On 4/12/2016 7:05 AM, Gary wrote:
> Janet B wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:58:10 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> "Jeßus" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'd still like to see a real black person win office. Methinks that is
>>>> still a long, long way off yet.
>>>
>>> I find that comment interesting. I vote for the most qualified, not
>>> because the candidate is black, white, male or female.
>>>
>>> It's not a fashion show.
>>
>> Anything causes a fuss. When Kennedy was running, because he was
>> Catholic, it was said that to vote for him meant that the Pope would
>> be running the U.S.
>
> The Kennedys were the US version of a royalty vote...the Camelot
> thing.
>
> In my tin hat thoughts though are that the US govt (the career govt
> agencies) didn't want them...
>
> JFK was a loose cannon, they had him killed
> Robert was next in line, they killed him too
> Edward was disgraced to win the presidency
> but was allowed to serve as a Senator for too many years.
> Then came JFK junior...he was looking too good to be a
> future presidential candidate.
> He died in a plane crash. I don't believe that was an accident
>
> It's just too ironic how ALL the Kennedy potential president
> candidates
> met an untimely death or scandal.
>

Two words - organized crime.

Both Jack and Bobby ran afoul of the wrong people.

Others paid a legacy price.

Tragic.