That’s true. I grew up in eastern Connecticut in the 70’s and 80’s and the JFK idolatry was huge there too. Lots of Irish and Italian Catholics there who voted Democrat then and still do today, yet many of them are pro-life and not all that fond of the LGBT. I think it is the idolatry to folks like FDR and JFK that keeps them RATS and because their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents all voted D!
I was in Mexico City during Kennedy’s presidency/ assassination. EVERYBODY had a picture of him in their home/ store/ office.
I got in a playground fight for referring to JFK as a “mackerel snapper”. I guess some in the early 60s thought it was offensive, I thought it was just descriptive.
I know many Irish Catholic Boston Dems, blinded by kennedy and boy do they have TDS.
Not so much anymore but it used to be that you could tell that a Presidential election was coming up. Suddenly there would be movies and documentaries on John F Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, and/or the Kennedy Clan. Basically calling the faithful back to the voting tribe central committee.