The Senator

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FOR THE FIRST TIME A KENNEDY INSIDER BREAKS THE SILENCE. TED KENNEDY'S CLOSEST AIDE TAKES THE PRIVATE MAN PUBLIC
Twenty years ago, an idealistic Georgetown student went to work for his political hero, the senior Senator from Massachusetts. Together they shared the dream of a better America. But together they fell from grace—a young man led into the fast lane by an idol wlio shattered before his eyes. Now, Rick Burke—who became Senator Ted Kennedy's closest aide—finally breaks his decade of silence. Burke came to know the Senator better than anyone outside the Kennedy clan.The portrait he offers is devastating, laying bare the private excesses at which the media could only guess. For the first time, the truth can be told about Ted Kennedy
THE FAMILY MAN
•A devoted father who saw his son through the ordeal of
cancer—and then took cocaine with his children. •A caring husband—whose countless affairs included the seduction of a 17-year-old intern.
THE LEGISLATOR
•The Senate... Tovább

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FOR THE FIRST TIME A KENNEDY INSIDER BREAKS THE SILENCE. TED KENNEDY'S CLOSEST AIDE TAKES THE PRIVATE MAN PUBLIC
Twenty years ago, an idealistic Georgetown student went to work for his political hero, the senior Senator from Massachusetts. Together they shared the dream of a better America. But together they fell from grace—a young man led into the fast lane by an idol wlio shattered before his eyes. Now, Rick Burke—who became Senator Ted Kennedy's closest aide—finally breaks his decade of silence. Burke came to know the Senator better than anyone outside the Kennedy clan.The portrait he offers is devastating, laying bare the private excesses at which the media could only guess. For the first time, the truth can be told about Ted Kennedy
THE FAMILY MAN
•A devoted father who saw his son through the ordeal of
cancer—and then took cocaine with his children. •A caring husband—whose countless affairs included the seduction of a 17-year-old intern.
THE LEGISLATOR
•The Senate Judiciary Committee member—whose staff had erased "sensitive" parts of JFK's White House tapes after Watergate.
•A respected leader on Capitol Hill—who used his Washington office as a drop-off for his personal drug supply.
THE SENATOR
Richard Burke's revelations will shock you. His window into the private corruption of our public figures will stun you. And his intimate account of Ted Kennedy's descent from Camelot will forever change how we look upon our leaders. Vissza