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It's hard for us to understand nationalism in another context, other countries, but they all -- most people are very nationalistic about their country. and why do you think kennedy was able to see in vietnam, it wasn't just us against the vc, us against the communists, it was against a group of people that wanted us out of there as foreigners. >> first of all, he'd been there as a young man, as a young congressman, and saw the futility of the french trying to hold on. second, he was immersed in history. and one of the things about kennedy that's so intriguing is how he tried to apply the lesso...

Understanding of what happened yesterday up in toronto, canada. we have it on videotape here. i want you to watch this. >> attention, ladies and gentlemen, complimentary crack is now being served in the lobby. >> next up, realtime's bill maher marked last week's anniversary of president kennedy's assassination by comparing jfk to most conservatives' favorite ronald reagan. here's how he weighed in. >> historians will argue forever about whether kennedy and reagan were good presidents and never settle it. but can we on this day at least agree that kennedy was cooler? i mean, sorry, but our libe...

Up on rick perry, but doing so in a way that was almost cheerful, and he didn't look like an attack dog doing it. so he may have been able to gain a little bit, but i'm not sure how much difference these web ads make, if it weren't for the publicity the journalists give them, i'm not sure how many would see them but they're part of the deal. jon: you've seen plenty of these campaigns. can you give us some historical examples of candidates who have come through these sort of bruising primary fights and maybe hurt each other? i'm thinking about kennedy-carter. >> well, absolutely. i mean, kenned...

Course, there was great suspense at the convention about whether kennedy would even come to the hall in the hands khra*ps dollars raised in the air posed that we're seeing from the podiums of convention halls when a nominee has been named. so that's a good example of what can happen, and i don't think -- obviously, that was 1980. that didn't help carter in his race against conrad -- ronald reagan, although i continue to think the key fact in that race were conditions in the country that made it very tough and would have made it tough for any incumbent. jon: there's still some dissatisfaction w...

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