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(12,704 posts) Tue Dec 27, 2011, 12:24 PM Dec 2011

Forget Watergate. Did Nixon have a gay affair with a Mafia fixer? [View all]

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A new biography by Don Fulsom, a veteran Washington reporter who covered the Nixon years, suggests the 37th U.S. President had a serious drink problem, beat his wife and — by the time he was inaugurated in 1969 — had links going back two decades to the Mafia, including with New Orleans godfather Carlos Marcello, then America's most powerful mobster.

Yet the most extraordinary claim is that the homophobic Nixon may have been gay himself. If true, it would provide a fascinating insight into the motivation and behaviour of a notoriously secretive politician.

Fulsom argues that Nixon may have had an affair with his best friend and confidant, a Mafia connected Florida wheeler-dealer named Charles 'Bebe' Rebozo who was even more crooked than Nixon.

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Fulsom uses recently revealed documents and eyewitness interviews — including with FBI agents — to shed new light on long-standing suspicions among White House insiders that Nixon may have been more than just good buddies with Rebozo.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078822/Did-Nixon-gay-affair-Mafia-fixer-Forget-Watergate-A-new-book-claims-Americas-corrupt-President-hid-far-personal-scandal-.html#ixzz1hkme50iJ

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Forget Watergate. Did Nixon have a gay affair with a Mafia fixer? [View all] snagglepuss Dec 2011 OP

That sounds pretty far-fetched. hifiguy Dec 2011 #1

I can't imagine Nixon having sex with ANYONE . . . . no_hypocrisy Dec 2011 #4

I know, nixon was like some undersea creature... originalpckelly Dec 2011 #32

Far fetched yes but did you read the article? Rebozzo had a bedroom in the White House snagglepuss Dec 2011 #5

Egad where have we heard that lately...? MorningGlow Dec 2011 #17

uptight people can be gay Enrique Dec 2011 #15

Leading a double life, one that would utterly destroy one's life if exposed snagglepuss Dec 2011 #23

Their relationship was common gossip at the time so its not new news. DURHAM D Dec 2011 #2

I seem to remember talk of "pajama parties" comipinko Dec 2011 #6

I'd be interested to know where you read that their friendship was sexual. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #11

I can't remember where I read it. DURHAM D Dec 2011 #14

I'm not familiar with the term. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #21

Try to keep it that way. (hint: endeavor to stay out of prison) 11 Bravo Dec 2011 #49

Thnx for the heads up but being curious and mystified I ended up googling the term. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #52

Maybe that's why they called him 'Tricky Dick' edbermac Dec 2011 #3

So much back then was hidden. The only way to address cetain topics was with snagglepuss Dec 2011 #59

Don Fulsom was pretty good over the years on reporting Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 #7

According to the Fulsom they had separate bedrooms. I had an uncle who snagglepuss Dec 2011 #9

I hated tricky Dick Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 #13

About ten years ago, a KOS contributor, who described himself as a gay man snagglepuss Dec 2011 #20

My era as well. But don't you find it fascinating that today ... 11 Bravo Dec 2011 #43

Maybe, maybe not. Nixon would fit right in with the racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-choice NYC Liberal Dec 2011 #46

Possibly, but the establishment of the EPA, his attempt ... 11 Bravo Dec 2011 #47

He was a protegee of the Nazi banker Sen. Prescott Bush Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 #48

A lovely picture of Hoover, Bebe, and Nixon DURHAM D Dec 2011 #19

the power hoover wielded newspeak Dec 2011 #35

... xchrom Dec 2011 #8

Make mine a double. Liberal Veteran Dec 2011 #10

Why would it matter? pintobean Dec 2011 #12

His willingness to destroy a woman's life to further his political aspirations for one thing. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #16

Nixon should be jailed immediately, then. Nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2011 #22

Lol pintobean Dec 2011 #24

well, would it matter if there were mob connections with the murder of JFK? newspeak Dec 2011 #26

Boning Bebe...Isn't that special.....n/t Jello Biafra Dec 2011 #18

Given the Daily Mail source, I wouldn't give this MineralMan Dec 2011 #25

WTF. This is a review of Fulsom's Nixon biography. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #28

It's a bit more than that. It's actually a puff piece about the book. MineralMan Dec 2011 #30

Who on this thread says they believe everything written? AS for how long this story snagglepuss Dec 2011 #31

Nobody says that. MineralMan Dec 2011 #33

I don't care about nixon's sexcapades newspeak Dec 2011 #36

Yes, the mob connections are relevant, and have been known for a long MineralMan Dec 2011 #37

This sounds like the find of story you find when someone is trying to sell a book. n/t hughee99 Dec 2011 #27

Perhaps you care explian why Rebozzo had a bedroom and office at the White House. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #29

Well, if that's not proof of a hidden gay affair, I don't know what is. hughee99 Dec 2011 #39

Spare me the sarcasm. That is just one example. How many snagglepuss Dec 2011 #41

The fact that the president had a friend who was a mob enforcer is certainly a story hughee99 Dec 2011 #42

All I know is that Nixon still blows almost 20 years after his death. originalpckelly Dec 2011 #34

R#7 & K, for his beating Pat is worst of just about all. n/t UTUSN Dec 2011 #38

Being a closted homosexual who took his frustrations on his wife is the worst of it. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #45

Agreed, on all points. I think that what's going on with those who are dismissing the story UTUSN Dec 2011 #50

i find this rumor hard to believe. barbtries Dec 2011 #40

Why would Fulsome a professor at American University in Washington snagglepuss Dec 2011 #44

i don't know. barbtries Dec 2011 #51

I find the incredulity in this thread hard to believe. WinkyDink Dec 2011 #55

Me too however I think UTUSN post #50, nails the reason. I quote snagglepuss Dec 2011 #56

Ha! Me, too! nt valerief Dec 2011 #58

Some of us thought all this LONG ago: WinkyDink Dec 2011 #53

Thanks for posting those links to Fulsom's articles about Nixon's association to the mob snagglepuss Dec 2011 #57

True. I remember my mother dflprincess Dec 2011 #61

The very thought makes me HillWilliam Dec 2011 #54

Does this mean we now know the identity of "deep throat"? n/t zappaman Dec 2011 #60