Kennedy was more conservative then reagan, poppa bush, or W. Back then they could balance budgets. Now, we have uneducated masses voting in neo-cons who speak of balancing budgets, stopping illegals,and getting to the moon, but do the exact opposite. Sadly, these followers ignore results and simply listen to rhetoric. Neo-cons have fucked up education in America. Hell, reagan and W grew gov more than all other president EXCEPT for lincoln and FDR who were dealing with real issues.
Wow, this gets a "+5, Insightful"?
"Neo-cons" were Democrats that defected when Clinton didn't stringently support Israel. By what twisted logic do you propose for how they fucked up education?
Kennedy was a centric Democrat from the days before that party shifted to the left. His support of the moon mission was a political statement after a series of political mistakes.
Maybe the lack in education is dire. You might want to learn about "transference".