Posted on 07/22/2005 6:29:06 AM PDT by Liberty Valance
An extraordinary story has emerged involving former Lyndon Johnson aide and now PBS commentator Bill Moyers. The story was told in The Wall Street Journal by retired federal appeals judge Laurence Silberman, who reports that when he was acting attorney general under President Ford a memo written by Moyers to the FBI came to light in the press. The memo, which dated from the 1964 campaign between President Johnson and Barry Goldwater, directed FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover to investigate the Goldwater campaign for evidence of homosexual activity. It came after Johnson aide Walter Jenkins had been arrested in a Washington men's room. Silberman reports that Moyers called him and claimed that the memo was a phony planted by the CIA. Silberman says he told Moyers he would investigate the matter and, if he was right, he would exonerate him publicly. At that point, Silberman says Moyers backed off saying, "I was very young. How will I ever explain this to my children." Moyers could not be reached for comment.
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I've listened for Moyers' response to this (Silberman outed Moyers in the WSJ a coupla days ago) and all I've heard is ....[crickets].
It's not so much the crime as the coverup! (This is so much fun!)
Every family has its black-sheep. Texans lament this fact everyday.
bump
Considering that the left has recently revived this tactic, with attacks on a staff member of Rick Santorum and now, the Supreme Court nominee, John Roberts, I think that we need to keep this article bumped.
Painfully true.
I have a daughter that is starting at Yale Law School next month (after graduating from Princeton (04))
I thold her that if she has any goals of a high government position in her future, she'd better be aware of any illegal activity going on around her at parties when cameras and digital phones could be lurking.
Am I too paramoid? Don't think so.
Do you mean Michelle Malkin? I'll have to check out what she was talking about.
Yes, that is her sorry for the typo.
More than you know! When LBJ was having surgery or was otherwise unavailable (having tea with Doris Kearns) his word was it!
Alternatively - get your daughter a phone with a camera. Have her stockpile candid photos of all her classmates.
I know you're feeling repressed rat. But you gotta fight those feelings. Let go and say what you really think. ;)
And lived his life for years on the public teet, via PBS and NPR.
For reference.
Do NOT let this get lost in the flood of Rove and Roberts articles.
Thanks for the ping, when I had read the title I failed to read click on it because I thought it was about Moyers last vacation to Fire Island.
Texas didn't want 'em.
I'm not sure I can read this story. Just the name Moyers makes me regurgitate.
Check thi out I now livid beyond words!
http://www.charmaineyoest.com/archives/2005/07/whos_homophobic.html
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