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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Babwa Wawas: I had affair with U.S. senator
2008-05-02
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.
Posted by:Beavis

#17  Sleeping w/sources and then exploiting it to sell books -- the very epitome of journalistic ethics.
Posted by: regular joe   2008-05-02 21:28  

#16  Just sittin' here waitin' for Rev. Al's condemnation. The silence is deafening.
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700   2008-05-02 17:18  

#15  Brooke is the same age as Barbarba 88?

In September 2002, he was diagnosed with breast cancer and, since then, has assumed a national role in raising awareness of the disease among men.[3]

In 2004, Brooke was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom — designed to recognize individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."

He found a way to shut Babs up, at least for until he came.

Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2008-05-02 13:29  

#14  For self-centered fools and leftards it's a badge of Honor to fuck someone else's spouse:

These people brag about their faults and poor assed choices.. like If your opinions of Media Types weren't low enough to begin with....

Notice how they never brag about beating their kids or dogs. if they are caught it's that Demon Alcohol who made 'em do it! REHAB!

Barbara Walters never missed a opportunity to Fawn and Gush all over el Hefè himself, Castro.

In fact she's a good representative example of all the Castro Cult Worshipping Celebrity Rapporteurs™.

Castro imprisoned and executed hundreds of thousands of Cubans in the last 45 years.. he played a significant part in that close call in the 60s when we almost had a Hot Nuke War with the Soviet Union and their satellite Cuba.

[Castro can arguably claim to be the longest winded Bore that Communism ever produced]
Posted by: RD   2008-05-02 12:21  

#13  Believe me, if she banged Castro, she'd let us know.
I mean, she's trying to sell a book here...
Posted by: tu3031   2008-05-02 11:34  

#12  I had the same reaction as Darth.

The crap that Barbara Walters says makes me want to vomit. That doesn't go well with sex.
Posted by: mhw   2008-05-02 11:27  

#11  I remember Brooke's divorce up here in the 70's. It was nasty. Had a big part in him losing his senate seat to Paul Tsongas.
I wonder if Babs name ever came up? The timing was right.
Posted by: tu3031   2008-05-02 11:02  

#10  Ewwww....
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-05-02 10:44  

#9  he's not proud. Would you be if you'd bagged her?
Posted by: Frank G   2008-05-02 10:29  

#8  How come the Sen. isn't weighing in with his 2 cents? He is still alive.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2008-05-02 09:54  

#7  Speaking of The View, Babs, how was it from down there?
Posted by: tu3031   2008-05-02 08:50  

#6  Trying to give her career that last fibrillation before it goes into complete arrest?
All clear!
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-05-02 08:45  

#5  She's supposed to have gotten it on with Castro, too.
Posted by: Mike   2008-05-02 08:25  

#4  Oh...I saw the headline and figured it had to have been Babwa Wawa and Barbara Mikulski going at it.
Posted by: Clineth Henbane2069   2008-05-02 04:29  

#3  Also okay - he was a 'moderate Republican'.
Posted by: Pappy   2008-05-02 01:22  

#2  it's OK, he was black. Talk about weak-ass attempts at relevancy, Baba's pathetic
Posted by: Frank G   2008-05-02 00:33  

#1  Boinking a Republican? Oh, the horror. Will they still let her on The View after that revelation?
Posted by: SteveS   2008-05-02 00:30  

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