UMongameli uJohn F. Kennedy uhleka ngexesha lenkomfa yeendaba ngo-Agasti 9, 1963. (Ifoto: Uvimba weSizwe / Abenzi beendaba) Ngexesha kwimbali yaseMelika xa oomongameli ababini bokugqibela abamele amaqela omabini ezopolitiko bahlupheke kakhulu, kwaye ukungavunyelwa kweCongress kufikelele kwinqanaba eliphantse alacingelwa malunga neekota ezintathu zelizwe ngokweZopolitiko eziCacileyo, uJohn F. Kennedy uhlala yathandwa ngokubanzi kwaye yamkelwa ngabantu baseMelika.
Ekupheleni kuka-2013 uGallup wenza uphando olumangalisayo lokuthandwa kukamongameli. Ngelixa kusoloko kusithiwa ukunyuka kuka-Mongameli kuphakama emva kokuba oomongameli beshiye i-ofisi, uGallup wahlalutya ukuvota kwiintsuku ezili-1 000 uKennedy wayengumongameli kwaye wafumanisa ukuba ngelo xesha, ngelixa wayehlala e-ofisini, inani eliphakathi lamaMelika abakholelwa ukuba uKennedy ubalasele. okanye ngaphezulu komongameli ophakathi-ngelixa wayekhonza nangaphambi kokuba abulawe-wayeneminyaka engama-74 eepesenti. UGallup ukwafumanise ukuba inqanaba lokuvunywa elisezantsi likaKennedy ngelixa wayengumongameli lalingama-58 eepesenti, inani elinokuba ngumona kuye nawuphi na umongameli namhlanje.
Abezopolitiko namhlanje banokuzibuza: Yeyiphi eyona nto ibangela umlingo wokuthandwa kukaKennedy ngelixa wayese-ofisini, eqhubeka nanamhlanje?
Phantse konke ukuvota kuka-Mongameli kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo kufumanise ukuba uKennedy wayehlala engoyena Mongameli uthandwayo ukusukela oko uFranklin Roosevelt eneyona milinganiselo yakhe yokuthandwa ngabantu abancinci, ababengaphili ngelixa uKennedy wayengumongameli.
Abezopolitiko namhlanje banokuzibuza: Yeyiphi eyona nto ibangela umlingo wokuthandwa kukaKennedy ngelixa wayese-ofisini, eqhubeka nanamhlanje?
Nantsi impendulo endiyicebisayo:
Xa ndandingumfana oselula owafika eWashington ngee-1970 kwaye ndisebenza njengomncedisi wezopolitiko omncinci kubasebenzi beDemocratic Senator uBirch Bayh, abaphathi bam abaninzi babesakuba ngabancedisi bakaJohn noRobert Kennedy. Ukuhamba kwexesha rhoqo ngolwesiHlanu emva kwemini babezakundisa kwihotele yakudala iMayflower apho uKenny O'Donnell, umhlobo osenyongweni kunye nomncedisi omkhulu kuJack noBobby, babezakubamba inkundla babalise amabali malunga neminyaka yeKennedy.
Ndiphilela loo mvakwemini yangolwesiHlanu, ndicofa ibourbon ndimncinci kakhulu ukuba ndingasela kwaye nditshaye icuba ndandimncinci kakhulu ukuba ndingatshaya kwaye ndimamele uKenny esixelela ngethemba nangamaphupha awawabelana noJack noBobby xa bema kunye embindini wamandla kwiNdlu yeWhite House. Njengomntu osazibiza ngokuba yiKennedy Democrat namhlanje ndikhumbula ngokucacileyo izinto ezininzi uKenny asixelele zona.
Ndingoyena mntu mncinci kwigumbi ngokude, kwaye ngenye imva kwemini ndabuza uKenny ukuba angamcebisa athini umntu oqala nje kwezopolitiko. Uye wacinga okwexeshana kwaye wathi:
Nyana, bekukho iintsasa xa sifika emsebenzini kwangethuba kwaye mna noJack noBobby sasihlala kwiOval Office sithethe ngendlela esingaliguqula ngayo ihlabathi ngalo mini.
Benza njalo.
Esi sisiseko sempendulo kumbuzo wokuba kutheni umlingo wesibheno sikaKennedy unyamezele ngamandla kangangexesha elide:
Uninzi lwabantu baseMelika bakholelwa ngexa uKennedy ebengumongameli, kwaye bayaqhubeka nokukholelwa namhlanje, ukuba i-JFK ibandakanya ipolitiki yokucinga kunye nomnqweno apho abo bakhokelayo kunye nabo balandelayo kufuneka basebenze ukwenza ezopolitiko umsebenzi oqaqambileyo kwaye benze umhlaba ube yindawo engcono. UKennedy uqale wenza igama lakhe njengegorha lomlo kwinkonzo yaseMelika kwaye njengenkokeli wanikela ngento awayeyibiza ngokuba ngumceli mngeni hayi nje iseti yezithembiso, nasemva kokuba ebuze abantu baseMelika ngento esinokuyenza kwilizwe lethu I-Peace Corps kunye ne-Alliance for Progress kunye nezinye izindululo ezihlawule imali encinci ukunika amaMelika ithuba lokwenza into elungileyo kwilizwe labo nakwihlabathi.
Ngeendlela ezibaluleke kakhulu ezazibizwa ngokuba yiCamelot ziyinyani. Uye waphefumlela isizukulwana sasemva kwemfazwe esabuya kwiMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi ukungena kwezopolitiko njengeendlela zokuphucula iMelika. Wabakhuthaza abantu abatsha ukuba bancede abahluphekileyo emakhaya ngokusebenzela ukubaphakamisa kwimimandla ethwaxwa yintlupheko yesizwe, kwaye wabaphefumlela ukuba baphucule umhlaba ngokukhonza kwi-Peace Corps, kwaye wabakhuthaza ukuba babe yinxalenye yesizathu esingaphezulu ngokwabo ngokukhusela ukhuseleko lwethu emkhosini okanye ukuphupha ngokubhabha emajukujukwini njengoosomajukujuku neflegi yaseMelika emagxeni eesuti zabo.
Umlingo kaKennedy yayingeyiyo into asithembise yona, kodwa yile nto ayifunayo kuthi. Isizukulwana esipheleleyo sabaseMelika baseMelika bayo yonke iminyaka baphefumlelwa ukuba basebenze kwinkonzo kawonkewonke -njengoko abanye besenza nanamhlanje- ukuthanda kwakhe ubuzwe ngenkonzo.
