WHY OBAMA SOUNDS LIKE J.F.K.

By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES

It’s no accident the Kennedy magic has infused itself into the campaign of Barack Obama.

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Theodore “Ted” Sorensen, the adviser whom John F. Kennedy once called his “intellectual blood bank,” is lending his unabashed support — and eloquence — to the Obama campaign.

Oprah, another gushing Obama supporter, may have star power, but Sorensen has brain power. At the age of 24, he joined the staff of the newly elected Sen. John F. Kennedy and later helped him win the presidency, calling on Americans to pass the torch to a new generation.

The legendary speech writer helped Kennedy craft the now-famous 1961 Inaugural address in which the new president proclaimed, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”

Source: ABC News: Kennedy’s Touch on Obama’s Words


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