text: A lot of people really hated JFK, and you knew them by the way they parroted "(Mayor Richard J.) Daly threw the election". Why were the Kennedys so hated? Because they were Irish, Catholic, rich, well-educated, good-looking, and liberal as in FDR liberal.  JFK is still idolized worldwide, and in Mexican homes you will often find his portrait hanging on the wall. But that family has certainly had its share of bad "luck".