To Be Admired

Ronald Wilson Reagan came from the humblest of backgrounds to make himself into the leader who vanquished those who intended to enslave the rest of the globe. John F. Kennedy also ascended to the highest office but the clan Kennedy as it advanced in the political realm was anything but self-made and scrupulous. They had the wealth and often questionable contacts of Joseph P. Kennedy to thank for their success. Big Jim Haslam is a self-created winner in the mold of a Reagan, his son Bill, not so much. There is nothing wrong with coming from a privileged background and emerging with resources behind you to do great things on your own. It is another matter entirely to pretend to be the driving force that made a nationally known company and taking the credit for what your father sweat blood to achieve. This kind of pretense is contemptible.