Word: joe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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THERE is a lot of talk that the only reason Teddy Kennedy won is that he is Jack's little brother. Not so; he's Old Joe's boy. See THE NATION, Teddy & Kennedyism...
...From Old Joe on down, the Kennedy clan had every reason to be excited. For the youngest of the nine Kennedy children, the chubby little boy who used to wear bangs, had just scored a stunning political triumph. Seeking the Democratic Senate nomination in Massachusetts, he amassed 69% of the vote, humiliated State Attorney General Edward J. (Eddie) McCormack by a margin of 559,251 to 247,366. At 30, and just three years out of law school, he was one of the hottest political properties outside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...
...Kennedys are famed for their family solidarity, but Old Joe and Teddy have always been especially close. When their father suffered his stroke last year, all three sons hurried to his bedside in Palm Beach, Fla., but it was Teddy who sat up with him all night for three nights, while the others went home to sleep. When Jack and Bobby expressed their hesitation about Teddy's candidacy, Joe laid down the law. Said he: "You boys have what you want now, and everyone else helped you work to get it. Now it's Ted's turn...
...with the President. Nothing could be better calculated to drive home the issue of the Government's becoming a citadel for one man's family. Yet that possibility obviously did not bother the Democratic voters of Massachusetts last week. In fact, they could only regret that Old Joe Kennedy had run out of sons...
...never earned his letter. Jack suffered the first of his back injuries while scrimmaging with the jayvees against the varsity. Bobby earned three letters, made first string in his senior year. He also broke his leg in a scrimmage, stubbornly kept on playing until he collapsed. Back in 1911. Joe Sr. won his H in baseball...