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In reply to the discussion: Obama nominates fundraiser to Paris post [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)17. Shirley Temple Actually did work and was qualified (go figure...Ronnie screwed up)
Last edited Sat Jun 7, 2014, 01:54 PM - Edit history (1)
my suspicion is they sent Caroline to Japan hoping she'd get radiation poisoning.
As for Joe Kennedy, way before my time.
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Shirley Temple Actually did work and was qualified (go figure...Ronnie screwed up)
Demeter
Jun 2014
#17
Not just money; fame AND connections. Don't you think it makes sense for a President to
MADem
Jun 2014
#19
Yes, it does, actually! She was at a party with Henry Kissinger--that's how everyone gets jobs?
MADem
Jun 2014
#40
If she knows her Le Pens from her Sarkosys from her Hollandes, she's doing better than
MADem
Jun 2014
#54
Funny how it has been OK for every President in the modern 20th Century to put fundraisers in
MADem
Jun 2014
#59
And what has happened to the strength of our institutions during that period?
newthinking
Jun 2014
#7
Well, he did score points for having as his mistress the top actress of her time.
Beacool
Jun 2014
#23
He even had her on the boat with his wife and kids, the basstid! No shame, really!
MADem
Jun 2014
#41
See the link at post 20--there's a reason why rich people are given these jobs; poor folk
MADem
Jun 2014
#21
They have to know how to entertain without apparent effort and in a grand style.
greatauntoftriplets
Jun 2014
#38
That's NOT the way it worked with my friend, but he was the exception, not the rule
DFW
Jun 2014
#35
I wouldn't let it trouble me. If the Number Two was an idiot as well, I'd be concerned.
MADem
Jun 2014
#42
It's the perfect one to be snarky about him, without being "OTT"--you could always
MADem
Jun 2014
#49
Yup! But if confronted with orders from the reichwing, I'd use the other. They'd never catch on!
freshwest
Jun 2014
#50
This is such a NON-STORY. I don't even know why it was posted at DU. Discussionist might be better.
dballance
Jun 2014
#39