Tapes: JFK Saw DC Disconnect

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Newly released tapes made just days before his assassination reveal President John F. Kennedy struggling with a political strategy of how to appeal to average Americans - and noting the issue of how his administration was “shoving the Negroes down” the throats of voters.

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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum on Tuesday is releasing 45 hours of privately recorded meetings and calls Tuesday, the last of more than 260 hours of recordings that JFK secretly made in the days before his assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, according to the AP.

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In a portent of the terrible events to come, Kennedy talked about his schedule on the coming Monday, which would become his funeral day.

“Monday?” he asked. “Well that’s a tough day."

Interesting.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71874.html