Posted on 10/08/2015 5:42:36 AM PDT by HomerBohn
Is Reggie Love still at the White House?
I remember when the Wilbur Mills story broke and how scandalous it was for the time (74?).
Now, everyone in Washington is Wilbur Mills...
OH I had forgotten about him....
Wilbur Mills Throws It All Away for an Argentine Stripper
In 1974, the well-respected congressman Wilbur Mills cracked.
To this day, Mills’ tale of self-destruction is infamous for its audacity and mystery. As the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, Mills was one of the most powerful men in Washington. He was known for being both likeable and extraordinarily knowledgable. Many in congress believed Mills was a borderline teetotaler who went home at night to study the Internal Revenue Code.
That’s why it was so shocking when Mills very publicly began cavorting around with the Argentine stripper Annabelle Battistella, better known as Fanne Foxe, a featured dancer at DC’s seedy Silver Slipper strip club.
According to girls at the club, Mills would show up and throw around money with Foxe, who referred to him as Mr. Mills, on his arm. He even appeared with her onstage and freely introduced himself as Wilbur Mills. But Mills and Foxe, both married to other people, had a notoriously rocky relationship, often getting into loud arguments in public places.
At 2 a.m. Oct. 9, 1974, Mills would see the beginning of the end of his political career. While driving home from a party with Foxe and two friends, Mills was pulled over with his headlights out in West Potomac Park. Police found Mills with his glasses broken and his face bleeding after he’d gotten into a scuffle with Foxe. In true dramatic fashion, Foxe burst from the car and threw herself in the Tidal Basin in the park. Police pulled her out and sent her to the hospital, where doctors called it an insincere suicide attempt.
Despite the scandal, Mills won reelection the next month with 60% of the vote. But after continuing to appear with Foxe, and even holding a drunken press conference in her dressing room at one point, Mills lost the respect of his colleagues and his powerful chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee.
Mills admitted his problems, joined Alcoholics Anonymous and did not seek reelection in 1976.
The liberal press are a bunch of biased liars -- just like the democrats they bow before... THAT'S WHY THEY COVER FOR DEMOCRATS...
I'm afraid it's more than possible. There were threads here discussing some of these shenanigans - such as Markie Post and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason bouncing on the bed in the Lincoln Bedroom. That pretty much ended Markie's allure where I was concerned.
Kermit looks very very very happy — must be that hand up his back?
All Democrats are for killing babies. They are supposed to wake up suddenly and become human beings because Bill and Hillary are serial rapists, lesbians, drunks, etc.?
Back when the Perky One was in line for Cap’n Dan’s anchor position, her friendship to Her Thighness was of alleged concern for “news reporting ethical” reasons, the BFFs girls-nights-in in the Big Apple had to cease.
Say what?
Another teenage crush shot down in flames..... :(
And of course, Bill Clinton would never lie if he thought it would get him sex ...
I see why he wasn’t citing sources. It was the National Enquire on Hillary’s health.
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