Sir, thank you for doing this. I'm 54 and grew up in the Los Angeles valley so this was never taught in my time in school. I'm retired from the Army young and have time to fill in the gaps of my education now. I find JFK & the whole situation interesting.
A very powerful message of what John F. Kennedy might have addressed the Nation with. Rule of Law must prevail if we intend to continue to "form a more perfect union" as we said in our Declaration of Independence. I'd like to see these words guide ourselves and our government.
Kurt, thank you, and I'm delighted this moved you. I had for many years wondered just what JFK would have said if he were tragically freed from the absence of candor of real world politics. And, as said above, that is me doing JFK's voice. I wrote the speech, but after years of contemplation over his views and personal makeup.
Yes, it is! It's an otherworldly twist! But I think this does open some exploration of what he could have said during the passage from the political real world to the honesty of the ideal realm he was entering.
That is me. I have done voice impressions, mostly of U.S. political figures, since the 1970s. And I knew Vaughn Meader. I searched him out during his quiet post First Family years. I traveled to Maine and spent a week with him and his wife Sheila. So you might say I studied the art of doing JFK's voice under the master -- though he always honored his pledge never to do his JFK act again, a promise he made in the days after John F. Kennedy was killed.
You did a fantastic job ! I really beginning to Believe that it was Jfk Or Vaughn Meader . Speaking about Vaughn Meader i knew this guy that used to get in touch with celebrities, He said he got in touch with Mr.Meader But he was not very friendly to him , this is just what he told me saying to him never call me again ..
@@RobertSnyder-l3s Thank you! ... And I'm sorry your friend had a bad experience trying to contact him. I guess it's intangibles whether an effort like that goes well or not. Maybe Vaughn Meader was just having a bad day, or whatever.
I didn’t want this to cause emotional pain to anyone. I certainly understand why it is sensitive, but I meant this video to show where the nation really was at that point in history, contrasted with where the mainstream view held that we were. We weren’t really fighting a unilaterally good fight against evil in the Cold War. There was evil on our side, too, and lots of corruption and deceit by the CIA. On the domestic front, racism was and still is more engrained in our national system that we were told. This video is more about that national failure to face reality than about JFK. I was five when he died, and I remember it vividly. I still feel the loss.
@@brianarbenz1329 Since you've articulated that point very well, I understand and appreciate it as I agree with what you're saying about 'national failure'. I was ten years of age when our president was murdered and old enough at the time to know what it meant to our country. High treason was committed on that day in November and no one was arrested nor even held accountable. That day still hangs over our collective head and we are caught in the wake of ruin. The day of reckoning hasn't yet been realized and that is why it will be devastating when the nation awakes from its self imposed coma.
@@gpiano88 Though I don't share all of your beliefs on the assassination, I certainly share the deep feelings of personal loss from his death. I had lost my father two years before (to desertion, not death) and I, as a four and five year old, rallied around the TV image of John F. Kennedy as a substitute father figure. I saw him speaking in a news conference on my grandfather's Motorola b + w TV. Grandpa explained to me who he was. That was probably early '63 or late '62. Then, on 11/22/63 I saw the bulletin on my grandparents' large TV in the living room. I still remember every ensuing minute of that afternoon and evening.
@@brianarbenz1329 What you and I have in common in that context is rarely shared among our fellow citizens. That with the agonizing silence of denial also plays a part.
@@gpiano88 Why do you like Jack Kennedy? He was a limited 1940s playboy from a very wealthy and privileged family. And he was very inept as a president. He wasn’t a very nice person (and Bobby was a creep and upstart). And grow up about the assassination. It was done by a lone wolf called Lee Oswald and it wasn’t difficult for him. There is no need to assume any conspiracy.
Sir, thank you for doing this. I'm 54 and grew up in the Los Angeles valley so this was never taught in my time in school. I'm retired from the Army young and have time to fill in the gaps of my education now. I find JFK & the whole situation interesting.
