July 7, 2009

New Book Alleges Bobby and Jackie Affair

Author Details Steamy Romance Between Widowed Kennedy And Husband's Brother

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(CBS)  A new Kennedy affair is alleged in a soon-to-be-released book and it does not directly involve John F. Kennedy or Ted Kennedy.

Instead, the author claim's Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Bobby Kennedy shared a romance, detailed in the book "Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story."

C. David Heymann has written several biographies, including one of Bobby Kennedy, however, his latest book is sure to raise eyebrows with allegations such as Jackie Kennedy was spotted by a White House official in 1966 with RFK "straddling his lap, her arms around his neck."

At the time, Bobby Kennedy was married to his wife, Ethel, with whom he fathered 11 children.

Franklin Roosevelt Jr., President Kennedy's Undersecretary of Commerce, tells Heymann, "I suspect Bobby would've liked to dump Ethel and marry Jackie, but, of course, that wasn't possible."

The book hits shelves next week.


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by naj1953 July 8, 2009 12:42 AM EDT
This is some author trying to cash in..They are dead. Leave it alone I say. I loved JFK and Jackie...and Bobby. In those days, we were crying about the Kennedys being killed. Can't think of one president I would cry over now.
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by Jack_Steen July 7, 2009 5:44 PM EDT
Absolute garbage.

This lying author probably needed more money for his crack cocaine habit.
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by babylove777 July 7, 2009 5:39 PM EDT
again what trash.
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by thgdriver July 7, 2009 4:37 PM EDT
What I'd like to know is how does Ted Kennedy sleep at night knowing he swam away from that poor drowning girl, leaving her helpless and quite dead, while saving his own sorry Aiss.
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by jt92202 July 7, 2009 12:14 PM EDT
NOT MY BUSINESS!!!
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by Monkeyboyjr July 7, 2009 12:09 PM EDT
Absolute Garbage!! I can't believe this book will occupy space on a bookstore shelf when so many other gifted writers and their works will be overlooked.
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by Widget101 July 7, 2009 12:06 PM EDT
The media needs to get over itself when it assumes everything the public has a right to know.
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by creeper00 July 7, 2009 12:04 PM EDT
Another hatchet job by a money-grubbing presstitute.
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by speakinup22 July 7, 2009 11:33 AM EDT
Truely sad if it happened. Not doubting it did, not adding credence that it did.

At any rate, IF it is a story, it is long past its prime.
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by saturn05 July 7, 2009 11:22 AM EDT
Does he have proof and at this time, who cares. Let them rest in peace.
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