and headache may occur. tell your doctor about your medicines and if you re pregnant or planning to be. otezla. show more of you. the whole world s coming together now amazon s black friday sale is on now! with deals in every department, low prices and free shipping on millions of items. the amazon black friday sale. on now! the social event of the year. the wedding of john f. kennedy to lovely jacqueline lee beauvoir. kennedy knew she was marrying someone who ticked off a lot of boxes. she was catholic. she was from a socially prestigious family, and she would be a good wife in the white house. when you watch the footage from their wedding, it looks like you re watching a film.
my father was the democratic national committeeman from maryland. the excitement of it was great because my father had been a big supporter. jack kennedy s main rival for the democratic nomination is lbj. i move here and now to solicit the votes of every delegate present in this room or the sound of my voice. lyndon johnson, the majority leader of the united states senate, senator from texas, thinks kennedy is sort of a lightweight. some talk about how we ought to do it, and when we get down to doing it, just don t get it done. but kennedy is rolling with this stuff. i appreciate what senator johnson had to say. he made some general references to perhaps the shortcomings of other presidential candidates, but as he was not specific, i assume he was talking about some of the other candidates and not about me.
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
you re going to have to settle with me. thank you very much. you re never running against one kennedy. you re running against every kennedy. it s a full family affair. jackie was willing to go with jack and campaign with him in small towns and go through poor homes and meet with the people, and because she was so glamorous and yet down to earth, she really connected with the people as did her husband. she could make you feel as if you were the only person in her life at that moment when she was talking to you. but even the allure of jackie kennedy cannot guarantee victory. kennedy is a very attractive candidate, but he has three big weaknesses. he s catholic, he s a womanizer, and he s deathly sick. womanizing and the illness he can hide. he can t hide that he s a catholic.
he didn t come back because he wanted to be with jackie. he came back because he wanted to make sure that he wasn t damaging his chances for eventual presidency. meanwhile, bobby takes a job as an attorney investigating corruption for the senate. bobby kennedy s life had been defined by serving his father and his brother. but in the mid- 50s, you sense that he s trying to make a name for himself. at christmastime 1956, the family s gathered in hyannisport and bobby kennedy comes to his father and says, i want to lead an investigation into organized crime. my father said either they re going to own the country or we are. so joe kennedy says, you don t know what you re getting into. don t go near that. and bobby kennedy says, i am. and i m going straight up to capitol hill.