Kennedy and his snarling little brother Bobby made political "ruthlessness, " unrestrained campaign spending, Teamster support and Mayor Richard Daley's vote-counting techniques into virtues.
Teamster Hoffa all but endorses the Green Party's Nader as a friend of American labor and an enemy of the NAFTA, GATT, and normalization of relations with China.
More than that, they allegedly persuaded Mr Carey to contribute Teamster funds to Democratic election efforts, and then encouraged their friends to fill Mr Carey's own election coffers in return.