Furthermore, and as I mentioned in a previous post, the Teamsters, well documented as being linked to the mob, began their support for Republicans precisely because of the Kennedy white house, from Nixon's endorsement in '72 to the endorsement of, you guessed it, The Gipper himself in 1980. Imagine that, Reagan was so tough on the mob, they endorsed him!

"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea