I am currently teaching the Cold War in my World History and US History classes, so the fight between communism and capitalism is fresh in my brain. Actually, I had a dream the other night that my husband had a Stalin mustache and was a CIA agent. I was a Czarina…it was weird to say the least, so will spare you the details.
Anyhoo, as a result of my immersion into the Cold War, this week your Average Mom bring you: Do, Dump or Marry: The Cold War Edition.
Do: John F. Kennedy- No brainer here. Handsome, intelligent and charming; if he’s good enough for Jackie O. and Marilyn Monroe, he’s good enough for me. His policies toward the Cold War were cemented by his harsh anti-Communist rhetoric during his Presidential campaign and resulted in some failures (see: Bay of Pigs) and some successes (ie: Cuban Missile Crisis) and his is the President who most throughly embroiled us in the Vietnam conflict. I would more likely have considered marriage to his son, JFK Jr., who has been a flame of mine since 6th grade, but JFK Numero Uno was just too much a flirander for me and his overwhelming, overbearing family would have been too difficult to bear for an extended period of time.
Dump: Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev – The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, Brezhnev turned the USSR back from the caustitous liberalism that Krushchev had pursued. His policies were regressive and his advisors and regional leaders were accused later of corruption. His decision to support the communist Afgahanregime in 1979 left a huge impact on that country, as they welcomes the Taliban with open arms as long as they would not have to be under Communist control anymore. I think we all know how that ended. He had a cynical following in the Societ union and his last years in power, he almost worthless.
Marry: James Bond as played by Sean Connery In “From Russia with Love”- the hottest of spies, James Bond is the hero of the Cold War, and has a quite a hand with the ladies. In “From Russia with Love,” James Bond benefits from the tension between the USSR and Britain by eventually sailing off into the sunset with his Russian counterpart, Tatiana. While he is not credited with ending the Cold War, that title belongs to Ronald Reagan and Mikael Gorbachev, Bond is way hotter, smoother and missing any large, unavoidable birthmarks. Plus, he likes his martinis shaken, nor stirred…just like Your Average Mom. While his dangerous lifestyle might seem off-putting, Your Average Mom can see herself sticking right along with her SIS agent. I would specialized in throwing glasses at our enemies, though I might cramp his style with the ladies but Your Average Mom is not one to tolerate infidelity. Sounds like a marriage made in Moscow!
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