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A WITHERED HAND OF STRENGTH – An inspirational story about a chance meeting at a scenic tourist rest stop between a man who is besieged by grief and a ninety-three-year-old woman who only stopped by to reflect but who quickly learned that her “withered hand” of strength was needed. ©

Withered Hands of Strength
David W. Hutton at the Storchen Hotel - Zurich
David W. Hutton at the Storchen Hotel – Zurich

by Precocious Life©

The afternoon in the foothills of the Smokey Mountains appeared somber as I drove along I-24 westbound from Knoxville to Memphis to be with my children. I had been overseas for three months in the Netherlands at an educational summit and had enjoyed it immensely; well, that is until I received that fateful phone call in the early morning hours that every parent dreads. It was four O’clock in the morning Amsterdam time which was seven hours ahead of the Central Standard Time zone of the caller and I was groggy but the sound of the unusual ring at that time in the morning found me wide awake.

It was my former wife Robbin who sounded out of breath “David, there’s been a horrible accident and Chaz’s car is totaled”. Chaz was our oldest of three children and had recently turned seventeen. The shock of that statement sent cyber fast images across my mind’s eye; a mangled car, blood, a hospital ambulance, a room of dedicated emergency medical technicians and doctors frantically working in the organized chaos of those ever so familiar scenes.

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NO. 1 PRESIDENT VS. MEDIA – HOW JFK WON OVER THE MEDIA ©

Photography by Pete Linforth

Featured Photograph by Pete Linforth

(Here at Precocious Life we hope that you will read the entire speech for it stands among his greatest but if not here is our “Precocious Cliff Note” version, a 2-minute read)

Visceral combativeness between the Press and the President has become commonplace in our world today to the point that it seems impossible for a Chief Executive to achieve anything significant (except for issues like relief for the Hurricane Harvey victims). So, we here at Precocious Life couldn’t help but ask ourselves;

Is this really necessary? Could this perhaps have been avoided?

Short Answer –  No and Yes

Which President has had the best rapport with the press? This one isn’t even a close call, it’s JFK. Not only did he win the Election because of the first Presidential televised debate but he understood the power of the media.

After all, his brother in law, Peter Lawford was a Hollywood Movie Star and in his earlier days he spent much time there as a single Bachelor rubbing elbows and it never ended.

President John F. Kennedy sails with his brother-in-law, Peter Lawford (left), aboard the United States Coast Guard yacht "Manitou" off the coast of Johns Island, Maine. - August 12, 1962
President John F. Kennedy sails with his brother-in-law, Peter Lawford (left), aboard the United States Coast Guard yacht “Manitou” off the coast of Johns Island, Maine. – August 12, 1962

So, he understood perhaps better than any other President before him the critical necessity of getting the media endeared to him and on his agenda. He had none of the issues with the media that Presidents do today but neither has any other President approached them the way he did.

But what we want to highlight here is the ingenuity and the incredibly intelligent way he went about this. Take a look at how he accomplished this right after being inaugurated as President.
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