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sixate · 05-15-2003, 03:45 PM

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JFK intern admits all

City church worker, 60, says, 'I was the Mimi'

By CELESTE KATZ and DAVE GOLDINER
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

John F. Kennedy's intern admitted to the Daily News yesterday: "I am the Mimi."
Marion (Mimi) Fahnestock, now 60, called it a huge weight off her shoulders to finally reveal her affair with the dashing young President four decades ago.

"The gift for me is that this allowed me to tell my two married daughters a secret that I've been holding for 41 years," she said. "It's a huge relief."

"It's all true," said Fahnestock, sitting in a pew in Manhattan's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, where she works as an administrator.

Referring to stories in The News this week detailing the affair, she said: "I was 19 years old. It was 1962, '63, and it's the truth."

Fahnestock, who was identified only as Mimi in long-sealed White House documents, didn't want to discuss the assassinated President.

"I think the world knows what he was like," said Fahnestock, a tall, slim woman with short blond hair. She declined to be photographed.

Long before Bill and Monica hit the headlines, Kennedy's affairs were common knowledge in the White House, but reporters kept quiet about what was considered the President's private life.

The long-forgotten affair was disclosed in a sealed portion of a 1964 interview with Barbara Gamarekian, a former White House press aide.

Gamarekian recently agreed to reveal the tale to historian Robert Dallek, who was researching his new Kennedy biography, "An Unfinished Life."

Although he never tracked down Mimi, Dallek concluded that Kennedy - whose roving eye was legendary - had a fling with the intern.

"Apparently, her only skill was to provide sexual release for JFK on those trips and maybe in the White House," Dallek said.

Came to interview Jackie

The then-Mimi Beardsley was a senior at Miss Porter's School in Connecticut when she came to the White House in 1961, months after Kennedy became the youngest elected President in history.

The editor of her school paper, Mimi was invited to Washington to interview Jacqueline Kennedy, who had graduated from the exclusive girls' boarding school.

She never met the First Lady but quickly captured the attention of the world's most powerful man.

A year later, Mimi was awarded a prestigious internship in the White House, though she couldn't even type.

"I was 19 years old, a very young, very naive, very innocent young girl," said Fahnestock, who lives on Manhattan's upper East Side.

The striking teenager was invited to White House pool parties with a handful of other young women and flown on Air Force jets to secret liaisons with Kennedy at resorts and summit meetings, Gamarekian said.

Once, presidential aides caught her hiding on the floor of a limousine in JFK's entourage in the Bahamas moments after the President left.

Fahnestock declined to discuss her time in the White House but said in measured tones, "All of these things are true. Remember, I was 19 years old. It was my first job."

Left before assassination

Mimi worked two summers at the White House and stayed into the fall of 1963 before returning to college, just a few weeks before Kennedy was gunned down Nov. 22.

The next year, she married. She had two daughters and later divorced. Through it all, she did everything she could to keep her White House affair under wraps.

She declined to say whether she had told her former husband, the late Anthony Fahnestock.

"I kept it a secret," she said simply. "I didn't have a story to tell."

Fahnestock, a grandmother of four, said she decided to end her long silence after JFK's affair with the intern made news this week.

"It's a gift that my daughters know this is a piece of my history," she said. "They are totally supportive of me."

Now that her secret is out, Fahnestock said, she wants to return to a private life.

"I have a wonderful job ... a close family, a lot of friends," she said. "I have a life to live."

Liquor Dealer · 05-15-2003, 04:00 PM

She said on TV she had fessed up and would answer no more questions - probably won't either - untill the price is right!!!

sixate · 05-15-2003, 04:09 PM

Yeah, she'll talk more when the price is right.

JFK is in the same category as Clinton as far as I'm concerned.
I think you all know how I feel about Clinton.

Liquor Dealer · 05-15-2003, 04:18 PM

Kennedy could make Clinton look like a virgin! Kennedy did good lookin' ones and left the hags to Bill!

sixate · 05-15-2003, 04:20 PM

Who wants to bet that JFK is Clinton's idol, and probably The_Dudes too.....

The_Dude · 05-15-2003, 06:58 PM

i dont know how we got from a time like that to a time like this.

according to your article, the press knew about this but did not report this out because it was considered his PRIVATE LIFE.

what happened to that kinda press?

gibber71 · 05-15-2003, 07:18 PM

Ha ha..Now that's funny. Monica Lewinsky is now the calender girl for those who fuck the presidents. "This just off the wire, George Bush's Monica Lewinsky is...

