KENNEDY HAS LEARNED TO TAKE "YOWLING WOMEN" WITH A GRIN
Tampa, Florida (JFK+50) On October 19, 1960, Mary McGrory* writes in The Evening Star that Senator John F. Kennedy's "communication with his public" has been "mostly shaky" to this point, but JFK has learned to take "yowling women and their companions"..."with a grin."
The Senator talks to the crowds of adoring would-be voters..."and they talk back." JFK, McGrory says, even "enjoys it a little bit."
Campaigning here in Tampa, the Senator exclaimed...
"If you think everything is all right, vote for Nixon."
The crowd responded in chorus..."NO!"
McGrory believes Senator Kennedy "seems to be sniffing victory."
JFK+50 NOTE
Mary McGrory, speaking to Daniel Patrick Moynihan shortly after JFK's death, said..."We will never laugh again." Mr. Moyniihan replied, "Mary, we will laugh again, but we will never be young again."
*Mary McGrory (1918-2004) was born in Boston, Massachusetts & educated at Emmanuel College. MM was a political journalist from 1947 to 2003 & won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary as well as the Four Freedoms Award.
SOURCE
"Kennedy Learns to Relax," by Mary McGrory, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1960, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
