<prompt> Bheka isigaba esingezansi bese uphendula umbuzo emva kwalokho ngolimi olufanayo nesigaba: Ukudlula: UKennedy wazalelwa eBrookline, eMassachusetts futhi waphothula iziqu eHarvard University ngo-1940 ngaphambi kokujoyina i-US Naval Reserve ngonyaka olandelayo. Phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, wayala uchungechunge lwezikebhe ze-PT enkundleni yemidlalo yasePacific futhi wathola iMedali yeNavy and Marine Corps ngenkonzo yakhe. Ngemva kwempi, uKennedy wamelela isifunda se-11 saseMassachusetts e-US House of Representatives kusukela ngo-1947 kuya ku-1953. Kamuva wakhethwa ukuba abe yilungu leSenate yase-US futhi wakhonza njenge-Senator encane evela eMassachusetts kusukela ngo-1953 kuya ku-1960. Ngesikhathi eseSenate, washicilela incwadi yakhe ethi Profiles in Courage, eyathola umklomelo wePulitzer we-Biography. Okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-1960, uKennedy wanqoba kancane umphikisi wakhe waseRiphabhulikhi uRichard Nixon, owayengumongameli ophethe ngaleso sikhathi. Lapho eneminyaka engu-43, waba ngumuntu wesibili omncane kunabo bonke ukuba abe ngumongameli, umuntu omncane kunabo bonke ukuba akhethwe njengomongameli wase-U.S., kanye nowukuphela komRoma Katolika ukuba athathe leso sikhundla. Wayengumongameli wokuqala futhi owayekhonze e-U.S. Navy. Isikhathi sikaKennedy ehhovisi sasiphawulwa izingxabano eziphezulu namazwe amakhomanisi eMpini Yomshoshaphansi. Wandisa inani labeluleki bezempi baseMelika eNingizimu Vietnam ngokuphindwe izikhathi ezingu-18 kunomongameli uDwight D. Eisenhower. Ngo-April 1961, wagunyaza umzamo we-CIA wokudiliza uhulumeni waseCuba kaFidel Castro e-Bay of Pigs Invasion. Kamuva wenqaba uhlelo lwe-Operation Northwoods olwenziwe yi-Joint Chiefs of Staff lokuhlela ukuhlaselwa kwefulegi elingelona iqiniso enhlabathini yaseMelika ukuze athole ukuvunywa komphakathi ngempi elwa neCuba. Nokho, uhulumeni wakhe waqhubeka uhlela ukuhlasela iCuba ehlobo lika-1962. Ngo-October 1962, izindiza zezinhloli zase-U.S. zathola ukuthi kwakunezikhungo zezikhali zempi zaseSoviet eCuba; inkathi eyalandela yokucindezeleka, eyabizwa ngokuthi i-Cuban Missile Crisis, yacishe yaphumela ekuqubukeni kwengxabano ye-thermonuclear yomhlaba wonke. Ngaphakathi, uKennedy wahola ekusungulweni kwePeace Corps futhi wasekela ukunyakaza kwamalungelo abantu, kodwa waba nempumelelo ethile kuphela... Umbuzo: Yimuphi umRepublican owanqotshwa nguKennedy okhethweni lobumengameli lwango-1960?  <response>: URichard Nixon 