Did LBJ Kill JFK? The Conspiracy to Murder President Kennedy (2013)
Roger J. Stone, Jr. (born
1952 in
Norwalk, Connecticut) is an
American political consultant, lobbyist and strategist, noted for his use of opposition research, usually for candidates of the
Republican Party. He is currently a member of the
Libertarian Party.
In
1990 The New York Times described him as a "renowned infighter" and during the 2004
United States Presidential Campaign,
CBS News described
Stone as a "veteran
Republican strategist." In 2008
The Daily Beast described him as a "self-admitted hit man for the
GOP."
In
2007 Stone, a top adviser at the time to
Joseph Bruno (the majority leader of the
New York State Senate), was forced to resign by
Bruno after allegations that Stone had threatened then gubernatorial candidate
Eliot Spitzer.[25] Stone was accused on an episode of
Hardball with Chris Matthews on August 22, 2007 of being the voice on an expletive-laden voicemail threatening
Bernard Spitzer, father of Eliot, with subpoenas.[29] [30]
Stone has consistently denied the reports. Thereafter, however, he resigned from his position as a consultant to the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee, at
Bruno's request.[25]
In
January 2008, Stone founded
Citizens United Not Timid, an anti–
Hillary Clinton 527 group with an intentionally obscene acronym.[31][32]
In
February 2010, Stone became campaign manager for
Kristin Davis, a madam linked with the
Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, in her bid for the Libertarian Party nomination for
Governor of New York in the
2010 election. Stone says that the campaign "is not a hoax, a prank or a publicity stunt. I want to get her a half-million votes."[33] However, he was later spotted at a campaign rally for another gubernatorial candidate,
Carl Paladino;[34] of whom Stone has spoken favorably.[35] Stone has admittedly been providing support and advice to both campaigns, on the grounds that the two campaigns have different goals:
Davis is seeking to gain permanent ballot access for her party, while Paladino is in the race to win (and is Stone's preferred candidate). As such, Stone does not believe he has a conflict of interest in supporting both candidates.[36] While working for the Davis campaign, he corroborated with a group entitled "
People for a Safer
New York" to send a flyer labeling Libertarian Party candidate
Warren Redlich a "sexual predator" based on a blog post Redlich had made in
April 2008.[37] The move backfired, and Davis finished in last place with roughly half the votes Redlich did while Redlich finished with the highest vote total of any
Libertarian gubernatorial candidate in the state's history. Stone continues to hold ill will against the
Libertarian Party of New York.[38]
Stone is featured in the 2008 award-winning documentary on
Lee Atwater,
Boogie Man:
The Lee Atwater
Story. He was also featured in the
2010 documentary of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal,
Client 9:
The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer.
Stone served as the campaign manager for
Steve Berke, a comedian, for the
City of Miami Beach mayoral office.[39]
Stone endorsed
Governor Gary Johnson's presidential campaign in the
2012 Republican primary.[40]
Since 2010, Stone has been an occasional contributor to
The Daily Caller, serving as that Web site's "male fashion editor." (
Archive of Stone's
Daily Caller columns)
On
February 15,
2012, Stone announced that he would change his affiliation to the Libertarian Party, predicting a “Libertarian moment” in 2016 and the end of the
Republican party.[
3][3]
On
January 24,
2013, Stone announced he was considering running for
Governor of Florida as a Libertarian.[41]
Stone's book,
The Man Who Killed
Kennedy, written with investigative journalist
Mike Colapietro contributing, was released by
Skyhorse Publishing November 4, 2013
. In the book, on the market in time for the fiftieth anniversary of
Kennedy's assassination, Stone asserts that
LBJ was behind a conspiracy to kill
John Kennedy.[42]
On August 11, 2014, Stone's book
Nixon's Secrets:
The Rise, Fall and
Untold Truth about the
President,
Watergate, and the
Pardon will be released. This book chronicles not just the political career of the 37th
US President, but how his career and personal life intersected many
20th century political figures, including the
Kennedys, the
Bush family, LBJ,
J. Edgar Hoover, and
Henry Kissinger.
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