26 ઑક્ટોબર, 2026

"But Ladies’ Man: The Careless Heart of John F Kennedy is far more interesting than its tacky title suggests."

"(Sloppy subtitle too: Kennedy’s heart was not exactly the organ he was putting about back then.) Leamer has become known for telling the stories of the people around a famous person: Capote’s Women, Hitchcock’s Blondes, Warhol’s Muses — you get the picture. He goes through the stories of some of Kennedy’s mistresses here and includes first-hand interviews with the few still surviving, such as the posh Radcliffe student Diana de Vegh, whom Kennedy eventually installed as a researcher in the White House so he could have quickies with her in the Lincoln Bedroom. 'It was chit and chat and then some sex and then go home,' de Vegh tells Leamer, making Kennedy’s seduction methods sound on a par with a teenage boy’s...."

From "Why did JFK risk everything for casual sex?/In Ladies’ Man, Laurence Leamer asks what drove President Kennedy to conduct affairs with everyone from his secretary to an alleged Nazi spy" (London Times). 

"Leamer’s main argument is that Kennedy’s compulsive sex life was driven by his poor health.... He also had repeated painful STDs due to his refusal to wear condoms.... If I had to pick Kennedy’s lowest point in this book, it would be when, shortly before Jackie Kennedy was due to give birth to their first child, Kennedy treated himself to a yacht trip around the Mediterranean, accompanied by some young women including 'a stunning but not particularly intelligent blonde who didn’t seem to have a name but referred to herself in the third person as "Pooh."' When Jackie haemorrhaged and the baby was stillborn, Kennedy didn’t even consider returning home but carried on sailing with Pooh...."

Jackie Kennedy experienced 5 pregnancies. In addition to the 2 children we saw in so many beautiful photographs, there was that stillbirth ("Arabella," delivered by c-section), there was a miscarriage, and there was a premature baby that quickly died. Was that part of the pain of the "repeated painful STDs"?

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john mosby કહ્યું...

“Why did JFK risk everything for casual sex?”

He didn’t risk everything, he did everything for casual sex. The whole point of being rich and powerful is to bang hot girls at will.

Had the press somehow outed him and the political establishment ran him out, he’d still have had the Kennedy money and at least the notoriety of former power, which would still be good for getting chicks.

So he wasn’t risking anything important to him. CC, JSM

RideSpaceMountain કહ્યું...

"Why did JFK risk everything for casual sex?"

People without penises will never understand.

Howard કહ્યું...

"He blew his mind out in a car / He didn't notice that the lights had changed"

Bob Boyd કહ્યું...

"referred to herself in the third person as "Pooh.""

That's the most repugnant thing in this whole story.

Iman કહ્યું...

Take a walk on the seamy side.

rehajm કહ્યું...

…mr mosby is correct, there was no risk. Some people are above the rules for little people. True then, true today. Wake me when the somali hood rat is gone…

Lazarus કહ્યું...

Obama's Cheesecake Factory jibe brought this up and it's been picked up by Instapundit:

𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘒𝘢𝘶𝘴
@𝘬𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘺
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘹𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦”--𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘳., 1960. (𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘥𝘭𝘢𝘪 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘮 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺--𝘦𝘨. 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴.)

Kennedy got a thin veneer of civilization from Harvard. That was enough for Schlesinger, who had his eyes on a White House job.

Gusty Winds કહ્યું...

There was a daddy bull, and his son standing on a ridge, looking down over a pasture of grazing of cows. The son says to the daddy bull, "DAD!! Let's run down the hill and fuck one of them"!!

The daddy bull replied, "Son, we're going to walk down the hill and fuck them all."

This is why JFK risked everything. It's rather simple.

Joe Bar કહ્યું...

That family was untouchable back when I lived in Massachusetts. They could kill people and get away with it.

Big Mike કહ્યું...

Kennedy was a close personal friend of the WaPo’s Washington bureau chief. Kennedy knew that the press in general and the Post in particular would cover for him.

You’d think that after one STD Kennedy would have remembered all the precautionary movies they showed soldiers and sailors during World War II and taken appropriate steps (condoms).

Did JFK have Daddy issues? I read a story where he pestered Marlene Dietrich into a quickie there in the White House. The actress was not just iold enough to be his mother, but had been his father’s mistress for a time.

Sydney કહ્યું...

