Joe Kennedy was a bootlegger, he had no involvement in politics.



Dave wrote:
Untrue. ..... He
supported Roosevelt in 1932 and was rewarded by an appointment as the first
Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (1934-35). (A good choice
since he knew every crooked trick in the book.) He was appointed ambassador
to Britain in 1938.

You're right. I forgot about him being appointed ambassador. Wasn't he
also vocally pro-Nazi?

Anyway, that doesn't change the ridiculousness of the right-wing smears
against JFK. There is plenty that he actually did wrong, without making
up stuff.

DSK