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Rumor I heard was the Jackie married Onassis to get John and Caroline away from the rest of the Kennedy clan. Remember, the Kennedys, despite the glowing press and Camelot reputation, were bootleggers that were heavily involved in organized crime. The Kennedys owned Massachusetts, so it's probable the Kennedys would have used purse strings to keep her close unless she had another money source, and her family was well off, but not jetsetters.

So she married Onassis and moved the kids well out of the Kennedy influence. Notice that except for a Kennedy style airplane crash, you never heard of any scandals surrounding John or Caroline. Jackie defended John Kennedy's reputation, and never went public about the reportedly hundreds of extramarital affairs he had. I've always wondered how she felt sitting next to John Kennedy, most likely knowing he had screwed Marilyn Monroe, while Monroe sang "Happy Birthday" to him. My mother would have climbed up on that stage and beat the everloving cr@p out of her.

Not to mention how she ever recovered from sitting next to her husband and seeing his head blown off, with parts of his brains splattering onto her. In the Zapruder film, you see her trying to climb out of the back of the car. At the time, the broadcasters said she was trying to help a secret service agent into the car. After watching the film dozens of times, it's obvious that part of Kennedy's skull was blown backwards out of the car. She was climbing back trying to get that part of his head. I heard on one news report a couple of days after the assassination that part of his head was found in the street.

I think she displayed class throughout her life. I understand what you think about Onassis, as I think he was creepy also, but I can't imagine anyone handling all the stuff life threw at her better than she did.