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Marilyn Monroe Persuasive Speech

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Standing at the microphone she was suddenly overwhelmed by stage fright. She later confessed thinking, “I’ll sing this song if it’s the last thing I ever do.” Jack smiled broadly as she finally launched into her breathy and seductive version of “Happy Birthday Mr President”- and a giant cake was wheeled out. On stage with Monroe by his side the President recklessly announced, “I can now retire from politics after having “Happy Birthday” sung to me in such a sweet wholesome way.” This was dangerous in front of a national audience however Kennedy felt that in the case of Marilyn Monroe it was best to hide in plain sight. However, “The Secret Service had specific instructions not to photograph President Kennedy and Marilyn together because it …show more content…

Bobby “didn’t know what to do or where to look,” said Walton who along with the President was “rocking with laughter” the whole time. The night spent with Marilyn Monroe after his party was the last. Jack Kennedy had heard of the increasingly unhinged Marilyn boasting of her affair with the President who ordered George Smathers to intervene. He recalled “Marilyn was surprised that Jack was upset… She was in a haze much of the time… I don’t think she realised she was spilling the beans.” Monroe was not about to go quietly. When she could no longer reach Jack she began calling Bobby Kennedy and before long Monroe was telling friends of Bobby Kennedys plans to leave his wife Ethel and marry …show more content…

A notorious private eye Fred Otash’s file was released after his death. He states that Monroe had an argument with RFK. “It was a violent argument … she was really screaming and they were trying to quiet her. She’s in the bedroom and Bobby gets a pillow and muffles her…to keep the neighbours from hearing. She finally quieted down and then he was looking to get out of there.” Otash claimed Monroe had a sexual relationship with both Kennedys. In his notes Otash says, “Marilyn wanted a mini-phone listening device” and said he spied on her when she was giving him money to install recording equipment. To tape her phone calls. “The microphone was in the wristwatch.” In1985, he told the Los Angeles Times that Peter Lawford- a very good friend of the Kennedys told him to “do anything to remove anything incriminating from the home where he spied on

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