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Irish_Dem

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17. I was 9 and attending Catholic School and the nuns were gaga for JFK.

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #15)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 01:24 PM

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My father was a first generation Irish Catholic from Boston like JFK.
JFK felt like a relative.

So it was the most exciting election of my lifetime and that is when I became a political junkie for life.

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