My own paradigm of the Kennedys:
St. John the Martyr
Robert the Dead
Edward the Pretender to the Throne of St. John (also known as "Pond Scum")
As you can gather, I was not (and am not) a fan of the Kennedy Clan. I was at VMI when Robert was assassinated, and I have to tell you the place was not exactly filled with the rending of clothes and tearing of hair or moaning at the bar....even among the (many) Democrats (this being the South). As a Christian, I am ashamed to say that my reaction was that the country had been saved from a very dangerous man.
Yea, not too many people remember that Joe the bootlegger and gunrunner actually "bought" Johnny boy's presidency.
Richard Nixon did in fact win by a goodly margin, but Joe the smuggler was able to spend really big bux and his corrupt buddy Dailey in Chicago "found" a whole lotta votes that just got misplaced.
Dick Nixon was too much of a patriot to put the country through what Algore did.
He didn't want the upheaval, he just waited till he was in better position.
Nixon should have been prez in 61.