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The Forgotten Story Of Rosemary Kennedy, Who Was Lobotomized So That JFK Could Succeed
ati ^ | 3/2/22 | Katie Serena

Posted on 09/30/2023 1:51:08 PM PDT by DallasBiff

After being lobotomized in 1941 at 23 years old, Rosemary Kennedy would spend the rest of her life institutionalized and isolated from her family.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; History
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To: nickcarraway
o it was never used by the public in the U.S., but it was in Canada.

Patently untrue. I met a thalidomide man. US citizen. He got it here.

61 posted on 09/30/2023 4:36:46 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Biden would give Jesse James the train schedule for his 10%.)
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To: Theophilus

She was. Too bad she was a free spirit who would/could not be controlled by Daddy Joe. I really believe that’s the reason for the procedure.


62 posted on 09/30/2023 4:47:11 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Normal" is never coming back.)
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To: nickcarraway

Agreed, her lobotomy had nothing to do with Joe Kennedy’s presidential aspirations for his Sons.

This headline is garbage.


63 posted on 09/30/2023 4:49:00 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: MayflowerMadam

What a waste. What a curse. What a crime!


64 posted on 09/30/2023 5:19:10 PM PDT by Theophilus (It's far easier to rig a jury than an election)
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To: DiogenesLamp; nickcarraway

“Is that true? I always thought it was used in the US. I’ve seen a lot of people with short and deformed arms that is one of the characteristics of it.”

Although it was never approved by the FDA thalidomide WAS distributed in the US...by Richardson Merrell as a safer alternative to other sedatives.
“Details emerged over the coming months and in early August 1962, newspapers reported that Richardson Merrell distributed more than 2.5 million doses of thalidomide to more than 1,200 U.S. doctors. Its clinical trial evolved into an unauthorized marketing program.”

https://usthalidomide.org/our-story-thalidomide-babies-us/


65 posted on 09/30/2023 8:40:39 PM PDT by oldvirginian ("Had I known what the North had in store for us, I would have continued fighting." Gen R E Lee )
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Science...


66 posted on 10/01/2023 1:45:28 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: DallasBiff

What a horrible tale.


67 posted on 10/01/2023 1:56:30 AM PDT by gitmo
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To: nickcarraway

But the reason for getting her lobotomized was that Joe was already planning for three sons to go into politics and they were afraid Rosemary’s condition would create a bad reputation.


68 posted on 10/01/2023 8:50:10 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“Hi Ted. How are things?”
“Good.”
“How’s it going?”
“Swimmingly.”


69 posted on 10/01/2023 8:51:32 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

We had a couple of YAF songs about Ted Kennedy.

Ted the Magic Driver
(To the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon)

Ted the magic driver
Drove through the woods
And with a half a bag on
He did all he could
To get his little chickie
Down in the grass
But the bridge was not too wide
So Magic Teddy crashed.

Ted the magic driver
Sat there like a fool
Ted could not make up his mind
While the girl’s blood filled the pool.
From a senator like Teddy,
What could you expect?
In a time of crisis,
He’d say “What the heck?”

Ted the Magic Driver
Has lots of bread
With which to buy off the cops.
So what if the girl’s dead?
The moral of the story
Is told quite sim-pi-ly:
You can do what you damn please
If you’re a Kennedy.


70 posted on 10/01/2023 8:57:20 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: algore

Who is “Fauci’s idol and mentor”?


71 posted on 10/01/2023 9:01:15 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: irishjuggler

From the pictures, I can see why men were attracted to her.


72 posted on 10/01/2023 9:04:37 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan
In 1934 FDR inexplicably appointed him as the first Chairman of the new Securities and Exchange Commission, which was putting the fox in charge of the henhouse.

FDR said Joe Kennedy knew all the tricks, so he'd be able to spot them when other people pulled them.

73 posted on 10/01/2023 9:07:48 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

The progressives of the time were all pro-fascist and pro-Nazi, or at least anti-anti-Nazi. They morphed into anti-anti-Communists (or worse.)


74 posted on 10/01/2023 9:08:50 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: nickcarraway
He was not a doctor.

And didn't play one on TV.

75 posted on 10/01/2023 9:10:08 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: nickcarraway

They only told Lou Gehrig about his ALS (and that it was fatal) because he insisted. They told Eleanor Gehrig, though.


76 posted on 10/01/2023 9:12:36 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Biden was born lobotomized.


77 posted on 10/01/2023 9:13:06 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: oldvirginian

Okay, thanks for clearing that up.


78 posted on 10/02/2023 8:40:38 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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