etcetera, did you attend parties, again, misspelled and were drugs used? then they asked him about law school. they thought glue sniffing would not be an option. did you ever use drugged? when ronald reagan's nominee ginsburg had flamed out right before kennedy, it was an embarrassme embarrassment. it was a big political failure and a big embarrassment for the white house and the president. they decided they would blame the fbi and blame the justice department for not having to adequately explore ginsburg's background before the nomination was announced. when they replaced douglas ginsburg with a new nominee, they made sure there would be no similar surprises that arose out of kennedy's background.