Why we love American elections

The Scotsman ^ | 10/30/04 | George Kerevan

[conservative in nyc]

Interesting read. Not sure it answers the headline's question directly, though.

[swilhelm73]

Hmm. I knew JFK's people in IL made sure the state went for him - some of the vote fixers have since admitted their work.

But some of the other stuff mentioned here I had never heard of. How sold is the trolling for trollops at Radcliffe, for example?

[StACase]

The ultimate test is simple: in all those years, the occupier of the White House has always left when their allotted time was up.

FDR?

[swilhelm73]

sold = solid

[Max Combined]

"he spent much of the campaign risking all by having blatant sex with a bewildering variety of women"

Blatant sex? More like excellent sex. Bewildering variety of women? I'll wager it was not bewildering to JFK. Variety is the spice of life.

[Max Combined]

"he survived due to the collusion of pro-Democratic journalists who knew what was going on."

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[jocon307]

Very interesting. Some of this stuff I certainly never heard before.

quidnunc, what do you think? at least it is not at all anti-republican for a change!

[Max Combined]

"used by Kennedy and Turnure to have noisy, recreational sex."

I suppose it would have been OK if it had been quiet, non-recreational sex.

[Talking_Mouse]

read later

[Max Combined]

"Imagine the outcry if George Bush or John Kerry tried that."

Imagine the outcry JFK had been a traitor like Kerry.

[Max Combined]

"quidnunc, what do you think?"

quidnunc is deeply saddened that the full article was posted instead of just an excerpt.

[Slyfox]

Blatant sex?

Yeah but, every time I hear of somebody having multiple sex partners I always wonder how many venereal diseases they might have.

[Khurkris]

Nice little article from The Scottsman.

Glad to see the light being put on Kennedy.

Not many US papers will admit that 'Camelot' was built by bent-noses, bribe money and pecker power...lol.

Good post!

[madinmadtown]

We recently had a governor's wife who would not leave the executive residence after her husbands term was up. And the new governor was of the same party.

[Max Combined]

"Yeah but, every time I hear of somebody having multiple sex partners I always wonder how many venereal diseases they might have."

Depending on who they had sex with, many venereal diseases could be contracted by having sex with a single sex partner.

[Khurkris]

Lol...well...she must leave the residence sometime...change the locks...pack her bags and set them on the curb...have fun with it...lol.

I think the author was referring to the US Presidential office. So far, all of them have left at the appropriate time. Personally I favor a 1 term, 6 year Presidency. No re-elections. Let them sit out a term before coming up again. But that just my $.02 USD worth.

[Clemenza]

I've always heard that he lost his virginity in Havana and spoke fondly of the city for the rest of his life...

[Paleo Conservative]

Even so, southern Democrats were taking no chances in trying to head off a Republican attack on white supremacy; arrangements were in place to personally bribe uncommitted members of the state electoral college in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia to cast their votes for Kennedy. A plane stuffed with dollar bills was waiting on the tarmac at Corpus Christi in Texas: had the Illinois gangsters not stuffed enough ballot boxes, it was to fly through the night to deliver bribes before dawn.

It's not every day that my home town gets mentioned in a foreign newspaper.

[MeekOneGOP]

That's right. Exactly what I thought. The Scotsman has the concept about today's media wrong, however:

In today’s political conditions, Kennedy would have been destroyed by the media. Instead, he survived due to the collusion of pro-Democratic journalists who knew what was going on.

The media TODAY will carry water for the Demokrat regardless of the scam or scandal. Their above statement would be true, however, were the philanderer a Republican.

The media today would go to the end of the earth to smear a Republican for ANYTHING or to COVER for a Demokrat (ex: Bush signed form 180 to release his military records, Kerry did not, and Dan Rather rolled out FAKE documents about Bush's Texas ANG service, etc., etc., etc.) .....

[ThanhPhero]

Personally I favor a 1 term, 6 year Presidency. No re-elections. Let them sit out a term before coming up again

That has been my own view since I was old enough to have views on such things.