Madoff Has Puny Private Parts, Was A "Wonderful Boss"

Vintage Bernie & Ruth, from the Vanity Fair, via Daily Intel

It's the battle of the books about Bernard Madoff! Sure, there are a lot of them—last week, the NY Times' Michiko Kakutani reviewed two of 'em, one by an investigative reporter and the other by a journalist—but neither probably delve into details about the Ponzi schemer's, uh, equipment. The Daily News has excerpts of Sheryl Weinstein's Madoff tell-all—Weinstein says she had an affair with him—including "When we made love, I was on fire" and "This man was not well-endowed."

Other things from Weinstein's Madoff's Other Secret: She smoked pot with him before sex (apparently something he also did with wife Ruth) and nicknamed him "Winky Dink"... because he blinked a lot. Which makes Jerry Openheimer's Madoff and the Money—excerpted in the Wall Street Journal— seem subtle.

Openheimer writes that employees loved Madoff: "They thought of Bernie almost like a father figure, a messiah, and most felt secure that they'd have a very pleasant retirement," and he rarely fired people. One employee, "We were always like one big, happy family. Bernie was our god, a wonderful boss, eccentric, sometimes scary eccentric, but still wonderful. He was a stand-up guy." But when Madoff's scam was revealed, "As one longtime employee sadly observes, '12/11 was our own 9/11.' Bernie and Ruth Madoff were about to become as controversial a couple as Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and as infamous as Bonnie and Clyde."

And here's a Ruth fun fact, via Oppenheimer's book as mentioned in Page Six: "He had affairs in the office. There were two women I know of. They were gorgeous. They were blond. They were young. They were like baby Ruths -- the same type as Ruth, with the same hair color and eye color."

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By Jen Chung in News on August 18, 2009 1:57 PM

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Guest

who gives a damn about his dick?

ANGRYGOD11

"He had affairs in the office. There were two women I know of. They were gorgeous. They were blond. They were young. They were like baby Ruths -- the same type as Ruth, with the same hair color and eye color."

Is that the ultimate insult or ultimate praise, in a twisted way, to Ruth Madoff?

Mr Mel

I knew a few guys, who, later in life, left their wives, usually in good financial condition. The women they left them for, in many cases, were younger versions of their wives. If they were married to a mousy red haired schoolteacher, they came up with a similar woman, only she was 15 years younger.

felixthecat2

in this picture Bernie looks like he has long sagging balls. Bernie needs to strap those boys back up.

NannyState

Ewww. Somebody here is fixating...

felixthecat2

too much this picture was not found in the Due Diligence report, it would have prevented billions in losses.

felixthecat2

too bad this picture was not found in the Due Diligence report, it would have prevented billions in losses.

felixthecat2

small pecker? no surprise.

bkbella

What's the difference between an investigative reporter and a journalist? I agree that the "12/11 was our 9/11" line is very despicable.

jaycjay

Investigative reporters are journalists, but not all journalists are investigative reporters.

Notice how many journalists, facing criticism over coverage events like the invasion of Iraq and the presence of WMDs, say things like "we just reported what government officials were stating?" Those are not investigative reporters -- who actually do see finding out what's really going on as being essential to the job.

I think these days there are about three of them working in the U.S. You know, including the one who made this important contribution to society by digging deeply into Bernie Madoff's background.