He receives a heaping helping of extra hate because of his race for sure. Was jfk hated as much? I doubt it but he pissed off the wrong people IMHO....people willing and able to pull off an assignation and eliminating the suspect.....that is signature mob style of doing things.....and the mob and the CIA were thick back then...so a few rogues in the CIA may have been involved too.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.