of Alger Hiss. These all happened before 1951, two
decades before Watergate. Nothing in JFK's political career
compares with them.
The book's ill-explained origin is not its only problem. In its
final form, it seems to be a rush job. I have rarely seen a
biography by a veteran writer (which Clay Blair was) so poorly
edited, written, and organized. The book is nearly 700 pages
long. It could have been cut by a third without losing anything
of quality or substance. The book is heavily reliant on
interviews which are presented in the main text.
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