On the Kennedys and JK III

My latest at Inforos, on the Kennedys:

The second generation of Kennedy’s never attained the heights of the first. Joseph Kennedy II (son of RFK) never advanced beyond the House of Representatives. Ted’s son Patrick was an eight-term congressman from Rhode Island but, like his father, had substance abuse problems while in office. He retired from public life in 2011 (for now), got married, and has four children. JFK Jr. was a celebrity since his father’s funeral and considered for political office after he gave an inspiring speech at the 1988 Democrat convention. His Bar Exam follies were tabloid fodder and millions of women mourned when he wed in 1996. JFK Jr. published George, a celebrity style political magazine in which he said his own cousins were “poster boys for bad behavior”. It was said he had hoped to run for the Senate in his native New York State, but ironically, Hillary Clinton carpet bagged her way to the seat (Bobby Kennedy did the same in 1964). In 1999, JFK Jr. died in a tragic plane crash.

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