Buillsh$T or Not: JFK's dark affair with 19-year-old intern

[qtlaw]

IMHO, its not about rape. No one said it was.

 

[Azrael]

This will do no good, but it's worth having it on the record.

The Kennedy men were all hounds. I assume my conservative friends who find that unforgiveable apply the same standard to their own pols.

For me, a man's sexual misbehavior, assuming it falls short of criminal, would be much more relevant if I were considering introducing him to one of my nieces than voting for him.

YF, your quarterback parallel forces me to point out that jocks across the country get laid that way every day, without offering the girl a meal or a safe ride home afterward. The problem with the Kennedys wasn't that they were an aberration. It's that they were so securely within the bell curve, as every one of you knows, the pearl-clutching notwithstanding.

But, you know, dark.

 

[Bob Cook]

He taught her how to scramble eggs.

The most shocking revelation.

 

[Boom_70]

This will do no good, but it's worth having it on the record.

The Kennedy men were all hounds. I assume my conservative friends who find that unforgiveable apply the same standard to their own pols.

For me, a man's sexual misbehavior, assuming it falls short of criminal, would be much more relevant if I were considering introducing him to one of my nieces than voting for him.

YF, your quarterback parallel forces me to point out that jocks across the country get laid that way every day, without offering the girl a meal or a safe ride home afterward. The problem with the Kennedys wasn't that they were an aberration. It's that they were so securely within the bell curve, as every one of you knows, the pearl-clutching notwithstanding.

But, you know, dark.

What happened to the tried and true "titillating".

 

[Azrael]

Too long to fit a headline.

'Hot' or 'steamy' would seem to do the SEO trick.

 

[silvershadow1981]

I'm not a woman and I certainly wasn't even thought of when Kennedy was in office (moms was 9 when he was assassinated), but this is CREEPY, regardless if it's John Kennedy or John Jones. Many older, powerful men wield their power over young impressionable women on a regular basis, and it's wrong every time, highly revered president or not, if, of course, this is true.

 

[LongTimeListener]

I'm not a woman and I certainly wasn't even thought of when Kennedy was in office (moms was 9 when he was assassinated), but this is CREEPY, regardless if it's John Kennedy or John Jones. Many older, powerful men wield their power over young impressionable women on a regular basis, and it's wrong every time, highly revered president or not, if, of course, this is true.

At the same time, the direction of this country would be phenomenally different, and not in a good way, if this gotcha game of sexual infidelity had been considered a disqualifier for office since 1787.

 

[Azrael]

"Harding's Love Child" would make a reasonable name for a garage band. As would "Sally Hemming's Boyfriend."

 

[cyclingwriter]

"Harding's Love Child" would make a reasonable name for a garage band. As would "Sally Hemming's Boyfriend."

That would be a great double bill.

 

[Iron_chet]

I don't care about the sexual life of anyone. That being said, if the story is true, I don't think that is how a leader is supposed act.

It is well documented that he was a skin hound but banging a 19 year old intern after giving her a few drinks is the act of a scumball. I am not so much hung up on her age as the fact that she was a subordinate.

I have never been a big Camelot guy so it is not like this besmirches his rep for me, just shows that he was a douche.

 

[Bubbler]

I'm in my 30s and this happened more than 15 years before I was born. At this point, who really gives a flying fork except nostalgic baby boomers who either revere that clan of moral-less blue bloods, or right winger baby boomers who reflexively hate any Democratic president and feel they were appointed to the position through fraud and puppet strings controlled by Karl Marx. No wonder this country is so forked. All you forking old people are still bitching about shirt from 50 years ago that doesn't mean shirt to anyone except the scoundrels who profit off your inability to do anything but look backwards.

Awesome.

Jeez ... did you have the Patriots and the over yesterday?
And all the "forking old people" who came before you more or less built the kind of country where you can spout off profanely and in vulgar language like this in public without any consequences.

That's stupid. fork off!

 

[Boom_70]

He taught her how to scramble eggs.

The most shocking revelation.

Bob - you need to get out more. "Scambled eggs" is not what you think.