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Article: JOE KENNEDY OPTS FOR A LIFE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 15, 1998
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There was a day last summer before he decided against running
for governor when Joe Kennedy sat talking to Tim Russert of NBC's
"Meet The Press" at a cookout on Cape Cod. As Russert asked him
about the difficulty of being a Democrat in a Congress dominated by
Republicans, asked him about politics and campaigns and committee
hearings, asked all the usual Washington stuff, Joe Kennedy's
responses sounded as if he were making a hostage tape.
"Then I asked him about fishing," Russert recalled yesterday.
"Where was the best place to catch blues? What equipment do you
use? Can kids do it? And all of a sudden, he came alive.
"His whole expression changed. He didn't look bored or tired
or ...