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Doing the Decent Thing
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| 7/17/2013
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 07/17/2013 4:43:35 AM PDT by grimalkin
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This was an enjoyable piece and especially interesting in light of today's events. There is a big difference in what happens to scandalized politicians today compared to several decades ago. Think if Weiner and Spitzer.
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posted on
07/17/2013 4:43:35 AM PDT
by
grimalkin
To: grimalkin
She was living in poverty in a "council flat" (British for housing project) and had nothing to retail but those few months in the early Sixties ... For all she's got from the attempts to cling to her celebrity, Miss Keeler might as well have joined Profumo at Toynbee Hall and done charity work for four decades.I thought this was very sad, and an image of dozens - hundreds? - of women who have imagined that they matter because they could get a politician to have sex with them.
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posted on
07/17/2013 4:56:48 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(No pun intended, no punishment ... If I offended you, you needed it.)
To: grimalkin
I remember reading at the time there was some discussion about Keeler’s nationality/ethnicity (?)...it was said that she was Czech.
A comedian said...’She went from check to cash.’ :)
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posted on
07/17/2013 4:57:23 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms." H. Amiel)
To: grimalkin
Profumo was forced to resign because he lied to the House of Commons. A quaint concept.
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posted on
07/17/2013 4:59:18 AM PDT
by
iowamark
To: Tax-chick
I thought it was sad, too.
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posted on
07/17/2013 5:11:20 AM PDT
by
grimalkin
(The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man. -G.K. Chesterton)
To: iowamark; grimalkin
From Dr Szamuely's Conservative History Blog:
Fifty years ago
Compare and constrast Clinton (and HRC), Weiner, Spitzer etc etc. Profumo in the end did the decent thing, something that isn't even considered today.
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posted on
07/17/2013 5:29:52 AM PDT
by
ScaniaBoy
(Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
To: grimalkin
You mean democrat politicians, no?
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posted on
07/17/2013 5:30:38 AM PDT
by
stanne
To: Tax-chick
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posted on
07/17/2013 5:32:47 AM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
To: grimalkin
Is there ANY political scandal or contretemps that has NOT become the subject of a West End play or Hollywood movie. provided only that the scandals occurred during conservative/Republican administrations?
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posted on
07/17/2013 6:04:50 AM PDT
by
Jack Hammer
(American)
To: BwanaNdege; grimalkin
Lewinsky in a decade?In a way, it's as bad or worse for Monica now. She may not be living in public housing, yet, but she's universally held in contempt - a byword for "ignorant trollop" - and has failed at every attempt in having a real life.
She gets hit with society's ultimate condemnation, "FAT," while Bill Clinton sails on, untouched by anything but the physical ravages of his misbegotten lifestyle.
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posted on
07/17/2013 6:27:27 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(No pun intended, no punishment ... If I offended you, you needed it.)
To: grimalkin
The words any parent dreads, “Mom, Dad, I want you to meet the girl I intend to marry, Monica Lewisinsky”.
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posted on
07/17/2013 6:30:46 AM PDT
by
sport
To: JLS
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posted on
07/17/2013 7:22:43 AM PDT
by
Twotone
(Marte Et Clypeo)
To: grimalkin
It's not really right to mention the Profumo scandal without showing the naughty, but Safe For (most) Work pictures of the, at the time, young women in the center of the scandal.
To: grimalkin
When you think of the Profumo scandal, it’s hard not to think of the movie Dr. Strangelove, filmed the same year but released the next.
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
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posted on
07/17/2013 8:22:22 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(No pun intended, no punishment ... If I offended you, you needed it.)
To: TheOldLady; Rummyfan; Howlin; riley1992; Miss Marple; Dane; sinkspur; steve; kattracks; ...
Mark Steyn ping.
Freepmail me, if you want on or off the MarK Steyn ping list.
Thanks for the ping Twotone.
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posted on
07/17/2013 8:23:49 AM PDT
by
JLS
To: JLS
Steyn is always a treat.
I had to go back to look up some of the names - they sounded familiar, but it was a long time ago.
Thanks for the ping.
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posted on
07/17/2013 9:12:30 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: grimalkin
‘Think of Weiner and Spitzer.’
Too close to lunchtime for THAT!
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posted on
07/17/2013 10:01:55 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: JLS
I only have a vague recollection of the scandal. My family, all adults, at least 11 years older than I, when I was still in school, only whispered about things like that when I was around.
Thanks for the details after all these years.
And can we deep-six our current crop of democRATS for lying to congress and the American people as well?
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
You need to see a color photo to know her true beauty. She had red hair, was gorgeous and quasi-ethereal - the puzzle is why she was a hooker - she had suchca radiant beauty, she could have done/been anything.
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posted on
07/17/2013 3:06:47 PM PDT
by
kabumpo
(Kabumpo)
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