Ted Kennedy became a Senator in 1962 (long before Chappaquiddick) by winning a special election.

Hate away, but try to get the facts right, especially when you are calling someone ELSE an idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that TV specials are just excessive, OP. When I saw the thread title I thought it was about his father and not JFK Jr. Strange to decide to reconstruct the last days of the son. There are no surprises to find at this point anyway. I guess part of the reason some people still have an interest is like any tragedy - he didn't do much of note in his life but had all that potential, seemed to have just gotten some things started (like his magazine), etc. I know a few people who still hark back to his father's "Camelot" fairytale and who always followed JFK Jr. since he was part of their own generation.

Potential squandered though. When he died the man was 38, started a ridiculous literary magazine that belonged on a college newsroom floor and failed the bar exam two times.

It’s kind of embarrassing that ABC and others are holding him as anything but a failure to launch.

But this is exactly what I liked best about him. He was a Kennedy but struggled like many of us. He wasn't perfect but so easy to root for.

Also, so easy on the eyes!

He didn’t struggle at all - he was the reincarnation of the youngest Kennedy brother Ted. Ted also was an idiot in school, his grades were so bad Harvard Law rejected him even as a legacy, UVA almost kicked him out, and he became a U.S. Senator by appointment after killing someone.

It’s annoying because Ted did a LOT of good but he and Jr fell way short of earning any of their appointments on the basis of merit.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that TV specials are just excessive, OP. When I saw the thread title I thought it was about his father and not JFK Jr. Strange to decide to reconstruct the last days of the son. There are no surprises to find at this point anyway. I guess part of the reason some people still have an interest is like any tragedy - he didn't do much of note in his life but had all that potential, seemed to have just gotten some things started (like his magazine), etc. I know a few people who still hark back to his father's "Camelot" fairytale and who always followed JFK Jr. since he was part of their own generation.

Potential squandered though. When he died the man was 38, started a ridiculous literary magazine that belonged on a college newsroom floor and failed the bar exam two times.

It’s kind of embarrassing that ABC and others are holding him as anything but a failure to launch.

But this is exactly what I liked best about him. He was a Kennedy but struggled like many of us. He wasn't perfect but so easy to root for.

Also, so easy on the eyes!

Oh yeah he struggled growing up with all that untold wealth, connected relatives, automatic Ivy admission, dating models and actresses, etc. An inspiring riches to riches story! The struggle is real!

Sadly, the sky and the ocean do not care who your daddy is, how much money you have, or how many powerful people you know.

But even with all those advantages, he still struggled. He struggled academically, struggled in relationships and struggled to find what he really wanted to do with his life.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that TV specials are just excessive, OP. When I saw the thread title I thought it was about his father and not JFK Jr. Strange to decide to reconstruct the last days of the son. There are no surprises to find at this point anyway. I guess part of the reason some people still have an interest is like any tragedy - he didn't do much of note in his life but had all that potential, seemed to have just gotten some things started (like his magazine), etc. I know a few people who still hark back to his father's "Camelot" fairytale and who always followed JFK Jr. since he was part of their own generation.

Potential squandered though. When he died the man was 38, started a ridiculous literary magazine that belonged on a college newsroom floor and failed the bar exam two times.

It’s kind of embarrassing that ABC and others are holding him as anything but a failure to launch.

But this is exactly what I liked best about him. He was a Kennedy but struggled like many of us. He wasn't perfect but so easy to root for.

Also, so easy on the eyes!

+1

Also, if they had left earlier, during daylight, they would likely still be alive. Wonder what they would be doing now? Would he be running for president? Maybe not, after what happened to his dad?

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that TV specials are just excessive, OP. When I saw the thread title I thought it was about his father and not JFK Jr. Strange to decide to reconstruct the last days of the son. There are no surprises to find at this point anyway. I guess part of the reason some people still have an interest is like any tragedy - he didn't do much of note in his life but had all that potential, seemed to have just gotten some things started (like his magazine), etc. I know a few people who still hark back to his father's "Camelot" fairytale and who always followed JFK Jr. since he was part of their own generation.

