Even Abraham Lincoln, who most people think came from a poor, rural background, was not entirely without social connections. His family started out poor, but had amassed enough wealth and social connections after his father's second marriage that Lincoln was able to successfully meet, court, and marry the wealthy socialite, Mary Todd.
Andrew Johnson and his wife and none of that. They quite literally walked out of the backwoods of Tennessee, lived in poverty for years, without rich or connected parents, and made their way to the White House gradually, by making one connection at a time.
I had never heard the JFK'd term...... I just made it up one day years ago and started using it sparingly, it is not in good taste unless you are dealing with an awake person and can really make a point and save words too.
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I have watched some stuff on Lincoln, and tons of other doc's etc but honestly........ you just never are sure what % is truth and fact and what is made up to serve an agenda or angle politically.
Exactly. So many things I learned in school, from Kindergarten through grad school, I later learned were simply NOT true.
They lied to us!