No way she was going to be trainedo be the Public Office holder that her father was and her sons would become. Having said that, i think her life is filled with paradoxes, and thats one of them. While she was not a feminist and did not begin as a suffragette, she pushed the boundaries as far as she could within her society and religion and pushed them as far as she could to become the vocal spokesperson for the Kennedy Family whenever possible, and she was trained to do that by her father. To shed go out on the campaign trail with him when she was a teenager. So she in some ways was pushing the envelope, as they say, but in others she was certainly not a feminist by any stretch of the imagination. Host you know, before we talk about her, the role she played in forming that incredible family, let me go back to something you said about wellesley. What do you think was important about her father not letting her go there . Guest right. Well, the story is that she had her heart set on going
One of the saddest moment of their life and regret it. She did not express much regret. Guest she did not. I point out the picture on the front of the book. I was a bit distracted by the goblet of water in the for front but its the perfect metaphor because its exactly half full with heart and that is how rose usually viewed life. She was the eternal optimist. That doesnt mean in private she didnt have sad moments but generally speaking she tried to keep this optimistic, upbeat attitude toward life, and in addition to not being able to go to wellesley, her father sent her away to a prussian convent. Not because she was going to be a nun but because she had fallen in love with joseph kennedy. And that is part of the reason honey fitz sent her abroad. The kennedyed and fitzgeralds were not always political allies in boston so honey fitz was not completely approving of joe kennedy. They were rivals. Guest indeed. So this was a problem for roses father, to see her fall in love with, and som
Rachel is the Deputy Managing Editor of political. She said that she be be overseeing coverage of major story like the killing of osama bin laden. Before that you may know her as the managing editor of journalist review. Next to rachel we have our next guest. She has gone over to the mainstream and she is eligible for the panel. So did jim agreed to step in and we really appreciate him being here. He is a White House Reporter for the Huffington Post. Also part of leadership on capitol hill. She has spent 40 years with the legislative and executive branches. Probably a walk in the park for her because she started out with the texas state legislator legislature. Again, we thank you for that. Next to her he is the bureau chief head in washington, he started as a reporters reporter. About how he likes we like to describe. He is a thirdgeneration newsman. Down at the under the table is alex mueller, who gives us a different perspective. He gives us a graphic perspective and he has backgroun
He includes beautiful facts about his life including growing up in the northwest. He worked in senator Eugene Mccarthys office right on the hill and it mustve been the catalyst is a love of investigative reporting. She began her lifelong career as a prolific writer of bestselling books in the uproar that came with them come including subjects like Jackie Kennedy onassis, the royals, elizabeth taylor, opera, and of course, my favorite an unauthorized biography called his weight, of Frank Sinatra. Her most recent book is focused on Iconic Images of the kennedys. Books mean a lot more to me when it is well researched. Never failing to raise a few eyebrows in doing such a wonderful job of reminding us that these characters are very human. Please welcome kitty kelley. [applause] i dont know that my writing is prolific, but thank you so much. [laughter] prolific as a turtle, it takes me four years usually on each book. But this book was a labor of love. Because stanley was were my very best
He ends up spending most of his time at a base just outside of her size. So it wasnt the hard punishment that perhaps joe thought it might be. She helped him through that and probably is what youre saying. I think she does. I think she does by being the supportive mother that she always was for her children and maybe not able to admit to herself the more Inconvenient Truth about his wife but she does talk free will in her oral history and in her journals about how the boys would misbehave and how they were in courage by the path to come telling the truth. The funny stories. But also telling the truth and then she would say, then my husband would take care of it. She didnt seem to see the conflict between her Victorian Gold of having all the children be responsible, the r. Word was often in her writings and her letters to the. She didnt seem to see the conflict between having joe at the head of the clan to take care of all the misbehaviors. So there were times in glasgow where teddy wou