re: #203 buzzsawmonkey

Kennedy took a lot of hits for his drinking. I always felt this was unfair, if only because he’d seen two of his brothers murdered within five years of each other; one can only imagine what a toll that took on him.

And, given that one brother was murdered as a sitting president and the other while running for that office, his decision to challenge a sitting president of his own party in an attempt for the nomination appears, not as an act of ambition but an act of conscience, patriotism, and courage.

Not to mention growing up in a keenly competitive family with a father that had such high expectations for all of his children. No pressure there. None at all.