![]() ![]() “I could see the drive he had,” Tierney recalled, “the sense of power acquired from being steeped early in Boston Irish politics. Gene’s mother was shocked by the political company Kennedy kept. ![]() ![]() He talked about it in a way that was unself-conscious, as another might talk about going to work in his father’s store.” “I don’t recall how many dates Jack and I had,” said Tierney, “not many, before I told my family and a few friends that I had met a young man who would be President someday. (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images)Įven back then, politics and becoming president preoccupied Kennedy’s thoughts. Gene Tierney in publicity portrait for the film 'Laura', 1944. How’s your sense of adventure, Kelly?’ The cabbie laughed and said, ‘Well, now, I can’t resist that.’” ‘Would you be kind enough to take a Kennedy and a Tierney to the Monte Carlo Club in New Jersey? I know it’s against the rules to drive out of New York, but we’re hoping you’ll risk it. ![]() "Jack hailed a taxi and quickly noted the driver’s name on his cab license. “I suppose we looked like any other young couple having a reunion celebrating a few months late the end of a war that had gone on too long and cost too much. Out on a date one night in Manhattan, Kennedy had an idea. ‘Gene,’ he said after a silence had passed between us, ‘in any large family you can always find something wrong with somebody.’” Jack was fun The Kennedys did not survive by dwelling on their imperfections. “He told me about his sister Rosemary, who had been born retarded, and how his family had loved and protected her. ![]()
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