Sixate ..that's funny

sixate · 05-15-2003, 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by The_Dude
i dont know how we got from a time like that to a time like this.

according to your article, the press knew about this but did not report this out because it was considered his PRIVATE LIFE.

what happened to that kinda press?

What happened is people should know about their presidents private life. That's where you really get to know someone. Who I am in private will carry over to my job and every other aspect of my life. So if you're a liar and a cheater in private you are in all other aspects of your life also. We the American people deserve to have a president who isn't a liar and a cheat. A man who will discrace his family is lower than low and has no reason to tell me, you, or anyone else the truth.

Nad Adam · 05-15-2003, 08:38 PM

If I could be one US president I'd choose JFK. Work har, play hard. The assasination bit would have sucked a bit though.

Maybe having a mistresess or two is just to prove that they aren't a christian conservative who will try to push their f*cked up narrow minded morals on everyone else. This is one more place where the french have the right idea, when it's shown in the press that their politicians have a little exta fun on the side their support goes up.

The_Dude · 05-16-2003, 12:17 PM

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Originally posted by sixate
What happened is people should know about their presidents private life. That's where you really get to know someone. Who I am in private will carry over to my job and every other aspect of my life. So if you're a liar and a cheater in private you are in all other aspects of your life also. We the American people deserve to have a president who isn't a liar and a cheat. A man who will discrace his family is lower than low and has no reason to tell me, you, or anyone else the truth.

ok fine, so next time you lie or do something "immoral" that does NOT effect your job performance, the whole world has the right to know?

sixate · 05-16-2003, 06:23 PM

I don't lie and I'm not anywhere near as immoral as Clinton, and if I was president the yes, I do believe the entire country has ever right to know everything about the man that is going to lead them.

Dragonlich · 05-16-2003, 11:09 PM

Sixate, that position has one problem: nobody is perfect, and politicians are *never* perfect.

I don't care what my head of state does in his/her private life, as long as he/she does a good job in office. As long as they're not breaking any laws, it's private.

Phaenx · 05-16-2003, 11:42 PM

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Originally posted by Nad Adam
Maybe having a mistresess or two is just to prove that they aren't a christian conservative who will try to push their f*cked up narrow minded morals on everyone else. This is one more place where the french have the right idea, when it's shown in the press that their politicians have a little exta fun on the side their support goes up.

Not cheating on your wife = fucked up and narrow minded? Most subjects on this board I keep my mind open to the other side of the debate and argue my opinion on a subjective topic, but on this; you sir are dead wrong. Done.

Dragonlich · 05-17-2003, 01:34 AM

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Originally posted by Phaenx
Not cheating on your wife = fucked up and narrow minded? Most subjects on this board I keep my mind open to the other side of the debate and argue my opinion on a subjective topic, but on this; you sir are dead wrong. Done.

That's not what he said, Phaenx... He said that being a Christian Conservative is fucked up and narrow minded. He merely states that cheating proves that you're not really a Christian Conservative.

And as it's not my statement, and I don't necessarily agree with it, don't shoot me, the messenger.

crewsor · 05-17-2003, 06:19 AM

Everyone has flaws, everyone. Some jobs are so difficult (President) that in order to get someone qualified you must overlook certain things. You may be able to find a person who is morally perfect and has no skeletons in their closet, but I can pretty much guarantee you he wouldn't be a capable leader and politician.

I would like to know of any past president who had no moral or personal issues. And even if none were public, that doesn't mean they didn't exist because of the medias reluctance to report negative information about politicians in the past.( not the recent past but years ago).

The_Dude · 05-17-2003, 10:42 AM

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Originally posted by sixate
I don't lie and I'm not anywhere near as immoral as Clinton, and if I was president the yes, I do believe the entire country has ever right to know everything about the man that is going to lead them.

really expect me to believe that?

james t kirk · 05-17-2003, 11:14 AM

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Originally posted by sixate
I don't lie and I'm not anywhere near as immoral as Clinton, and if I was president the yes, I do believe the entire country has ever right to know everything about the man that is going to lead them.

Really???

You must really despise Thomas Jefferson then eh Sixate.

sixate · 05-17-2003, 11:47 AM

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Originally posted by The_Dude
really expect me to believe that?

I could care less if you believe me or not, but just because you lie that doesn't mean that everyone else does too.

