# Chandra Levy - you slut, you **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 24, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628 "2002-05-24T05:46:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/1 "2002-05-24T05:46:19Z")
ARGH! Living in the DC area, Chandra Levy is both national _and_ local news. (Sean Hannity discussed her for an hour, then WMAL’s Chris Core talked another 3 hours about her.) And my basic feeling is: except for being murdered, she was a junior-rate Monica Lewinsky. She was only in DC for a few months, and was already screwing a married politician. She was a “poor” intern, yet was living in a very pricey neighborhood of DC, two blocks from Dupont Circle. Her disappearance in DC had been in the headlines all summer until 9/11/01. Nevermind the several dozen other nameless people that had been murdered and/or disappeared in DC in the months since 5/2001. Maybe her posthumous fame would be tolerable if she were somewhat cute (re: Jon Bonet). But _gawd_ was she fugly! ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/2 "2002-05-24T05:49:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Maybe her posthumous fame would be tolerable if she were somewhat cute (re: Jon Bonet). But gawd was she fugly! I SOOOOOO hope that was just a joke in poor taste. ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/3 "2002-05-24T05:49:35Z")
:rolleyes: Related to **Sinyster1** , are you? ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/4 "2002-05-24T05:50:33Z")
Dude… ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/5 "2002-05-24T06:01:28Z")
And you felt the need to share because…? AWB, shut the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/6 "2002-05-24T06:10:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AWB \* > \*\*Maybe her posthumous fame would be tolerable if she were somewhat cute (re: Jon Bonet). \*\* This has got to be the creepiest statement I have ever seen posted here. And would be even if you left out the Jon Bennet part. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/7 "2002-05-24T06:12:18Z")
Not that it matters, but I thought she was pretty. What’s with all the people slagging of dead girls lately? (Well, ok. 2 people.) ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/8 "2002-05-24T06:18:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by anya marie \* > **And you felt the need to share because…?** 1: I’m sick to death of the story! Yes, I’m sorry the woman was most probably murdered. But the way the press is treating it (thanks to the bucks of her parents) she was on her way to sainthood. Thanks to the press on the case, _dozens_ of police cadets are combing the crime scene for clues. Gee, if only _any_ other of the hundreds of murders in DC got this type of attention, the police caseload would be cleared in no time. 2: It’s the BBQ Pit, where I feel free to rant ---
**Author:** ![Sinyster1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Sinyster1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinyster1)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/9 "2002-05-24T06:33:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AWB \* > \*\* > 2: It’s the BBQ Pit, where I feel free to rant \*\* It matters not, apparently someone with 37 posts can’t speak their mind. Neither can someone with 4169. Much different standards their are. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/10 "2002-05-24T06:35:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sinyster1 \* > \*\* Much different standards their are. \*\* So what, are you Yoda or something? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/11 "2002-05-24T06:41:56Z")
I think that Chandra was (in the words of my mom) a “nit”. A silly nitwit of a girl that seriously thought she could break up the marriage of a much-older congressman. Silly, silly, and somewhat selfish. But that being said, she was so young, undoubtedly had a lot going for her, was attractive in her own way, had a family that adored her, and it is damned sad that she came to this end. She would have outgrown her “nit” phase (I would hope) in time. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/12 "2002-05-24T06:43:44Z")
Joda ? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/13 "2002-05-24T06:46:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AWB \* > \*\* But the way the press is treating it (thanks to the bucks of her parents) she was on her way to sainthood. \*\* When she went missing, her parents had to mount an all-out blitz to get the press to pay any attention at all. It was there only hope… Now they find out there baby was murdered and dumped in a public park. And you call her a slut… If you don’t want to hear the news, turn the channel. Asshole. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/14 "2002-05-24T06:51:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spooje \* > \*\*If you don’t want to hear the news, turn the channel. \*\* I tried. The story’s on every one. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/15 "2002-05-24T06:54:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AWB \* > \*\*I tried. The story’s on every one. \*\* Well, I guess you could read a book or something. ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/16 "2002-05-24T07:03:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sinyster1 \* > \*\* > > It matters not, apparently someone with 37 posts can’t speak their mind. Neither can someone with 4169. Much different standards their are. \*\* Gee, asshole, how many fucking times does it have to be pointed out that you guys bringing the looks thing into it is pretty damn tasteless? Who cares what these women looked like? They were murdered and that’s fucked up. If you two are so thick as to not realize why people are taking offense to you two, then I’m sure what I say next won’t faze you at all. **FUCK OFF.** ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/17 "2002-05-24T07:05:09Z")
To quote The Onion, I don’t understand what the big deal is. People fuck Jews all the time. I think that this is such a big story because half of the media are trying to make 2+2=19 because they see parallels and the other half are just basically along for a ride. Yes, Gary Condit had an illicit affair. Yes, he doesn’t interview well. Since when did this imply that Gary Condit committed/arranged murder? That seems to be the implication all along. No, she wasn’t standard attractive. But, she was a young girl that wasn’t unreasonable looking who stroked the ego of a much older politican. For most power-seeking older men, this is like crack cocaine irresistable. Yes, she was naive. But it doesn’t lessen at all from the fact that a 21 year old girl (who was on track for a good future – political intern spots IIRC are difficult and competitive to get) was (perhaps) brutally murdered in a public park near her home. The fact that this story is 2 days of top headline news is of course somewhat ludicrous – it only revolves around the fact that she was involved with a older, somewhat slimy Democrat who seeked to cover up the affair. But this does not diminish from the horror of what happened. ---
**Author:** ![lilelly28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba9def/32.png) [@lilelly28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilelly28)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/18 "2002-05-24T07:05:29Z")
The media is clearly at the root of your rant. Why knock the dead person? Knock the media. Surely they will continue to output these ever increasing, over-sensational tyrades, only to soak in higher margins of drama/ratings. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/19 "2002-05-24T07:09:57Z")
My ox is safely in the barn. Continue… ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628/20 "2002-05-24T07:35:50Z")
I just think it’d be real funny if it turns out Gary Condit _didn’t_ kill Chandra Levy, simply because it would make all the folks who are assuming that he did look **really** stupid. And IMO, Chandra could have used a bit of a nose job; aside from that, she was rather attractive. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chandra-levy-you-slut-you/110628.md?page=2)