Ben Franklin saved the American Revolution by seducing French Women. A gay love affair between President James Buchanan and Senator William King aided the secession movement. Woodrow Wilson’s girlfriend dictated his letters to the German Kaiser. And lesbian relationships inspired Eleanor Roosevelt to become a revolutionary crusader for equal rights. The colorful sex lives of America’s most powerful leaders have influenced social movements, government policies, elections and even wars, yet they are so whitewashed by historians that people think Thomas Jefferson and Abe Lincoln were made of marble, not flesh and blood.
But the truth is about to come out. In One Nation Under Sex, free speech activist and notorious Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt teams up with Columbia University history professor David Eisenbach to peek behind the White House bedroom curtains and document how hidden passions have shaped public life. They unpack salacious rumors and outright scandals, showing how private affairs have driven pivotal decisions—often with horrific consequences. Along the way, they explore the origins of America’s fascination with sex scandals and explain how we can put aside out political moralism and begin focusing on the real problems that threaten our nation.
Back when Monica Lewinsky's semen stained blue dress was the fuel torching President Clinton's campfire, I had read that most of the rest of the free world laughed at the prudish and overly judgmental morality of Americans as we castigated our elected leaders for their lack of discretion.
This is mostly for all those of you who are not Americans...What do you think (and can you identify your country with your answer)? Do we Yankees seem to be way too interested in what goes on behind the closed doors of the White House and Congress?
COME ON PEOPLE everyone knows it was JFK he was fucking Marilyn