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Today America celebrates the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy assuming the presidency with Kennedy remaining the most popular president of the last 50 years.

Let’s end the mythology that America is moving to the right. In a Gallup poll released in December, Americans gave John F. Kennedy an approval rating of 85 percent, the highest of any of the nine presidents who have served in the last 50 years.

In the Gallup poll Ronald Reagan was second with 74 percent approval, while Bill Clinton was third with 64 percent. Last on the list were two Republican presidents, George W. Bush and Richard Nixon.

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