Voters DID NOT know the truth about the Kennedys. How could they?
There were no newspaper reports or any media reports of such behavior.
JFK was a young father with a lovely wife, a war hero and charming during interviews.
Voters had no idea, until he was dead and buried, what a creep JFK was.
Note: That Marilyn Monroe video of her singing Happy Birthday was not shown to us until years later.
Not many knew before the election but it wasn’t long after that word and rumors started to spread. There was at least one comedic LP making fun of the president, his girlfriends etc. I also read an article about his wartime tryst with a Scandinavian spy. I was aware of all of this as a teenager living in South Dakota so I know a lot of others knew about it as well. Many just refused to believe any of it and some still won’t.
“Note: That Marilyn Monroe video of her singing Happy Birthday was not shown to us until years later.”
I don’t know where you’re from, but the clip of that was shown on Los Angeles TV almost immediately.
As a teenager I saw the Marilyn “Happy Birthday
Mr. President” performance on the evening news, with much additional coverage and chatter. Particular note was taken of the dress she had to be sewn into. I don’t recall any public mention for many years of an affair with JFK. Bobby was another matter, and that came out around the time of her death.
“Voters DID NOT know the truth about the Kennedys.”
As a voter at that time I resent that!
Anyone that didn’t know head their head up their backside!