ChrisL
Diamond Member
JFK was a product of the modern media. He was the skipper of the only PT Boat that was ever run over by a Japanese destroyer in WW2. P.T boats had immense power and maneuverability and were designed to launch torpedoes and run for cover. Jack's boat was apparently sleeping in the fast lane and got hit. Old Joe was on top of the media when the Navy was considering court martial for JFK for losing his boat without firing a shot. Joe Kennedy hired a pop-culture media type to write a story about JFK's heroic survival and PT 109 became a hollywood hit that swept the dilettante idiot into the presidency
Rumor here in Massachusetts is that Joe Kennedy was a bootlegger and that the Kennedy family has strong mob connections! Of course, there are all different sources that support and deny those claims, so who knows?
Let's also not forget about good old drunken Teddy Kennedy and Chappaquiddick! That is one messed up family, I'll tell ya!