![]() ![]() On the morning of the luncheon, Kennedy met with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, who was at the time the most powerful municipal politician in the Democratic Party. He displayed a remarkable faith in the ability of ordinary citizens to recognize and understand the bitter truth about the war, and to take action to force their government to change course. He called on Americans' higher sense of national purpose, and challenged them to press their government to withdraw from the conflict. Kennedy, who made only minor revisions of the final draft, employed imagery reminiscent of the spirit of sacrifice that characterized the nation during World War Two. intervention, he attempted to extricate from the pro-war forces their putative monopoly on "patriotic duty" in time of war. ![]() By combining support for the troops with a passionate appeal for coming to terms with the reality of the U.S. Kennedy's post-Tet address went far beyond his Maspeech in attacking Johnson's position. ![]()
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