"Leamer’s main argument is that Kennedy’s compulsive sex life was driven by his poor health.... He also had repeated painful STDs due to his refusal to wear condoms"
You could make a good argument that his poor health was caused by his repeated STDs, which likely started before the era of antibiotics. Back pain from reactive arthritis, and adrenal insufficiency are both sequelae of untreated gonorrhea. I seriously doubt his poor health was the cause of his compulsive sex drive. I'm amazed he kept at it with all of his physical ailments.

Sydney કહ્યું...

He was like a smoker with severe emphysema who keeps on smoking.

Jamie કહ્યું...

Why the quotes around "Arabella"? I know fetuses (feti? Fetii?) are ruled by the Law of Schrodinger - babies or not-babies depending on the beliefs and wishes of the woman carrying them - but surely when that woman considers her fetus a baby, she's allowed to name her without third parties' making it seem that she's done something irrational like naming a car or a stuffed animal. And don't people, even very small, very young people, retain their names when they're dead? I can't think of another example of a dead baby's name being presented in quotes.

Ice Nine કહ્યું...

Bummer about the requisite chit chat; sheesh, he was an extremely busy man...

Eva Marie કહ્યું...

“Jackie Kennedy experienced 5 pregnancies. In addition to the 2 children we saw in so many beautiful photographs, there was that stillbirth (“Arabella,” delivered by c-section), there was a miscarriage, and there was a premature baby that quickly died. Was that part of the pain of the ‘repeated painful STDs’?”
Jackie also smoked around 50 cigarettes a day, throughout her pregnancies. Whether it was the chlamydia or cigarettes . . . depends on which cause you’re pushing.

Big Mike કહ્યું...

Sorry, I neglected to name the WaPo bureau chief. It was Ben Bradlee. Bradlee was later the executive editor of the Post, and he made his newspaper into a pain in the ass for LBJ and Dick Nixon, as though they were in some way responsible for Kennedy’s assassination.

Jamie કહ્યું...

I'm probably too wrapped around the axle on this one. Waiting for my coffee to cool a bit.

Anthony કહ્યું...

I believe Simon LeBon of Duran Duran was asked why rock stars dated supermodels and his reply was something like "Because we can."

This is why no one takes "feminism" (save other "feminists") seriously, and haven't for decades: As long as the man is attractive enough, they're okay with rapey behavior.

Narr કહ્યું...

JSM's comment: first and best. Runner up: Gusty Winds at 9:41.

Peachy+2 કહ્યું...

I think it's scum-bag behavior to cheat on a spouse.

Dems get a pass.

gspencer કહ્યું...

Any port in a storm, I suppose.

Even in her best days Diana de Vegh was no prize.

Gerda Sprinchorn કહ્યું...

The obvious question: did any of the STDs get transmitted to Jackie?

Lem Vibe Bandit કહ્યું...

Kennedy had side women and was still keeping the fires burning at home. Would that make him a guy’s guy or a man’s man? Asking for a friend.

Ice Nine કહ્યું...

>gspencer said...
Even in her best days Diana de Vegh was no prize.<

Yeah, she was just a standard seven. But, if it's simply all about the face, she was way out ahead of Kennedy's pie-faced wife. Just sayin'.

Ann Althouse કહ્યું...

"The actress was not just iold enough to be his mother..."

She was 16 years older than him.

baghdadbob કહ્યું...

Don't forget Fiddle and Faddle, kept on the White House payroll to provide BJs on demand in the swimming pool.

baghdadbob કહ્યું...

Ice Nine said...
>gspencer said...
"Even in her best days Diana de Vegh was no prize.<

Yeah, she was just a standard seven. But, if it's simply all about the face, she was way out ahead of Kennedy's pie-faced wife. Just sayin'."

Pie-faced Jackie graced countless magazine covers. Melania, the most beautiful first lady ever, to my knowledge has never been on the cover of a women's magazine as first lady. Because reasons.

Ice Nine કહ્યું...

>baghdadbob said...
Pie-faced Jackie graced countless magazine covers.<

Yeah, so did the beastly Michelle Obama. Big deal. Jackie Kennedy's "beauty" was grossly overrated and of course, since she was a Democrat, grossly oversold. That overselling happens to Dem first ladies as a matter of course (Hello, can you say "Dr Jill?"). Meanwhile, yeah, you said it - Melania...

Sebastian કહ્યું...

