Subject: Kennedy, morality and politics Newsgroups: soc.culture.usa, alt.soc.ethics, alt.conspiracy.jfk Date: 04/27/1999 Author: Simon Laub Kennedy, morality and politics. ---------------------------------- Summary : Is there morality in politics? Obviously, sometimes yes and sometimes no. Seymour Hersh digs a little deeper and explores the link between the morality of leaders and the world situation. The Kennedy presidency (1961-63) is used as a casestudy in his book "The dark side of Camelot" --------- When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, some of us hoped it was to be the dawn of a new and better age. But perhaps: It was more like "a break from history". A short interlude, where lackluster performances in areas like personal moral, justice and the rule of law had no real consequences? Not a lasting situation though. Indeed, normally, there is a direct link between the personal moral of world leaders and the world situation !? Seymour Hersh takes a closer look at the Kennedy administration and sees what many would rather have left in the dark: A presidential family with a personal moral out of mobster movie and a world on the brink of nuclear war. Indeed, Hersh makes a case for the thinking that the world nearly came to nuclear war, because of the (moral) makeup and history of the Kennedy family. Saved only by wiser men in Russia and in the US. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ------------------- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX At the very least,Seymour Hersh has effectively hinted, in the book "The dark side of Camelot", that the Kennedy presidency came about as the result of vote fraud. And it continued in cooperation with the Mafia to be involved in almost all sorts of illegal activity. Really ..! The conclusion: Take a close and hard look at candidates before electing them... be very alert, so you dont help bring shady characters inside The White House. The consequences for the world could be serious indeed. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Some issues raised in the Hersh book : Seymour Hersh: The Dark Side of Camelot : 1. Jack Kennedy health records were removed from public scrutiny after his death. They showed a man suffering from Addisons disease. Treated by Cortisone., The slain president had suffered from veneral diseases for more than 30 years. And was repeatly treated with very high doses of antibiotics, and repeatly reinfected because of his lifestyle. Furthermore he was constantly high on "feel-good" shots of amphetamines, originally administered to counter effects of other drugs. 2. Jack Kennedys grandfather: Honey Fitz of Boston - was unseated by the house of Representatives for vote fraud in 1919. He offered no defense other than the OJ stand "I’ve been framed". His opponent was sworn in instead. 3. Joseph Kennedy left nothing to chance in his drive to have his son elected to high office. In Jacks first campaign in 1946 hundred of thousands was poured into the campign for a congressional seat. The platform was extremely vague: "The next generation offers a leader". Instead primary rivals were paid $7500 to stay out of the race, others were paid to join to split votes in key districts. 4. During prohibition Joe Kennedy had made a fortune in the bootlegging industri. Working hand in hand with organized crime, - if not being a made member of the mafia..... According to Frank Costello, the most powerful mafia boss of the 40s and 50s, he and Joe kennedy had been partners in the bootleg industri during prohibition. 5. Sometimes Kennedy had fights with other mafia members in the 20s. and "held a grudge" against several of them. Something which was passes on to his son, who was asked "to nail" some of enemys and protect his friends, when he was appointed attorney general. FBI agents often talked about the apparent contradiction between what they knew and Bobbys highly publicized campaign against organized crime. They figured it was the way several people had become famous. Fighting crime means you are a good guy ??? 6. Joe Kennedy was appointed ambassadour to Britain and had hoped to become american president himself. Unfortunately for him he didnt understood morale issues at all. So he had assumed that people would not fight Nazism, if it did cost them anything thing. He surely wouldnt. Besides, he had anti semitic feelings himself and could sympathize with much of the goings ons in Germany. Luckily - ordinary people does understand the difference between right and wrong and was going to stand up aganst nazism. He had made a fatal political error. And could never be elected american president. 7. For the 1960 presidential campaign Kennedy had chosen Symington as his running mate. But Lyndon Johnson forced his way into the ticket. He and J. Edgar Hoover had conspired - they lived on the same street in Washington - And Hoover had provided Johnsen with information about womanizing, things in Joe Kennedys past and anything he could dig up - enough to destroy Jack Kennedy. After having "accepted" Johnson as his running mate JFK said : "I’m 43 years old, Im not going to die in office. So the vice presidency doesnt mean anything ..." 8. In the 1960 presidential election there were vote fraud in 11 states. Here Kennedy had bought the election with the help of the mafia. Afterwards official investigations either never got under way, or was stopped by grossly partisan democratic judges. The planning of the fraud was carried out after meetings between Joe Kennedy and Sam Giancana, head of the illinois mafia. Interestingly enough they felt most secure when meeting in couthouses belonging to judges owing favours. In exchange for the election of Kennedy, the mafia would be giving better conditions for operation in Cuba and the US - and the help of the state to knock down rivals. 9. Later the mafia should help JFK get rid of Castro. Or perhaps it was the other way around. Kennedy should help the mafia reopen Cuba for business. In the planning of the bay of pigs. It was agreed between Santos Trafficante, mafia head in Miami, and the Kennedys, that the mob should knock down Castro in a surprise assassination, which should then be followed by an invasion by Cuban exiles. 10. For a period in the JFK presidency communication between the Kennedys and Sam Giancana (Chicago mafia) was done through a shared mistress, Judith Cambell Exner. 11. In the public Kennedy was portrayed as working hard and long hours for his country. In reality a good deal of his presidency was spend in various orgies. On an ordinary day Jack Kennedy would take lunch in the White House pool with "secretaries" Fiddle and Faddle. And have sex with prostitutes or starlettes in the evening. 12. Jack won the pulitzer prize for the book "profiles in courage". It is certain that Joe helped it make the bestseller list by buying up large numbers himself. Probably the book wasnt even written by Kennedy, but by a ghostwriter. Even though Kennedy knew its content. 13. In November 1963 Bobby Kennedy and friends had almost worked together a case against Johnson. A small bribery story from Texas was supposed to finish him off and send him back to Texas. Replaced with Bobby himself as his brothers vicepresident after 1964. 14. Later that month Jack was murdered. --------------- Where does this information leave us ? It leaves us with the information that this moral makeup brought the world close to a nuclear Holocaust. Small misdeamenors are probably no good either, even if they dont take the world to the brink of nuclear war ... Simon Laub Date: 04/27/1999 Author: Simon Laub XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX It should be noted, that the views expressed above are my own, and not the expressed view of an organization, company or group.