Can you identify the lovely young woman pictured with JFK?

[markpkessinger]

[sheshe2]

1. Nancy Pelosi...

Mark~

[elleng]

3. Yup!

[sheshe2]

7. Hey ellen~

[markpkessinger]

6. Nancy it is!

At the age of 19!

[sheshe2]

11. Imagine standing next to JFK at 19. Wow.

Thanks for the picture, mark.

[Brigid]

2. Nancy Pelosi, I think.

[Brickbat]

4. This comes up periodically.

The latest: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022986930

[markpkessinger]

8. Ah, well, it was the first time I'd seen it ;)

[Brickbat]

10. That last one was the first time I'd seen it.

But a search of the archives showed me that others had posted it before. No biggie, it's a great photo.

[Lucinda]

5. Another for Pelosi

[FarPoint]

9. I say

Nancy pelosi

[Bolo Boffin]

12. She looks smashing. n/t

[gopiscrap]

13. great picture

[lordsummerisle]

14. So

what's the context for this photo?

[markpkessinger]

15. I don't really know . . .

. . . thought it was a great photo, and so I shared it. Is it necessary to have a context for everything?

[lordsummerisle]

23. No not everything

Just that photo

[Blue_In_AK]

16. She looks like Audrey Hepburn in that pic.

[dipsydoodle]

19. She does.

Actually I think she looks better now.

[Boomerproud]

17. Her father was the mayor of Baltimore wasn't he?

That probably explains her access to JFK. I have never seen the photo.

[Hekate]

24. Yes. And from what I've read, she learned politics at her father's knee...

IIRC he was pretty much a lifetime pol, and knew the business inside and out -- giving and receiving favors to his constituents, keeping track of who needed what and what he'd done for them in a very organized way. He was good at it.

She went to college, got married, had kids. As a good Catholic wife and mother she didn't pursue a career, but she did volunteer extensively -- for the Democratic Party in California. She was good at it. And when the time came and the kids were old enough, she was ready, and everybody who was anybody in the arena of California Democrats knew Nancy.

As to JFK, young Nancy obviously got to meet him at some political event and got all dressed up for it. I've seen that pic before, but don't remember the details. It must have been pretty thrilling -- Bill Clinton also got to meet JFK when he was very young.

[madokie]

18. She is still a pretty girl

Woman I should say. My oldest sister and Nancy could pass for sisters. Sis is s few years older than Nancy though

[Warren DeMontague]

20. What an awesome photo.

Thanks.

[Warren DeMontague]

21. Here's a larger version:

[treestar]

22. Right wingers always claim she's had plastic surgery

or call her botox Pelosi

Yet her face is still recognizable from that many years ago.

I had not seen the photo and recognized her right away.

[Nye Bevan]

27. A famous person who gets lots of media exposure receiving botox injections?

No way. That's just crazy talk.

[JI7]

25. i thought it was going to be the pelosi pic before i clicked on the thread

[left on green only]

26. Does anyone know how Nancy Pelosi feels about food stamp reduction?

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She is one of my senators and recently I sent her a letter asking her to fight to preserve SNAP at current levels. I received back a form response that sounded like one of those letters they send to wing nuts, nicely thanking them for their interest in government.



Upon edit: Actually my bad. Nancy Pelosi in the House Of Representatives, not the Senate. I had her confused with Barbara Boxer.

[KinMd]

28. Both her Father and brother were mayors of Baltimore

"Big" Tommy and "Little" Tommy D'Alesandro. Her dad was a congressman also

[NBachers]

29. I hadn't seen this before. Thanks for posting it. And Kennedy as gracious as could be.

My Congresswoman!