Thank _you_ for the observation. I'm delighted to know my JFK vid connected with you. Glad to have you as a viewer.
A very powerful message of what John F. Kennedy might have addressed the Nation with.
Rule of Law must prevail if we intend to continue to "form a more perfect union" as we said in our Declaration of Independence.
I'd like to see these words guide ourselves and our government.
Thank you. I appreciate your comments.
This is wild " I really feel like hes talking to us after he died ....
Kurt, thank you, and I'm delighted this moved you. I had for many years wondered just what JFK would have said if he were tragically freed from the absence of candor of real world politics. And, as said above, that is me doing JFK's voice. I wrote the speech, but after years of contemplation over his views and personal makeup.
Farewell address? Boy is this one out there.
Yes, it is! It's an otherworldly twist! But I think this does open some exploration of what he could have said during the passage from the political real world to the honesty of the ideal realm he was entering.
Is Vaughn Meader saying all this ?
That is me. I have done voice impressions, mostly of U.S. political figures, since the 1970s. And I knew Vaughn Meader. I searched him out during his quiet post First Family years. I traveled to Maine and spent a week with him and his wife Sheila. So you might say I studied the art of doing JFK's voice under the master -- though he always honored his pledge never to do his JFK act again, a promise he made in the days after John F. Kennedy was killed.
You did a fantastic job ! I really beginning to Believe that it was Jfk Or Vaughn Meader . Speaking about Vaughn Meader i knew this guy that used to get in touch with celebrities, He said he got in touch with Mr.Meader But he was not very friendly to him , this is just what he told me saying to him never call me again ..
@@RobertSnyder-l3s Thank you! ... And I'm sorry your friend had a bad experience trying to contact him. I guess it's intangibles whether an effort like that goes well or not. Maybe Vaughn Meader was just having a bad day, or whatever.
For those of us who loved John Kennedy, this piece is cruel and unusual punishment.
I didn’t want this to cause emotional pain to anyone. I certainly understand why it is sensitive, but I meant this video to show where the nation really was at that point in history, contrasted with where the mainstream view held that we were.
We weren’t really fighting a unilaterally good fight against evil in the Cold War. There was evil on our side, too, and lots of corruption and deceit by the CIA. On the domestic front, racism was and still is more engrained in our national system that we were told.
This video is more about that national failure to face reality than about JFK.
I was five when he died, and I remember it vividly. I still feel the loss.
@@brianarbenz1329 Since you've articulated that point very well, I understand and appreciate it as I agree with what you're saying about 'national failure'. I was ten years of age when our president was murdered and old enough at the time to know what it meant to our country. High treason was committed on that day in November and no one was arrested nor even held accountable. That day still hangs over our collective head and we are caught in the wake of ruin. The day of reckoning hasn't yet been realized and that is why it will be devastating when the nation awakes from its self imposed coma.
@@gpiano88 Though I don't share all of your beliefs on the assassination, I certainly share the deep feelings of personal loss from his death. I had lost my father two years before (to desertion, not death) and I, as a four and five year old, rallied around the TV image of John F. Kennedy as a substitute father figure. I saw him speaking in a news conference on my grandfather's Motorola b + w TV. Grandpa explained to me who he was.
That was probably early '63 or late '62. Then, on 11/22/63 I saw the bulletin on my grandparents' large TV in the living room. I still remember every ensuing minute of that afternoon and evening.
@@brianarbenz1329 What you and I have in common in that context is rarely shared among our fellow citizens. That with the agonizing silence of denial also plays a part.
@@gpiano88 Why do you like Jack Kennedy?
He was a limited 1940s playboy from a very wealthy and privileged family. And he was very inept as a president. He wasn’t a very nice person (and Bobby was a creep and upstart).
And grow up about the assassination. It was done by a lone wolf called Lee Oswald and it wasn’t difficult for him. There is no need to assume any conspiracy.