Epstein Secrets

sson from Chairman Bliss’ success in herding the elephants into a big tent. — William Hershey is a former Knight-Ridder Washington corres pondent and Columbus bureau chief Jor the Alron Beacon Journal and Dayton Daily News. John Green is director of the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University

965 to 1969. His success is worth remembering. When Bliss became chairman in 1965, the Republicans. were in much worse shape than in 2013: President Lyndon Johnson had won a Jand- slide re-election over Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater, and the Democrats held large majorities in both houses of Congress and the state

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led Jerry Rubin in New York to arrange for a meeting when we returned. At our counter-convention we all attended an Unbirthday Party for President Lyndon Johnson at the Coliseum, with Ed Sanders, leader of the Fugs, serving as emcee. The atmosphere was highly emotional. Dick Gregory recited the Preamble to t

supply me with a jacket, and a tie that was decorated all over with bunny symbols. Gregory was already on stage. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015390 “How could Columbus discover America,” he was asking the audience, “when the Indians were already here?’ In his dressing room between shows, Gregory took out his wallet

roucho somehow got into a negative space. He was equally cynical about institutions, such as marriage-- “legal quicksand” --and individuals, such as Lyndon Johnson, referred to as “that potato-head.” Eventually, | asked, “What gives you hope?” He thought for a moment. Then he just said one word: “People.” |

fferent venue, over the strong objections of the Chief Justice of the State, who was one of the sponsors to the dinner. I had a similar experience in Columbus, Ohio, after I argued an important case on behalf of a local law firm. They invited my female associate and me to have dinner with them at the local

re, his private barber was cutting his hair. I was seated next to him while he got his haircut, and he dictated notes to me. It wasn’t as bad as what Lyndon Johnson would do, requiring aides to join him in the bathroom. While working at Kay, Scholer, I had the first fancy restaurant meal of my life. I was asked