Kennedy's Eery Foreshadowing of Day of Own Funeral

JFK made private recordings of his conversations before his assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.

In a scheduling discussion three days before his killing, JFK comments on what would become the day of his funeral.

Kennedy - "Monday?" he asks. "Well that's a tough day."

Staff Member - "It's a hell of a day, Mr. President."

MSNBC.com, Secret Tapes of JFK's Last Days Released, 24 January 2012.

No political progress since the days of Kennedy...

The conversation below speaks for itself.

In a conversation with political advisers about young voters, Kennedy asks, "What is it we have to sell them?"

"We hope we have to sell them prosperity, but for the average guy the prosperity is nil," he says. "He's not unprosperous, but he's not very prosperous. ... And the people who really are well off hate our guts."

Kennedy talks about a disconnect between the political machine and voters.

"We've got so mechanical an operation here in Washington that it doesn't have much identity where these people are concerned," he says.

MSNBC.com, Secret Tapes of JFK's Last Days Released, 24 January 2012.