"Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join me in that historic effort?"
This is an example of a loaded question where if someone answers no I will not join in that effort, he or she will seem unpatriotic or immoral.
We remember speeches like this despite their fallacies because fallacies sometimes captivate and inspire us. Take for example the loaded question: of course Kennedy is asking a real question but that is not what the audience interprets it as. They see it as a call to action because the alternative is not an option, so the question really becomes more noble than what it is.
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