Potential squandered though. When he died the man was 38, started a ridiculous literary magazine that belonged on a college newsroom floor and failed the bar exam two times.

It’s kind of embarrassing that ABC and others are holding him as anything but a failure to launch.

But this is exactly what I liked best about him. He was a Kennedy but struggled like many of us. He wasn't perfect but so easy to root for.

Also, so easy on the eyes!

Oh yeah he struggled growing up with all that untold wealth, connected relatives, automatic Ivy admission, dating models and actresses, etc. An inspiring riches to riches story! The struggle is real!

Sadly, the sky and the ocean do not care who your daddy is, how much money you have, or how many powerful people you know.

Anonymous wrote:He really wanted to be an actor, but Jackie nixed that. I think he had talent and would have been better-suited for that life than politics, where the overwhelming comparisons with his father would have crushed him.

Anonymous wrote:Also, I thought at the time of his death - since his magazine was shuttering - that it was his intention to enter politics by running for the vacant Senate seat in NY (that Hillary would eventually win).

It would have been so interesting to have seen him in elected office. He had the name, the looks, the background...

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that TV specials are just excessive, OP. When I saw the thread title I thought it was about his father and not JFK Jr. Strange to decide to reconstruct the last days of the son. There are no surprises to find at this point anyway. I guess part of the reason some people still have an interest is like any tragedy - he didn't do much of note in his life but had all that potential, seemed to have just gotten some things started (like his magazine), etc. I know a few people who still hark back to his father's "Camelot" fairytale and who always followed JFK Jr. since he was part of their own generation.

Potential squandered though. When he died the man was 38, started a ridiculous literary magazine that belonged on a college newsroom floor and failed the bar exam two times.

It’s kind of embarrassing that ABC and others are holding him as anything but a failure to launch.

But this is exactly what I liked best about him. He was a Kennedy but struggled like many of us. He wasn't perfect but so easy to root for.

Also, so easy on the eyes!

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that TV specials are just excessive, OP. When I saw the thread title I thought it was about his father and not JFK Jr. Strange to decide to reconstruct the last days of the son. There are no surprises to find at this point anyway. I guess part of the reason some people still have an interest is like any tragedy - he didn't do much of note in his life but had all that potential, seemed to have just gotten some things started (like his magazine), etc. I know a few people who still hark back to his father's "Camelot" fairytale and who always followed JFK Jr. since he was part of their own generation.

Potential squandered though. When he died the man was 38, started a ridiculous literary magazine that belonged on a college newsroom floor and failed the bar exam two times.

It’s kind of embarrassing that ABC and others are holding him as anything but a failure to launch.

But this is exactly what I liked best about him. He was a Kennedy but struggled like many of us. He wasn't perfect but so easy to root for.

Also, so easy on the eyes!

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Anonymous wrote:Agree that TV specials are just excessive, OP. When I saw the thread title I thought it was about his father and not JFK Jr. Strange to decide to reconstruct the last days of the son. There are no surprises to find at this point anyway. I guess part of the reason some people still have an interest is like any tragedy - he didn't do much of note in his life but had all that potential, seemed to have just gotten some things started (like his magazine), etc. I know a few people who still hark back to his father's "Camelot" fairytale and who always followed JFK Jr. since he was part of their own generation.

Potential squandered though. When he died the man was 38, started a ridiculous literary magazine that belonged on a college newsroom floor and failed the bar exam two times.

It’s kind of embarrassing that ABC and others are holding him as anything but a failure to launch.

But this is exactly what I liked best about him. He was a Kennedy but struggled like many of us. He wasn't perfect but so easy to root for.

Also, so easy on the eyes!

Anonymous wrote:From what I remember, he and his wife were feuding a lot in the time leading up to the wedding (that they were headed to on that plane).

Anonymous wrote:From what I remember, he and his wife were feuding a lot in the time leading up to the wedding (that they were headed to on that plane).