Keeping Secrets

For John, BLUF:  The idea that the 2020 Election was clean, without blemish, is an effort that hopes to cement this view into history.  I think this may be, over the long haul, a view difficult to sustain.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Keeping Secrets: Maureen O’Hara Vs Glenn Kirschner

From Da Tech Guy Blog, by DaTechGuy, 25 March 2021.

Here is the lede plus four:

When screen legend Maureen O’Hara died in 2015 at the age of 95 one of Hollywood’s secrets died with her.

In the final scene of the screen classic Oscar winning movie The Quiet Man Maureen and John Wayne’s character playing Mr. & Mrs. Sean Thornton who have finally resolved a conflict that was tearing their marriage apart are waving to the camera. Mary Kate (O’Hara) whispers something into Sean’s (Wayne) ear. He does a surprise double take and with grin on her face she heads back to the cottage with him in pursuit and the end credits and music end with his arm around them back to the camera as they head into the cottage.

To get that reaction from Wayne he wanted director John Ford instructed O’Hara to whisper a specific sexually vulgar statement into his ear. O’Hara demurred at first but eventually agreed on the condition that nobody outside of her, Ford and of course Wayne would ever know what she said. Ford agreed and Wayne agreed after the fact (since he didn’t know it was coming.) and took the secret with them. O’Hara outlived them both by over 30 years and was often pressed on the subject in interviews but never gave up the secret and to this day it has never come up.

The reason why O’Hara was able to keep this secret successfully was the fact that it was held by only three people and that once Ford (died 1973) and Wayne (died 1979) the only person who could betray that secret was her.

And that brings us in a very round about way to this story at Legal Insurrection’s about the efforts of Glenn Kirschner to compel business’ to state categorically that election 2020 was free and fair.

I think The Quiet Man is a wonderful movie.  With wonderful characters.

I think Da Tech Guy makes a great point.  Given the likely large number of people involved in election fraud in 2020, it is unlikely details will not leak out.

To be straight, Joe Biden was elected by the Electoral College.  Thus, he is the legitimate President.  Fair and square.  However, if it turns out fraud was involved, there will be an asterisk, like for Cyclist Lance Armstrong.

Regards  —  Cliff