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Originally Posted by RichieLion
I said I supported him. I didn't say I voted for him. I was a student at St. Lucy's R.C. Elementary in N.Y.C., and the nuns were very enthusiastic about the candidacy of this young eloquent Catholic Senator. Thus, we studied him and his speeches, and his opponent Vice-President Richard M. Nixon.
It wasn't hard to like and support J.F.K. Anyway, my father, was a great supporter of J.F.K. and I am my father's son.
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I was just a little younger, but my father was a Democratic committee man in our district. He took me to those meetings...He is the one by whom all candidates are judged and I suspect always will be. He press conferences were so much fun to watch.