Vicki wrote:
> I've been wondering what caused Imus' sudden adoration of Ms. Walters,
> and nonstop humpatation of her book - which is almost approaching "I
> Was Amelia Earhart" levels. (Remember *that* one gang ?)
>
> Now it makes sense ..... it has a "racial" angle:
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24410315/
>
> NEW YORK - 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 relation****p 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.
>
> <sigh> Does EveryLittleThing HAVE to circle back to race now ?
>
> Vicki, who does *not* own a copy of IWAE
Whoraldo said on FOX this am that he tried to take a shot at Baba when
they first worked together, but never got to first base. Said she had a
great bod ;(
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