I’ve often wondered, who exactly decided, that turn Kennedys were some sort of American “royal family”.
Yes, it was tragic that JFK and RFK were assassinated. But does that justify the deification of this family?
I get frustrated to hear of the tragedies of the Kennedy family, when they include matters such as Chappaquiddick and the William Kennedy Smith rape case. To me, there is a world of difference between self inflicted voluntary actions, and the tragedy of assassinations.
They played ball with La Cosa Nostra in Illinois to steal that State and then once in office turned on them. They brought LBJ on to the ticket to do the same in Texas and then treated him like s***. They OK'ed the CIA's plans in Cuba and then cancelled the necessary naval and air support, stranding thousands to their fate on the shores of the Bay of Pigs. They screwed everything in skirts, held drug parties in the White House, and got away with all of it because of a compliant and complicit press.
Tragic? OK. But also just about inevitable considering all the enemies they made and how close to the edge they lived.
Joe Senior was just a corrupt organized crime @$$hole, and the entire lot of them were immoral to a degree that many would find hard to imagine. Joe Kennedy used to have prostitutes, and when he was done with them, he would ask his sons if they wanted any of them.
They were an absolutely sick and disgusting family.