mission. rose sees two priests draw up to the family home. they say we re here to speak to mr. kennedy. and she says, oh, he s napping. would you like to come in, have some tea. and they say, no, we have some very bad news about joe. they go upstairs, they tell joe the terrible news that his beloved son has been killed in action. joe has to then come down and tell the rest of the assembled clan that joe is dead. he said, there s no time for crying. we ve got to get on with the living. kennedys don t cry. and jack says, he wouldn t want us sitting here crying over him. we re going to go sailing. and that s what they did. in joe kennedy s rage over the death of his son, he blamed fdr. he said that son of a bitch
country is at war with germany. once war broke out, ambassador kennedy wailed, it s the end of everything. kennedy is convinced the hitler war machine is unstoppable. england will simply be devoured. almost as soon as britain goes to war, joe decides that he s going to send the children home. the u.s. liner washington brings home the biggest group of refugees. among the returning notables are mrs. joseph p. kennedy and children. my wife and i have given nine hostages to fortune. our children and your children are more important than anything else in the world. joseph is called a coward for his decision to send his family home. for his opposition to the war, he s branded a nazi sympathizer. roosevelt privately called
fighting back and joe was still trying to appease, he was too outspoken and he was called back to washington. president roosevelt did not want to appease. roosevelt wanted to fight. and the last thing that fdr needed was an appeaser as ambassador to great britain. i ll have nothing to say till i see the president. so he was finished. get it? joseph kennedy goes from being a legitimate power broker in the united states and a player in international politics to being a pariah. when he crashed and burned as ambassador to great britain, that not only cost him his job. it cost him his notion that he could become president. and almost from the moment that he realized that he couldn t do it, the aspiration was his kids would do it. joseph passes his ambitions on to joe jr. kathleen, known as kick, and jack.
the end of everything. kennedy is convinced the hitler war machine is unstoppable. england will simply be devoured. almost as soon as britain goes to war, joe decides that he s going to send the children home. the u.s. liner washington brings home the biggest group of refugees. among the returning notables are mrs. joseph p. kennedy and children. my wife and i have given nine hostages to fortune. our children and your children are more important than anything else in the world. joseph is called a coward for his decision to send his family home. for his opposition to the war, he is branded a nazi sympathizer. roosevelt privately called kennedy a fascist. and once britain was in war
kennedy a fascist. and once britain was in war fighting back and joe was still trying to appease, he was too outspoken and he was called back to washington. president roosevelt did not want to appease. roosevelt wanted to fight. and the last thing that fdr needed was an appeaser as ambassador to great britain. i ll have nothing to say till i see the president. get it? joseph kennedy goes from being a legitimate power broker in the united states and a player in international politics to being a pariah. when he crashed and burned as ambassador to great britain, that not only cost him his job. it cost him his notion that he could become president. and almost from the moment that he realized that he couldn t do it, the aspiration was his kids would do it.