Who You Gonna Call? Ghostwriters!
On a cold, wind-chilled morning in January of 1961, John F. Kennedy was standing at the podium of the U.S Capitol in Washington D.C. It was his inauguration. As thousands shivered and breath steamed from their noses while they watched, Kennedy uttered his famous lines : "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." President John F. Kennedy speaking at his inauguration in 1961. AP The lines received applause and cheers, and became one of the most famous presidential quotes in American History. If only Kennedy had written them. Instead, that distinction belongs to Kennedy's aide, Ted Sorensen. According to Robert Schlesinger's book White House Ghosts , Kennedy told Sorensen to solicit suggestions, keep it short and make it forward-looking. It seems strange that