Mr. Mojo · 05-19-2003, 09:41 AM

I'm so tired of Clinton…sigh.
OK, Lewinsky story came about because of a sexual harassment story against Paula Jones. Otherwise this would never have been heard of. Clinton and many other presidents have been fucking around since the dawn of time. I don’t care.

But when the president sits in front of a grand jury (a first) – and bold face fucking lies to the court! (I did not have sexual…) Then I have issues. Then its interfering with his presidency…

gibber71 · 05-19-2003, 05:27 PM

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Originally posted by Mr. Mojo

But when the president sits in front of a grand jury (a first) – and bold face fucking lies to the court! (I did not have sexual…) Then I have issues. Then its interfering with his presidency…

Actually I think it was more interfering with his taste...

05-15-2003, 04:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Liquor Dealer Super Agitator Location: Just SW of Nowhere!!! In the good old US of A	She said on TV she had fessed up and would answer no more questions - probably won't either - untill the price is right!!! __________________ Life isn't always a bowl of cherries, sometimes it's more like a jar of Jalapenos --- what you say or do today might burn your ass tomorrow!!!

05-15-2003, 04:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
Liquor Dealer Super Agitator Location: Just SW of Nowhere!!! In the good old US of A	Kennedy could make Clinton look like a virgin! Kennedy did good lookin' ones and left the hags to Bill! __________________ Life isn't always a bowl of cherries, sometimes it's more like a jar of Jalapenos --- what you say or do today might burn your ass tomorrow!!!

05-15-2003, 06:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
The_Dude The GrandDaddy of them all! Location: Austin, TX	i dont know how we got from a time like that to a time like this. according to your article, the press knew about this but did not report this out because it was considered his PRIVATE LIFE. what happened to that kinda press? __________________ "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Darrel K Royal

05-15-2003, 08:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
Nad Adam Psycho Location: Sweden	If I could be one US president I'd choose JFK. Work har, play hard. The assasination bit would have sucked a bit though. Maybe having a mistresess or two is just to prove that they aren't a christian conservative who will try to push their f*cked up narrow minded morals on everyone else. This is one more place where the french have the right idea, when it's shown in the press that their politicians have a little exta fun on the side their support goes up. __________________ Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. - Psalms 137:9

05-17-2003, 06:19 AM	#15 (permalink)
crewsor Women want me. Men fear me. Location: Maryland,USA	Everyone has flaws, everyone. Some jobs are so difficult (President) that in order to get someone qualified you must overlook certain things. You may be able to find a person who is morally perfect and has no skeletons in their closet, but I can pretty much guarantee you he wouldn't be a capable leader and politician. I would like to know of any past president who had no moral or personal issues. And even if none were public, that doesn't mean they didn't exist because of the medias reluctance to report negative information about politicians in the past.( not the recent past but years ago). __________________ We all have wings, some of us just don't know why.

05-15-2003, 04:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
sixate Registered User Location: Somewhere in Ohio	Yeah, she'll talk more when the price is right. JFK is in the same category as Clinton as far as I'm concerned. I think you all know how I feel about Clinton.

05-15-2003, 04:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
sixate Registered User Location: Somewhere in Ohio	Who wants to bet that JFK is Clinton's idol, and probably The_Dudes too.....

05-15-2003, 07:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
gibber71 Loser	Ha ha..Now that's funny. Monica Lewinsky is now the calender girl for those who fuck the presidents. "This just off the wire, George Bush's Monica Lewinsky is... Sixate ..that's funny

05-16-2003, 06:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
sixate Registered User Location: Somewhere in Ohio	I don't lie and I'm not anywhere near as immoral as Clinton, and if I was president the yes, I do believe the entire country has ever right to know everything about the man that is going to lead them.

05-16-2003, 11:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
Dragonlich 42, baby! Location: The Netherlands	Sixate, that position has one problem: nobody is perfect, and politicians are never perfect. I don't care what my head of state does in his/her private life, as long as he/she does a good job in office. As long as they're not breaking any laws, it's private.

05-19-2003, 09:41 AM	#19 (permalink)
Mr. Mojo Addict Location: NYC	I'm so tired of Clinton…sigh. OK, Lewinsky story came about because of a sexual harassment story against Paula Jones. Otherwise this would never have been heard of. Clinton and many other presidents have been fucking around since the dawn of time. I don’t care. But when the president sits in front of a grand jury (a first) – and <b><I>bold face fucking lies to the court!</b></I> (I did not have sexual…) Then I have issues. Then its interfering with his presidency… __________________ When I jerk off I feel good for about twenty seconds and then WHAM it's right back into suicidal depression