Ryan Koch - The President Calling

It was not all that surprising that President John F. Kennedy is incredibly casual with his phone calls,  yet serious and determined when he really needs to be. If he were passive continually, he would be deemed an unworthy president, whereas if he were somber and stoic perpetually, it wouldn't correlate with his casual attitude. His amalgamation of relaxed and serious phone calls makes him both likable and respectable at the same time. For example, he can make phone calls to friends (one named Dave) about sports like any other guy does in America, but when James Meredith isn't allowed into the University of Mississippi and Kennedy is ordered to get him in, he gets down to business. However, he didn't want to anger Ross Barnett, so Kennedy complied with what he wanted for a while, and eventually made a deal with Barnett, which he reluctantly accepts. This is interesting because JFK knew that when there was something he needed he drops nearly all pretenses to get it, however, he doesn't demand anything, he instead tries to persuade.