... . In other words, Illinois stole the vote for the Presidency. Without the overnight help of these powerful political and organized crime figures, JFK would not have acquired the office of the presidency. The mob's support in the Kennedy election was neither sought nor rejected, but just never pursued ... with several international issues, some linking back to the previous presidency. "The Bay of Pigs," an attempt by the United States forces to overthrow Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, failed miserably. Every mishap imaginable occurred on that day. It became a great embarrassment for the Unite...

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... obstacles facing John Kennedy in the election were his religion and his youth. No Catholic had ever been elected to the highest office in the nation, and many feared that somehow John Kennedy would be controlled by the Pope in Rome! He was also only forty-three ... private family life. LIFE magazine took advantage whenever they could of, of John Kennedy's friendly cooperation of the special access of his family. No other publication had covered John F Kennedy as eloquently and detailed as did LIFE. "The magazine spotted him early, recorded his meteoric rise, ... the lofty expression o...

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