President Kennedy was riding high Good day to be livin’ and a good day to die In the third and fourth lines of “Murder Most Foul,” Bob Dylan offhandedly and succinctly imparts what millions of us know about November 22, 1963. The twenty-four hours before Lee Harvey Oswald fired his mail-order rifle were good ones for President John F. Kennedy. In a way, he was “riding high.” He wasn’t a cinch to be reelected the next November, but politically he was on a roll. The last 10 months and 22 days of his presidency showed JFK to be a more confident and determined leader. That tough first year, with the Bay of Pigs fiasco and a difficult meeting with Soviet Premier Khrushchev, was behind him. Taking a calculated view of history, we can think of Kennedy’s early stumbles as rookie mistakes — mistakes he would learn from while growing into the office. Maybe he sensed he was riding high. It was coming late to him, but JFK was now enjoying his presidency. Even taking some stands that got him grief proved satisfying. In his 1960 campaign, Kennedy said he ran for president because “the presidency is the center-of-action.” He realized being in the thick of it was the action he craved most.
Bob Dylan: President Kennedy Was Riding High
Bob Dylan: President Kennedy Was Riding High
Bob Dylan: President Kennedy Was Riding High
President Kennedy was riding high Good day to be livin’ and a good day to die In the third and fourth lines of “Murder Most Foul,” Bob Dylan offhandedly and succinctly imparts what millions of us know about November 22, 1963. The twenty-four hours before Lee Harvey Oswald fired his mail-order rifle were good ones for President John F. Kennedy. In a way, he was “riding high.” He wasn’t a cinch to be reelected the next November, but politically he was on a roll. The last 10 months and 22 days of his presidency showed JFK to be a more confident and determined leader. That tough first year, with the Bay of Pigs fiasco and a difficult meeting with Soviet Premier Khrushchev, was behind him. Taking a calculated view of history, we can think of Kennedy’s early stumbles as rookie mistakes — mistakes he would learn from while growing into the office. Maybe he sensed he was riding high. It was coming late to him, but JFK was now enjoying his presidency. Even taking some stands that got him grief proved satisfying. In his 1960 campaign, Kennedy said he ran for president because “the presidency is the center-of-action.” He realized being in the thick of it was the action he craved most.