(quote stevez) Are the Kennedy's the only family so "fortunate?" Of course not. However, to raise their image to candidates for beatification is humbug. Are we so short of "heroes" that we need to elevate any group with money to pseudo-deity status? Do we do the same with other families who have had multiple losses due to war or other violence, or are these other families "off the radar" because they do not have a public relations service to inspire sympathy and worship? And should we ignore their transgressions because they are the so-and-so"s?

When you have more money than you can ever spend, all that is left is the accumulation of power. And in this world, money can indeed buy power, but power is not a birthright in a democratic republic - only in a monarchy. And all the money and power in the world cannot buy respect - you have to earn that!(quote)

You have said what many of us from MA feel. From Joe, the prohibition illegal rum runner making millions , to Joe grooming his children for the position he wanted but didn't get, to Joe grooming his children for the power of being in government, to Ted the the man who committed manslaughter and got away with it. I guess we should be proud of their sacrificial government service. Elitist power mongers,all.