Journalist Pierre Salinger dies

Oct. 16, 2004 | AP

[Jenya]

Salinger had more integrity than Alec Baldwin.

Yeah, but did he have what Kerry has...integrity, integrity, integrity?

[squarebarb]

I'm very sorry to hear that, my condolences. What happened?

[JellyJam]

Clinton would've loved this:

In a 1993 Washingtonian interview, Salinger said a journalist once asked directly about Kennedy’s sex life. “I gave him a 1960s answer, not a 1990s answer: ’Look, he’s the president of the United States. He’s got to work 14 to 16 hours a day. He’s got to run foreign and domestic policy. If he’s got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make?’

“The reporter laughed and walked out. That was the end of the story. For sure, I couldn’t get away with that in the ’90s.”

[TC Rider]

IT's Bush's fault.

[JellyJam]

Yeah, but did he have what Kerry has...integrity, integrity, integrity?

Every time I read Skerry's "integrity" quote, I want to cough "bulls**t" three times.

[exit82]

You have my sympathy. May you be granted peace from God, the kind that passes all understanding.

I like reading your posts.

[annyokie]

LOL Sorry I beat you to the punch. Pierre was the author of the whole "Camelot" schlock. He deserves to burn just for that.

[KamperKen]

You're right, it was Ted Sorenson.

[WashingtonSource]

I must admit I do not feel deeply saddened.

[Little Bill]

My Uncle knew him when JFK was running for prez and my Uncle was a PR Flack for Ford, they used Fords. Thought he was the best of the JFK cronies.

[annyokie]

Ok. Pierre was a real cheerleader for it. What do I know? I was 4 when Kennedy bought the farm.

[TontoKowalski]

Your politics will not necessarily come out in your reporting. I would hope mine don't.

I can buy that, but I would think that if you despise a man enough to move to Europe when he becomes President...

That's a little "over the top" to be considered a "journalist." If he were billed as "Democratic hack" I could live with that.

Still, I don't rejoice in his death. Of course, I'm not running to church to light a candle for him either.

[Graybeard58]

I think post #24 by "Ladyinred" is the correct answer. Ted Sorenson

[Ciexyz]

Adieu, adieu.

[kingattax]

didnt he write Scratcher in the Rye ?

[orangelobster]

"He fell for a hoax document found on the Internet that claimed TWA Flight 800 was shot down near Long Island, N.Y., by a stray Navy missile in 1996; investigators concluded it was blown up by a spark in its fuel tank."

R.I.P. to the first internet tin foiler.

[JellyJam]