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...arranged a deal with an American oil company that could have -and still may-net him millions in broker's fees for delivering Libyan crude. The inquiry will also explore National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski's bizarre use of Billy as a secret intermediary to persuade Libya to pressure Iran into releasing the American hostages held in Tehran. And the hearings will dig for any evidence that Billy got improper help from the White House or lenient treatment from the Justice Department in avoiding criminal prosecution for failing to disclose details of his Libyan dealings earlier...
Jewish voters, who normally cast Democratic ballots, were particularly incensed at a member of the President's family getting so cozy with Libya, one of Israel's most vociferous Arab antagonists. Said Meyer Berger, a Pittsburgh businessman and leading Democratic fund raiser: "The Billy Carter connection is the killing blow. It finishes off President Carter with the Jewish vote all over the country. I'm sorry about that because he deserves better...
...member of the President's family had served as the agent of a foreign-and often unfriendly-nation. The President could and should have done something to stop it. Instead, the White House, perhaps accidentally, actually contributed to Billy's role as a go-between with Libya...
...never goes away but it never hurts that much." "There's no Billygate in sight," added Time magazine, "but the President would be well-advised to tell his beer-swilling First Brother to shut up." Billygate--a bungled White House attempt to cover up Billy Carter's ties to Libya--has now flooded Washington, of course, and no amount of Allerest or Pabst Blue Ribbon will ease the pain...
...despite the fact that he is prejudiced, that he wouldn't want his daughters to marry a Black, a hippie, backpacker or women's libber, people seem to like Billy wherever he goes, even Libya. His income several years ago reached nearly $500,000, more than half coming from the speaking invitations ($5,000 a shot) that he gets, he acknowledges, because he is the president's brother. Even Jimmy once joked at an L.A. fund-raiser, "I was hoping that you would raise enough money to have my brother Billy come out and speak next year...