Jonah, your interesting post reminds me of something. All of our lives, we have heard about “JFK Democrats” or “JFK liberals.” I’m afraid that JFK, if he had lived, would have gone with the flow — would have been just like his younger brother Teddy, in his politics. Because Teddy, when he was a young senator, was a “JFK Democrat” too — there was zero ideological difference between those two Kennedys. (We could include RFK in this discussion as well, but he’s a bit of a wild card.)

As we know, Teddy “evolved,” with the Democratic party. The Left calls the tune and the party dances.

Do we have a similar phenomenon on the right? That’s a subject for another post, or piece, or book, or whatever.

BTW, I have a feeling that Truman, that old cuss — that wonderful specimen of irascibility — would not have gone with the flow, much.