# What  if j.f.k  had lived?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 24, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-j-f-k-had-lived/715903 "2015-03-24T22:56:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![buddy431](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@buddy431](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddy431)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-j-f-k-had-lived/715903/21 "2015-03-25T23:03:07Z")

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> [@kopek](#):
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> I don’t know about history but he would be a lot less popular now.

That’s for sure. He was assassinated at a good time for his reputation.

Lincoln got “lucky” that way too. No way he would be remembered as fondly if he’d been president through reconstruction.

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**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-j-f-k-had-lived/715903/22 "2015-03-26T03:52:42Z")

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[Red Dwarf covered it…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6naJ08Tskk)

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