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Jack kennedy would go to a fancy hotel in massachusetts and they would invite all the ladies of the town to dress in their best finery and come to have formal tea with the kennedys. it was really one of the first times that women got involved in politics in a very sustained way. >> jack's sisters and his mother rose would wear what we call poodle skirts, then they would stand up and they'd reveal that their skirts are embroidered jfk. >> but his father joe understands that jack needs far more than fashion and fine china. >> joe kennedy didn't like what he thought was a lethargic campaign that ...

Your time is short on this earth. >> tension mounts around convention hall in chicago and delegates stream in for the big session. >> it was not long after jack's back operation, but he wanted to prove to everyone that he was vital and fit. >> at the democratic national convention, jack surprises everyone by announcing his candidacy for vice president. >> jack looks at bobby and says, bobby, would you call dad and give him the news? >> joe kennedy wanted his son to be president of the united states, but he didn't want him to try for vice president and lose and somehow blot his copybook before ...

Jackie is expecting a baby. by the mid-1950s, the kennedy dynasty is growing. bobby has four children. jack's younger sister, patricia, has one. and eunice has two. jack wants children of his own, and it would be the icing on the cake for a young man seeking the presidency. >> jackie had already had a miscarriage, and in 1956 was thrilled that she was pregnant again. she went tuesday with her mother and await the birth of her child. >> john f. kennedy went to visit his father in the south of france. he then went on a cruise with his buddies. >> while he was incommunicado from jackie, jackie go...

Relationship with kennedy. >> jack gets daly on the phone, and mayor daly says we're going to win illinois with the help of a few close friends. >> there are stories to this day that dead people voted in chicago. there's no doubt that the daly machine helped the kennedys. but whether it engaged in massive fraud or not i think remains to be seen. >> back in hyannisport, the kennedys wait and wait. >> in the still of the night, the secret service moved in. and when they saw the secret service surrounding the kennedy houses, they knew that they had won. >> the president-elect received congratulat...

>> jack thought that bobby was a prude and a moralizer and was annoyed by him. he said that bobby was a pain in the ass. >> my father and john kennedy were not very close as they were growing up because there was a big gap in age between them. >> he was considered as the grunt of the family. he was unathletic in a very athletic family. >> and what that did with bobby is it gave him the determination to prove to his dad that he mattered, that he could do these difficult tasks that joe threw his way and the most difficult of all at this point was making his brother a u.s. senator. >> bobby rises...