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Rayburn would say, “I’m not for sale”—and then he would walk away without a backward glance, as he had walked away from a President. His integrity was certified by his bankbook. At his death, at the age of seventy-nine, after decades as one of the most powerful men in the United States, a man courted by railroad companies and oil companies, his
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“We turned off CNBC,” said Danny Moses. “It became very frustrating that they weren’t in touch with reality anymore. If something negative happened, they’d spin it positive. If something positive happened, they’d blow it out of proportion. It alters your mind. You can’t be clouded with shit like that.”
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Westmoreland was also surprised at the gullibility of the press. It was as if the initials M.D. or M.P.H. after these officials’ names had conferred upon them the credibility of Moses. Didn’t reporters know how to ask that tough second question? Or was it the more likely scenario, that they simply did not care?