I can’t remember which president it was (maybe Roosevelt) but that president appointed Old Joe Kennedy as the first president of the Security and Exchange Commission. The newly created post was set up to oversee the stock market. Many people said don’t put a crook in that position, but that president said “it takes a crook to catch a crook”. Everybody knew he was a crook and because of his personal ego he pushed his children into politics to satisfy himself. The Kennedy name really represents the story of some messed up people. Patrick Kennedy comes about his substance abuse problem honestly. Both his mom and dad are drunks. Jackie Kennedy was smart to get her children away from their cousins by taking them out of the country after JFK was shot.