I have not been a fan of Chris Matthews but I found the man in this interview engaging. It helps, I think, that his book is about JFK who I’m sure is more interesting to the older of us than the younger – Matthews tells us stuff about Kennedy that I didn’t know. And could it possibly be that all of us aging boys, who grew up on cowboy movies, are still hoping to be heroes and still fascinated by those we think actually are?
Toward the end of this interview Rose asks to switch to current politics. Matthews – the man of Obama leg tingles – seems surprisingly sober in evaluating the President and admitting that he has not led. More importantly, I think Matthews offers us a picture of leadership that we might all accept and use to measure candidates.
Chris Matthews on his book: Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero
Charlie Rose on Monday, October 31, 2011 - 38 minutes
If you only want the politics, wait for the whole thing to cue up and then move the slider to 28:38. This does not always work.
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