I knew there was a reason that something about Obama jogged my memory.

Though I'm Canadian born and now live in the United States, we study United States history. And, when I found out I would be moving to the U.S., I took courses in college about American History since I thought I'd need to know it in order to take my citizenship eventually.

Part of this was a study of John F. Kennedy. Admittedly the study was actually very short since there are a great many American Presidents and a very long and involved amount of American history.

Something about President Obama kept bringing up this image of John F Kennedy. No, not in the way he looks of course. But there's just so much more to a person than the way they look.

Lets take a deeper look, shall we?

Though their childhoods were greatly different both attended Harvard Law School graduating cum laude.

Both were involved heavily in school activities, Kennedy writing for the "Freshman Smoker" and Obama for the Harvard Law Review.

Both have written best selling books, Kennedy about the British involvement in the Munich agreement titled "Why England Slept" and Obama two books, one called "Dreams of My Father" about race relations, and the other "The Audacity of Hope" about the American Dream.

No, Obama does not have a military background, though Kennedy does.

Kennedy graduated from Stanford School of Business and Obama from Oxford in political science.

Kennedy was a Congressman for 6 years, but has a mixed voting record, often diverging from the Democratic party. Obama became an Illinois Senator in 1996, and a United States Senator in 2004 which he served until 2008.

Both were happily married during College to their sweethearts, and had two children.

Kennedy was only 46 when he was elected, Obama only 48.

Kennedy was known for his intense use of television and radio during his entire time as President. Obama has become known for his intense use of television and the Internet during his time as President.

Both were and are ardent supporters of education, medical care, and government intervention during an deep recession.

Kennedy promised an end to racial discrimination, and went so far as to order federal protection for students that wanted to enter into formerly all white Colleges and instituting executive orders to assist in it and even supporting laws in the legislature that would accomplish that task. Obama has promised the same for the homosexual population but, with only 7 months in office and a full plate), has yet to accomplish much, though he has made it legal that same sex partners in the military can now gain things like their partners medical plan.

Kennedy gave an influx of cash into the economy when the recession hit just like Obama. At first, it didn't work for Kennedy and things hit an all time low about a year after he was elected. The economy turned around and prospered during the Kennedy administration. GDP expanded by an average of 5.5% from early 1961 to late 1963, while inflation remained steady at around 1% and unemployment began to ease; industrial production rose by 15% and motor vehicle sales leaped by 40%. This rate of growth in GDP and industry continued until around 1966, and has yet to be repeated for such a sustained period of time. Obama seems to be headed in that direction, though the results remain to be seen.

Both Kennedy and Obama are supporters of women's rights and attempted to institute fair pay laws. Obama has been more successful at that than Kennedy was.

Both have been advocates of changing the immigration system. Kennedy instituted the system we now have, and Obama is trying to change things yet again. Its been passed to congress.

Both are supporters of the space program with Kennedy presiding over mans first walk on the moon. Obama's administration is talking about going back to the moon but this time building a space station.

During Kennedy's time, there was war in Iraq, and in Ireland, just as there is war in Iraq and Afghanistan during Obama's administration.

Both were and are regarded as "rock stars" during their time due to their intense popularity and tendency to be in the public eye constantly, with the public being nearly obsessed with just about everything to do with them and their family's.

The Republicans loathed Kennedy just as they loath Obama.

Scary the parallels. And this is only the beginning.