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To: longnshort who wrote (229094)	4/13/2005 9:56:27 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572630

- Having tried and failed, Joe Kennedy knew he could never become president, but his sons could. He quenched his thirst for power through them. - Joe had hoped that his eldest son, Joe Jr would fulfill his dream. That dream ended in August 1944 when Joe Jr, a Navy pilot, was killed after volunteering for a dangerous secret bombing mission. Columnist and family friend Arthur Krock was convinced that the reason Joe Jr had volunteered for such a dangerous mission was to compensate for his father's reputation as a coward.

To: longnshort who wrote (229094)	4/13/2005 2:15:51 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572630

Joe spent $300,000 on Jack's first campaign, according to House Speaker "Tip" O'Neill, equivalent to $2.2 million today. O'Neill said that the sum was six times what he himself spent in the same district during a tough race six years later. In O'Neill's view, Joe was the "real force" behind the Kennedys. - "Joe Kennedy was an ongoing factor in Massachusetts politics," O'Neill said. "Every time a Democrat ran for governor, he would go down to see Joe, who would always send him home with a briefcase full of cash." - On November 5, 1946, Jack Kennedy was elected to Congress. Seven days later, he filed a report with the Massachusetts secretary of state certifying that no money had been collected for, or had been spent on his campaign. You realize that all of the above is legal. Dang! Why am I trying to have a normal exchange with you. Never mind.