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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe they really are cursed. [/quote]

They aren't cursed. [b] They're privileged and careless[/b].[/quote]

I agree with you pp.  It is also because they are famous that we know anything that happens to them[/quote]

IDK.

They are some other famous families that you don't hear crazy things about - Bushes, Waltons, Vanderbuilts.

In my mother's lifetime - the Kennedys have had two people shot and killed, three people (only including blood members) die in a plane crash, one person die in a boat crash, one person kill someone in a motor vehicle accident (Ted - not including his cancer bcs that could happen to anyone), a death in a skiing accident, at least one death by suicide, and two deaths by drugs.

Honestly -- its the sort of thing that makes one believe in curses. Which is sad because as a family they've done so much for this country.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/02/us/kennedy-family-tragedies/index.html[/quote]

I don't think they're cursed. They are a family that loves physical activity and adventure and they have the money to pursue it. Thus living on the water, affording to fly a plane, skiing. [b]And unfortunately, political assassinations/attempts are not uncommon in this country.[/b] [/quote]

Umm I’d argue they’re very rare. Especially compared to areas of South America and the Eastern bloc.

Only two Presidents out of 45 shot and killed plus one wounded.

I never hear of Congressional reps being murdered either. Death threats online, yes. But actual targeted and successful attempts? No.[/quote]

Two out of 45? I can think of at least 4: McKinley, Garfield, Lincoln, Kennedy. Am I missing anyone? Gabrielle Giffords wasn’t killed but she was certainly targeted.[/quote]
There have been way more attempts than just Reagan, as well. There were two different assassination attempts against President Ford alone. At least one against each of the Roosevelts. The guy who shot George Wallace wanted to shoot Nixon. And Congressman Leo Ryan was shot and killed by followers of Jim Jones in Guyana. Those are just off the top of my head.[/quote]

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