Comments by "craxd1" (@craxd1) on "Eleanor of Aquitaine and Her Beta Husband" video.

  1. To be honest, Jackie was a bit of an airhead, though most of Jack's women were that way. She is the perfect example of a wife that "stood by her man," all the while knowing of his exploits, much like HRC. There was a story about Jack once looking into a mirror, where he stated that he was just so good-looking, to where some have said he was a narcissist. That was told by Bobby Baker.
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  2. That was what Jefferson wanted, but it's nowhere within the Constitution. He was a deist, and he knew that the Federalists were religious, with some still beholding to the crown. He also knew that the new gov was set up like Britain's, where they wanted to make Washington a monarch, at first, and entomb him in the basement of the capital building. They even designed the capital building after St Paul's Cathedral in London, and when they were revived under the Whigs, they built the Washington Monument, an obelisk, which all religious buildings have close to them, such as this or a tall column. The monument, in this case, is straight down the Mall, and is almost in line with the WH as well. It has to do with the divine right of kings in the Federalist's view. It's why Congress still has a chaplain, prayer, and why we swear an oath.
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  3. @hayley s There are many women, who matriculated and graduated, that are airheads, especially in those days. It's the way they were reared.
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  4. Here's how Jackie was reared. She was born into a wealthy French Catholic family, and learned the languages that she did from the moment she could talk, where she was taught by her family. She went to a girl's prep school, where they taught them to become a trophy wife, as her family associated with the WASPs. Furthermore, she started to attend Vassar, but "spent her junior year (1949–1950) in France—at the University of Grenoble in Grenoble, and at the Sorbonne in Paris—in a study-abroad program through Smith College. Upon returning home, she transferred to George Washington University in Washington, D.C., graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French literature in 1951." Her education was lacking, so, "during the early years of her marriage to John F. Kennedy, she took continuing education classes in American history at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C." to catch up. Back then, trophy wives were "passed on" because of who their families were. Really, it's not much different today in many circumstances.
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