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Barbara Walters: I had affair with U.S. senator (additional barf bags required)
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| 5/1/2008
| ap
Posted on 05/01/2008 12:33:47 PM PDT by tobyhill
NEW YORK (AP) -- After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is disclosing a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as "exciting" and "brilliant."
Appearing on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" scheduled to air Tuesday, Walters shares details of her relationship with Brooke that lasted several years in the 1970s, according to a transcript of the show provided to The Associated Press.
A moderate Republican from Massachusetts who took office in 1967, Brooke was the first African-American to be popularly elected to the Senate. Both he and Walters knew that public knowledge of their affair could have ruined his career as well as hers, Walters says.
At the time, the twice-divorced Walters was a rising star in TV news and co-host of NBC's "Today" show, but would soon jump to ABC News, where she has enjoyed unrivaled success. Her affair with Brooke, which never before came to light, had ended before he lost his bid for a third term in 1978.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: babawawa; babwawawa; barbarawalters; blackrepublicans; edwardbrooke; kissandtell
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To: sportutegrl
“She did it to dig up some secret sleaze on a Republican. It’s what reporters do”
Good point, now if we could just find out what big story she broke arond that time.
It may be she just got a bad case of Jungle Fever.
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:11:22 PM PDT
by
stockpirate
(Be a MAVERICK in the GOP , go against the wishes of our nominee John McCain!)
To: okie01
"If BaBa WaWa had an affair with Edward Brooke, she probably has wet dreams about Obama."I was wondering about that. She probably endorses him, at least, or she wouldn't be on Ophra talking about it now.
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:11:24 PM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(At the rate Obama's going, his bus'll need a lift kit just to clear all the bodies.)
To: tobyhill
Fidel Castro is probably jealous.
Fidel: Knock,Knock.
Answer: Who’s there?
Fidel: Senorita.
Answer: Senorita Who?
Fidel: Senorita Barbara Walters.
To: tobyhill
This is Barbara Walters, ABC News, on my back in a Capitol Hill office building.
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:14:10 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth, voting for Hillary.)
To: tobyhill; All
Walters and Brooke-both lightweights. Walters is trash because she was with married man. Same for Brooke. I have never thought Walters was any good at news analysis.
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:14:43 PM PDT
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough)
To: rightwingintelligentsia; Lazamataz
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:14:43 PM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(Indiana: "Bring your picture ID to the polls . No ID, No vote.")
To: Lazamataz; dighton; Larry Lucido; martin_fierro; jdm; RockinRight
O Jeez. I come out and finally publically admit that I had sex with a Senator, and Barbaras gotta one-up me.Strange, since "gotta one-up me" is exactly how she described having sex with Senator Brooke.
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:16:39 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth, voting for Hillary.)
To: Enchante
"Too bad, when I saw the headline I was hoping it would turn out to be an affair with Hillary! :^)"The first thing that popped into my mind was Obama. I must be psychic.
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:16:56 PM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(At the rate Obama's going, his bus'll need a lift kit just to clear all the bodies.)
To: stockpirate
Why do you think?
I think it's fairly obvious, she want to sell her autobiography. From the article -
Walters is the guest of Oprah Winfrey to discuss her new memoir, "Audition," which covers her long career in television, as well as her off-camera life.
Although her motives might go deeper than that, I doubt it. I don't believe she would actively try to hurt Obama, she's in the tank for him. As for the Republican angle, it also doesnt play well to remind America that Democrats don't have the market cornered when it comes to African Americans. They try to show that Condoleeza and Colin Powell are anomalies, Edward Brooke shows that they aren't and that they are part of a long history that dates all the way back to Lincoln. No, I think she's doing it simply to sell books.
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:17:56 PM PDT
by
contemplator
(Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
To: raccoonradio
"However, he lost much of his popularity during his second term after a contentious and widely-publicized divorce."Maybe now we know who sparked it.
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:18:21 PM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(At the rate Obama's going, his bus'll need a lift kit just to clear all the bodies.)
To: truthguy
She’s the ultimate Media Whore. No telling how many other people she opened up to just for a scoop.
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:19:17 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
She's a senator of the Phillipines.
Here's her pic:
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:19:27 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Secondhand Aztlan Smoke causes drug addiction obesity in global warming cancer immigrant terrorists.)
To: KarlInOhio
In further news, Bill Clinton denies rumors that he has ever had sex with a senator. LOL! Maybe we can deny him the chance to have sex with a President, too!
-PJ
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:19:55 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
To: Tijeras_Slim
Its twoo, its twoo... "Excuse me, while I whip this out...."
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:20:44 PM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(When hopelessness replaces hope, it opens the door to evil.)
To: tobyhill
After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is disclosing a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as "exciting" and "brilliant." Huh. My first guess was Hillary.
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:20:47 PM PDT
by
Fundamentally Fair
(There was once consensus that the world was flat.)
To: cake_crumb
I wouldn't be surprised if later Nora O'Donnell comes out with her Obama Affair story.
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:22:10 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
(The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
To: KarlInOhio
Now I’m REALLY not looking forward to the Helen Thomas memoir — is she going to have to tell us everyone SHE slept with? (well it may be a very short list)
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:27:44 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Obama: My 1930s Foreign Policy Goes Well With My 1960s Social Policy!)
To: Williams
At least he was a republican In Name Only. Brooke was one of the most liberal Republicans in congressional history. His American Conservative Union ratings for his second & final Senate term (1973-1978) were: 10, 13, 0, 3, 0, 10. That's out of a possible 100!
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:28:19 PM PDT
by
puroresu
(Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
To: contemplator
I must agree with you. I did not read the article.
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:29:34 PM PDT
by
stockpirate
(Be a MAVERICK in the GOP , go against the wishes of our nominee John McCain!)
To: okie01
If BaBa WaWa had an affair with Edward Brooke, she probably has wet dreams about Obama. Because if she likes one black man she likes all black men? I'm not sure I get what you're saying.
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posted on
05/01/2008 1:30:30 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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