""Why did JFK risk everything for casual sex?" Even at this late date, they're still covering for this POS. With MSM in the bag, what risk? And the compulsion and rank misogyny were due to his ailments, right. He coerced some of the women, but others submitted willingly. Tell me, feminists: why?

Joe Bar કહ્યું...

Ann Althouse said...
"She was 16 years older than him."
So, he's technically correct.

Meade કહ્યું...

"Why did JFK risk everything for casual sex?"

Why did Cornell Jane Doe risk casual sex for everything?

Earnest Prole કહ્યું...

I think we can all agree our guy’s skirt-chasing pussy grabbing is proof of virile alpha manliness and their guy’s skirt-chasing pussy grabbing is unspeakably sordid and vulgar.

CJinPA કહ્યું...

"Kennedy was a close personal friend of the WaPo’s Washington bureau chief."

And he would skinny dip with TIME White House correspondent Hugh Sidey.

Risk Level: Low

RideSpaceMountain કહ્યું...

"Tell me, feminists: why?"

They still haven't told us what a woman is yet. Go easy. Too many questions like that and they're gonna go all pink screen of death.

gspencer કહ્યું...

Diana de Vegh was never a seven. "Three to four rating, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks."

RideSpaceMountain કહ્યું...

"Why did Cornell Jane Doe risk casual sex for everything?"

"Ketamine is a helluva drug!" - Rick James

gspencer કહ્યું...

Ann Althouse said...
"She was 16 years older than him."
So, he's technically correct.
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That's a generation in "certain communities."

Hombre કહ્યું...

“Why did JFK risk everything for casual sex?” Kennedy was evidently a sex addict. So it was about the nookie, not the risk. Ask Bill Clinton.

RCOCEAN II કહ્યું...

The Press protected JFK because those were "the rules" back then. Of course, if Nixon had behaved in the same way, the Press would've Broken "the rules" because....that's different.

Narr કહ્યું...

So, Grabbing Them By The Pussy has a long history.

Who knew?

FullMoon કહ્યું...

"Gerda Sprinchorn said...
The obvious question: did any of the STDs get transmitted to Jackie?"

Must have shared STDs with no regard for the groupies.

wendybar કહ્યું...

Joe Bar said...
That family was untouchable back when I lived in Massachusetts. They could kill people and get away with it.

10/26/26, 9:42 AM

THIS^^^^

wendybar કહ્યું...

Meade said...
"Why did JFK risk everything for casual sex?"

Why did Cornell Jane Doe risk casual sex for everything?

10/26/26, 10:53 AM

AND this^^^^^

X. P. Callahan કહ્યું...

"John Kennedy did not have his womanizing life all by himself. He had it thanks to many, many, many other men" (Diana de Vegh, PEOPLE magazine, 22 August 2024).

And many, many, many other women.

Iman કહ્યું...

Apparently “crab season” was year-round in-ahh… Hyannis Port and-ahh Washington D.C.

William કહ્યું...

I think there's a lot that we will never know. It's possible, maybe even probable that he passed one of his STD's along to Jackie but this is something that we will never know. I wonder if he did other creepy things like that time he asked the internet to give a blowjob to s is one of his other subordinates. What we know is pretty bad, but it's probably just a tenth of it.......Has there ever been any President with a greater disconnect between image and reality? On the plus side, he had better taste in women than Clinton or, for that matter, Trump. He was rumored to have been with Angie Dickinson, Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, and, of course, Marilyn Monroe.

Humperdink કહ્યું...

Better taste in women than Trump? Maybe early on, but Trump now has Melania. None more beautiful or classier.

Ralph L કહ્યું...

"It's possible, maybe even probable that he passed one of his STD's along to Jackie but this is something that we will never know."
Recent anti-Kennedy book "Ask Not" claims she had to be treated several times and had electro-shock treatment for depression a year after her marriage, a new-to-me allegation.

Lazarus કહ્યું...

Reading the bit about JFK cruising the Mediterranean with "Pooh" while his wife was pregnant makes one think that Kennedy and Onassis weren't as different as people thought at the time.

Did JFK have better taste in women than later presidents? He was a star-fùcker and so were his women. In contrast to young Clinton, young JFK had access to very posh circles. In between the stars and starlets, he'd grab anything he could get his hands on. What he may have got up to with Lem Billings isn't known, but if anything happened it probably wasn't Jack's idea and he probably didn't enjoy it.

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