Stephanie Williams-The President Calling-JFK-The Mississippi Crisis

                I think it is interesting how at the beginning of the conversation between the President and the Governor, the President uses a lot of uh’s. It makes his point a tad hard to follow but it also sounds like he is unsure of what he is saying; like he cannot find the correct way to word something without saying something offensive or incorrect. I thought it was nice how the President listened to every point the Governor was making about the responsibilities and how he felt the courts were ignoring the fact that a law was just made about people with criminal history not being allowed to get a higher education. Yet, the President still explained to him that they both have responsibilities and he is trying to help. The Governor stated that the patrolmen were going to try to maintain law and order while unarmed and I thought the President’s reaction to that was appropriate. How are they going to be able to prevent a mob from forming if they have nothing to protect themselves and the people around them? Based on the Governor’s tone, I think it’s interesting how he is showing vulnerability by admitting that he doesn’t know whether he himself can maintain this order. And the President told him that he has his responsibility and that it’s not his order, he just has to carry it out. I found that interesting because he is right. It isn’t his order. The Governor knew about the situation, not Kennedy. Barnett was there watching everything happen; the mobs and the trucks and the shootings. It was his responsibility to maintain law and order in his state. And the President’s concern was saving the lives of many during this time. He didn’t want there to be total chaos. And when Barnett speaks about it not being fair to enroll the man at this time, Kennedy’s statement after is something I would say also. At what time then would it be fair? In the end, I think that it was very amiable of the President to find a way to help a man get an education to be successful in life.