[Chode]

i read here somewhere that he also claimed to get Loydd Benson into the Reserve too.. but that's OK since benson was a RAT, RIGHT???

[GOPcapitalist]

I believe it was Lloyd's kids, or cousins or something. The Bentsen family is well connected in texas Democrat circles and they've got lots of kids and cousins to go around.

In fact, that Barnes was an extremely partisan Democrat then (as he is now) makes his story all the more dubious. Why would a Democrat go out of his way to help the son of a Republican congressman?

[altura]

Hey, speaking of old Lloyd ---I knew John Kennedy, John Kennedy was a friend of mine, and you're no John Kennedy--
Bentsen, I saw on another thread that it later turned out that Lloyd had never met John Kennedy.

Anybody else heard this or have confirmation?

If only we'd had Free Republic back then, it would have been documented instantly if true.