Comments on: UPDATE II: Jackie Kennedy: enchantress (Style & Substance)

By: MonkeyShines

MonkeyShines — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:48:24 +0000

I have always thought that Malcolm X, in spite of some very disagreeable views, had much more integrity than the Rev. Dr. MLK.

@ James Huggins, you really ought to learn the difference between Shanty Irish and Lace Curtain Mick. Elsewise if you ever come up to my neck of the woods you might get your jaw dislocated.

By: Michael Marks

Michael Marks — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:24:43 +0000

@Myron if I remember correctly JFK’s role in the assisination of Diem was originally revealed in the Pentagon Papers. It’s ironic the information that came out about JFK while Nixon was investigated.

By: Michael Marks

Michael Marks — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:20:01 +0000

As I was only five when JFK was assassinated my memories of the Kennedeys are limited indeed. Mostly I remember Jackie’s images in black and white as part of the JFK funeral.

Your husband’s response to “hermetically sealed” is pretty amusing. When Johnny Carson hosted the Tonight Show he used “hermetically sealed” rather frequently, particularly when he played The Mighty Carnak (or Carnac?).

By: CompassionateFascist

CompassionateFascist — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 05:06:08 +0000

Fond memory of her husband as well. Summer of (I think) 1962. My parents and I are driving up a steep mountain road in Yosemite Nat’l Park. Happened to glance out the back window, and see a somewhat makeshift log security barrier crash down on the road. We get to a scenic overlook. Deserted. Then two long black limos drive up. Pat Brown – then Gov. of Calif – and his entourage get out of one, JFK and 2 Secret Svc guys get out of the other. He walks over shakes everybody’s hand, we make some small talk….then my dad decides he wants to get his camera out of the car but makes a too-sudden move. The security guys wrestle him to the ground and commence beating the tar out of him. I”m vastly enjoying the spectacle, but JFK sidesteps to block my view; I sidestep; he sidesteps. Finally he looks over his shoulder and says, “OK that’s enough”; my dad, not too damaged, finally gets his picture, and I get one of my favorite remembrances.

By: CompassionateFascist

CompassionateFascist — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:48:52 +0000

I saw her once at Park and 60th. She was wearing an umbrella hat. Can’t remember if it was raining, or not.

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:31:29 +0000

Jack or John and Jackie Kennedy were a paradox in this country. What they did separately or together normally carried a distinct appearance of class. Unfortunately, the myth far exceeds the facts; nor did the values of both Kennedys survive. His infidelity was almost legendary and is copied by more Democrats than ever before; whereas, his desire to manage the government properly has been ignored by his successors. Jackie was pointed out and almost idolized for her dignity and class. However, none of her successors (Democrat) have ever attempted to follow her example. She reflected Macy’s front window; where the Democrat females that follow her reflect late Salvation Army.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:57:06 +0000

Well Martyred Saint # 1 (JFK) ordered his brother the attorney general – Martyred Saint # 2 (RFK) – to wiretap the Greatest American in history – Martyred Saint # 3 (MLK) telling dirty jokes about his fellow adulterer. Jackie is shocked!

Frankly, what really galls me is how the leftish media and idiots like John Kerry wind up blaming Vietnam on people like Barry Goldwater (who ran nothing) and Richard Nixon (arguably, guilty of expanding the conflict but who inherited a full-fledged mess) while exonorating the Sainted John who had our CIA assassinate Diem. The sun shall never set on the Kennedy Kult!

By: james huggins

james huggins — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:43:20 +0000

Never a fan of the Kennedys I never kept up with their adoring, read idiotic,multitudes who insisted that a prohibition enriched family of Boston shanty Irish were somehow America’s royal family. I give some props to JFK only because in today’s Democrat party he would be as out of place as a hog on ice. Consequently I never joined the legion of Jackie lovers. However, after reading the comments of which you speak, especially about LBJ and MLK I must give her credit for being most level headed. And you’re right. The protocol and class a Jackie Kennedy white house was a far cry from today’s current edition, which reminds me of a late night rerun of “Soul Train”.