New JFK Tape

There's a new video of JFK, and it's a doozy: a twenty-minute, post-dinner conversation primarily between JFK and Ben Bradlee. The date: January 5, 1960, three days after JFK announced his candidacy for President. The place: N Street in Georgetown.

Jacqueline and Jim Cannon are there, too. JFK talks about being an introvert, the stimulation politics provides, why he might not have entered politics in the first place and why he did ("The time and the occasion and I all met"). Ben Bradlee says he'll "tough it out" [the conversation, presumably] without a cigar, and much more.

Here's an excerpt from the video:

If you want to learn more about the John Fitzgerald Kennedy, visit the JFK Library. For the full twenty minutes, click here.