Cory Booker's Imaginary Friend

Breaking News August 29, 2013 Dear National Review Reader: What would happen if, say, Marco Rubio, or Ted Cruz, or another leading conservative lawmaker, had created a political prop, an imaginary friend, with a contrived name, whom he talked about in numerous campaign speeches and public meetings in order to create a dramatic and emotional back story, in order to win over voters? And what would happen if the media discovered this ploy, that this conservative lawmaker had concocted his bogus buddy? You know exactly what would happen: There would be a tsunami of liberal-media rage. MSNBC's microphones would melt from Chris Matthews' ire. The Times would run an apoplectic special edition. Gawker and the Daily Kos would go to Defcon One status. Well, this is EXACTLY what a leading Democrat, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, has done. This media darling, the frontrunner in the U.S. Senate special election, has long used in his political speeches the stories of his dealings and friendship with one "T-Bone." The trouble is, as is revealed in an important new story by NRO's Eliana Johnson, T-Bone is a figment of Booker's imagination. From her article: "But sources tell NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE that the central character in one of Booker's oft-repeated stories — T-Bone, the drug pusher who the mayor has said threatened his life at one turn and sobbed on his shoulder the next — is a figment of his imagination, even though Booker has talked about him in highly emotional terms and in great detail. " Read Eliana's entire story here. And share it with your friends. Your REAL friends. Best, Jack Fowler Publisher To read more, visit www.nationalreview.com Why not forward this to a friend? Encourage them to sign up for NR's great free newsletters here. Save 75%... Subscribe to National Review magazine today and get 75% off the newsstand price. Click here for the print edition or here for the digital. National Review also makes a great gift! Click here to send a full-year of NR Digital or here to send the print edition to family, friends, and fellow conservatives. Follow Tweet Listen Send National Review, Inc. Manage your National Review subscriptions. We respect your right to privacy. View our policy. This email was sent by: National Review, Inc. 215 Lexington Avenue, 11th Floor New York, NY 10016