Well, I was going to speculate,
Is the Kennedy family a cult,
but it occurred to me that my question is different than that ...
there were a few generations of people who idolized the Kennedy family
and that is a different question.

This past week, in the Massachusetts state primary,
a Kennedy youngster named for Joe Kennedy with roman numeral III
was defeated in a race for Democratic candidate for Congress.
Defeats happen every year,
but this is the first such defeat for a Kennedy
and it is making national news.