think of the geography of hyannisport. you have the main house where rose and joseph kennedy live. next to it, you have the house where bobby and ethel live. behind it, you have the house where jack and jackie kennedy live. and now, this compound is the center of the world. this was the realization, the dynastic dream of joseph p. and rose kennedy. next on american dynasties: the kennedys ask what you can do for your country. jack believed in the promise of america. kennedy was walking into an ambush, and he had no idea. it turns out to be an unmitigated disaster. jack need someone to watch
her car after the party was over. so she had enormous appeal. an aspiring reporter, 21-year-old jackie has just completed her bachelor s degree at george washington university. jackie had the reputation of being what people then called a brain, very, very bright. but at the same time very glamorous. jackie was different from the kinds of women he dated or had one night stands with, and there was real chemistry between them. jackie saw a bigger world for herself. and she found that in jack kennedy. in 1952, jack finally resolves to run for a u.s. senate seat in massachusetts. he s up against henry cabot lodge who is from a great massachusetts political family whose grandfather has defeated jack kennedy s grandfather a half a century before. now meet your candidate for the united states senate. how can this young
the presidency is not elected to be the protector of the faith. and he essentially said to the people of america, i know you re a more tolerant country than to let the simple fact of my faith stop you from voting for me. jack defies all odds and wins the critical west virginia primary. he arrives at the democratic national convention in los angeles exuding confidence. i don t think that there has been a more anticipated candidate at the democratic national convention since jfk and definitely not before him. he was fresh. he was attractive. he was charismatic. everybody seemed to be spinning their heads. he was just an enormously impressive figure. i went to the convention with my parents.
it. jackie would always put on a brave face regarding her husband s absences. jackie i think probably being married to a senator would compare with being a doctor s wife. a senator must be on call at all times. i suppose it is like being married to a doctor in that they have late hours, they go away with short notice. jack s affairs are not the only thing he s hiding. the great secret about jack kennedy is not his sex life. it s his health. he is a sick man. the joke always was that if a mosquito bit jack, the mosquito would get sick. there wasn t a day of jack s life that he wasn t in pain. jack suffered from a very debilitating back issue. jack finds a doctor who says
think of the geography of hyannisport. you have the main house where rose and joseph kennedy live. next to it, you have the house where bobby and ethel live. behind it, you have the house where jack and jackie kennedy live. and now, this compound is the center of the world. this was the realization, the dynastic dream of joseph p. and rose kennedy. jack believed in the promise of america. kennedy was walking into an ambush and had no idea. it turns out to be an unmitigated disaster. jack needed someone to watch