Posted on 09/27/2016 5:00:48 PM PDT by TigerClaws
Never did the prim and proper Eleanor Roosevelt imagine that her role as First Lady of the United States would lead her into the arms of one of the great loves of her life – someone other than her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The object of her affection was Lorena 'Hick' Hickok, ace reporter assigned to cover the new First Lady for the Associated Press. It was a position that dictated the ladies become close companions but no one anticipated just how close.
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Eleanor with her protruding teeth was certainly no beauty.
I’m getting a Hermann Goering vibe there. She’d have made a stout nose tackle as well.
. . . affectionately known as "Sea Biscuit" . . .
Chewing on bales of hay and sugar lumps couldn't have helped.
Not to mention butt ugly.
Lesbians - It ain’t like in the movies.
She looks like Jonathan Winters LOL
Yup
It’s Shemp!
They’re waiting for the release of Hillary’s missing emails.
I can’t recall exactly what the phrase was, but FDR used to refer to Eleanor’s “women friends” in some particular way.
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