Barbara Walters: I had affair with U.S. senator (additional barf bags required)

CNN ^ | 5/1/2008 | ap

[spectre]

"Also during the program, Walters chokes up while describing the struggles of her older sister Jackie, who was mentally retarded. Walters confesses that, as a child, she sometimes felt embarrassed by Jackie.
"She stuttered terribly. People made fun of her. People made fun of me," Walters says. "I didn't bring friends home. I felt terribly guilty because she was very loving and I didn't always feel that way."

Well, looks like Ms. WahWah didn't entirely escape any speech impediment herself. Making fun of her kept Saturday Live at the top of the charts for years..

Karma works.

[stravinskyrules]

Didn't Brooke pummel Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the Senate chamber?

I knew Babs looked old.

[contemplator]

Just don’t say it was Nancy Pelosi. I will have nightmares for months.

[pgkdan]

probably why Frank Reynolds didn’t like her...he knew she was a slutty tramp.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Thanks for the info. I suppose she must have alot of guilt about that.

[contemplator]

Luckily it couldn’t be Nancy she’s not in the Senate, whew :)

[brownsfan]

It appears that the Jane Curtain character on the old SNL weekend update was modeled on Ms. Walters.

Barbra you ignorant slut!

[LYSandra]

Could she lose any more dignity? The View and now this? She should have just gone away quietly in life.

[Enchante]

Too bad, when I saw the headline I was hoping it would turn out to be an affair with Hillary! :^)

..... or with Jon Cary, that would have been amusing too.

[swain_forkbeard]

“...comes clean.”

I wouldn’t put it that way, exactly.

[Brilliant]

Seems like a conflict of interest to me.

[raccoonradio]

Courthouse in Boston is named after Brooke, who was a liberal Republican

Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Brooke
Brooke...

often had conflicts with President Richard Nixon, particularly in 1970, when Brooke helped lead the movement to stop the Senate confirmation of the President's nominee to the Supreme Court, Harrold Carswell. Brooke was re-elected in 1972, defeating Democrat John J. Droney 62%-34%. However, he lost much of his popularity during his second term after a contentious and widely-publicized divorce. He lost a bid for a third term in the Senate elections of 1978 in the general election to Paul Tsongas. He remains, as of 2008, the last Republican senator from Massachusetts.

[NeoCaveman]

O Jeez. I come out and finally publically admit that I had sex with a Senator, and Barbara’s gotta one-up me.

Barbara Boxer or Dianne Feinstein?

[massgopguy]

You’re right it was Tsongas. Brooke’s divorce was a spectacle. Sounds like Babba Wah-Wah was the other woman.

[advertising guy]

Barbra has quite the reputation in Vegas.......

[sportutegrl]

Now we just need to find out if she every did it for money.

She did it to dig up some secret sleaze on a Republican. It's what reporters do.

[massgopguy]

The only thing that stays in Vegas is your money.

[stockpirate]

“Why do you think she’s telling about it now?”

That is the question. One reason is because of Obama, but then again she may be trying to damage Republicans, but that isn’t going to work in this case.

Why do you think?

[cake_crumb]

So what? She wants a medal?

[reagan_fanatic]

Barbara Walters: I had affair with U.S. senator