Sometime later, for no particular reason, somebody shot that nice young President, when he was riding in his car. And a few years after that, somebody shot his little brother, too, only he was in a hotel kitchen. It must be hard being brothers.

— Then tell me, future boy, who's President of the United States in 1985?
— Ronald Reagan.
— Ronald Reagan? The actor? Then who's vice president? Jerry Lewis?

Presidents don't have power. Their job is to draw attention away from it.