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In JFK's first primary election one of his opponents was one Joseph Russo. JFK's father Joe hired another guy named Joseph Russo to run and split the vote. Dirt
by ggg9990 9y ago
In JFK's first primary election one of his opponents was one Joseph Russo. JFK's father Joe hired another guy named Joseph Russo to run and split the vote. Dirty trick but it didn't end up mattering as the two Russos combined would not have defeated JFK.
- emodendroket 9y agoI don't feel like what happened in the 1960s is the most salient thing to consider when you take into account that the effort to suppress the vote has been overwhelmingly Republican in the past few decades and has picked up with the Supreme Court striking down parts of the Voting Rights Acts.
- ggg9990 9y agonever said it was the "most salient thing to consider." It's an interesting historical anecdote.
- jakeogh 9y agoHis dad apparently made a few powerful enemies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-EBGYF8XLQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-EBGYF8XLQ