Talk:Bobby Baker

When Did Baker "Become Friends" With Lyndon Johnson?
If Baker was 14 when he became a Senate page, that would have been in 1942. Lyndon Johnson did not begin serving in the Senate until 1949, did not become Minority Leader until 1953, and did not become Majority Leader until 1955. So, the sentence containing the phrase "then Majority Leader" in reference to LBJ needs clarification. John Paul Parks (talk) 14:09, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Close Political Advisor?
As I recall "Lyndon: An Oral Biography," Bobby Baker was not so much of an advisor, but rather the person who kept track of favors performed and who could assist Lyndon in calling them in when necessary.John Paul Parks (talk) 14:12, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Please explain...
Would someone please explain how someone "through his work in the Senate" rises "to be a multimillionaire"???


 * Its called politics. The people in charge play ball with other people in exchange for favors, preference in business deals, tax breaks, grants, etc. Power is bought and sold, and it is the fluke or 1:1000000 to ever find anyone with political power who got it honestly. And political power is redeemable in cash. And once you start playing ball, you keep playing or a "nasty scandal" will take away your ball and cancel your power points. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.246.140.125 (talk) 04:18, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Did Baker go to prison?
Ferdinand Lundberg (The Rockefeller Syndrome, 1975) states that Baker went to prison (page 138). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.89.192.125 (talk) 06:58, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Dealings with Robert Kerr
In his book Wheeling and Dealing, Baker explains that he made a lot of money from business contacts he developed through Senator Robert Kerr, who was America's richest senator at the time. The book is very honest about Baker's dealings, definitely worth reading. Ron (talk) 14:11, 25 September 2008 (UTC)RonBlack

Comparisons to Karl Rove?
I removed the following text: Bobby Baker was to the Democratic Party what Karl Rove eventually was for the Republican Party. Like Rove, This needs to be backed up with a real comparison of similarities if it's to be reincluded. Rove, whatever anyone thinks of his political tactics, did not resign because of any one particular scandal as Baker did; and the association of either Baker or Rove with their parties rather than their Presidents is inaccurate. Krazychris81 (talk) 07:22, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Disambiguation
Another Bobby Baker, singer and Comedian, and sometimes part of the Baker Sisters, appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, and made at least one album in the '60's, "I'll do Anything for Money", possibly other albums. Ohgddfp (talk) 15:39, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

aftermath of Senator John J. Williams probe
I recall hearing that LBJ (Lyndon Johnson, the President after JFK assassination) was unhappy about the aggressive investigation of Bobby Baker by U.S. Senator John J. Williams of Delaware. So, with Williams up for re-election to the Senate in 1964, LBJ made an appearance in Delaware on behalf of Williams' Democratic opponent, then-Gov. Elbert Carvel. But Carvel lost to Williams. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 21:38, 24 March 2015 (UTC)