this past week, when endorsing Barack Obama for
his party's presidential nomination, Ted Kennedy
said that in,

another time, when another young candidate was
running for president . .


concerns had been raised about "inexperience" and a
lack of "readiness" to hold the office of president

Sen. Kennedy was referring to remarks made by
former President Harry S. Truman in the summer of
1960;

remarks expressing concerns about the candidacy
of a young and charismatic John F. Kennedy;

remarks similar to those being made today about
Barack Obama and his alleged inexperience and
unreadiness

Truman held a press conference urging Kennedy
to "be patient", "put personal ambition aside" and
wait his time before seeking the presidency

JFK responded with a press conference of his own

below are clips from Ted Kennedy's recent endorse-
ment of Obama, as well as the press conferences
of Harry Truman and JFK

Kennedy, 2008



Truman and Kennedy, 1960