“to spike the scandalous true story of Kennedy’s first marriage, to a twice-divorced Protestant socialite in Palm Beach in 1947.”
I am confused-this is the first time I heard of this. Is it true?
I've always wondered if a lot of what Ted Kennedy did in the Senate was driven by underlying guilt and trying to make amends in some way. His immigration bill has hurt the nation by pushing rapid demographic shifts and essentially overloading the 'melting pot'. It has hurt a lot of people, and weakened the nation. He, and his fellow 'privileged' class were never affected by the bills he pushed and passed. Other people, less privileged people, were made to suffer the consequences of his legislative actions - that he took in part to help clear his own conscience.
This is one of the very few salacious rumors about the Kennedys that was not true.
While believable because of JFK’s sexual appetite, here is a piece I found on line that indicates that the woman in question, a Durie Malcolm, only dated JFK twice, and she denied that anything inappropriate took place between them.
http://www.reformation.org/kennedys-first-marriage.html
I think I would let this one go, and concentrate on other JFK conquests such as Marilyn Monroe, Jean Seberg, Judith Campbell Exner and Ellen Rometsch, to name a mere four of his 1000+ scores.