28 Facts About Floyd Brown

Floyd Gregory Brown was born on March 10,1961 and is an American author, speaker, and media commentator.

Floyd Brown is formerly the CEO of USA Radio Network.

Floyd Brown is noteworthy for founding Citizens United in 1988 and for his introduction of the "Willie Horton" television ad during the 1988 presidential election campaign.

The son of a sawmill worker, and the grandson of a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, Floyd Brown grew up in the Pacific Northwest in a family of Democrats with 100-year-old roots in the area.

Floyd Brown graduated from Olympia High School in Olympia, Washington, in 1979, and from the University of Washington.

Floyd Brown credits meeting Ronald Reagan at a Masonic Temple in 1976 for sparking his interest in politics when he was 15 years old.

Floyd Brown is married to NYT Bestselling author Mary Beth Brown, author of The Faith of Ronald Reagan, with whom he has three children.

Several Floyd Brown-organized campaigns have been studied for their effectiveness; these include the effort to secure the confirmation of Judge Clarence Thomas, and the independent campaigns against Michael Dukakis and Bill Clinton.

At the time, Floyd Brown told the New York Times, "What people don't understand is how bitter conservatives are about Bork," referring to Robert Bork, a conservative federal appellate judge and former Yale law professor nominated by Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court in 1987 and rejected by the Senate.

Campbell Brown attributed the Flowers ad to David Bossie rather than Floyd Brown, prompting Citizens United to threaten a lawsuit, and to distinguish between its activities, and those of Floyd Brown, the "true" author of the Flowers ad.

Floyd Brown is active in the Republican Party and was a delegate to both the 2000 and 1996 National conventions.

Floyd Brown has been an advisor and consultant to the presidential campaigns of George W Bush, Bob Dole and Steve Forbes.

Floyd Brown was Midwest Regional Director of the Dole for President campaign in 1988, managing campaigns in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska.

CBS Evening News reported that Floyd Brown harassed the family of Susann Coleman, a former law student of Bush's opponent Bill Clinton.

Coleman had committed suicide, and Floyd Brown was attempting to investigate a rumor that she had had an affair with Clinton.

Two days after the CBS charges aired, the Bush-Quayle campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Floyd Brown, seeking to distance itself from his tactics, and calling Floyd Brown and his associates "the lowest forms of life".

Floyd Brown figured prominently in two ways in the Whitewater controversy of the Clinton presidential administration.

Floyd Brown was contacted by David Hale, a municipal judge facing indictment for fraud, then functioning as a paid informant for the FBI.

Under the auspices of Citizens United, Floyd Brown issued letters to 100,000 donors to Citizens United, asking for money and saying that he had proof that Clinton had engaged "in a massive cover-up and conspiracy to obstruct justice" in the investigations surrounding the Whitewater controversy.

Floyd Brown uses a 501 non-profit to raise funds for the Policy Issues Institute.

Floyd Brown made appearances to promote his ad and his company on a news network, Fox News, In response to the attack ad, Newsweek published a report on the ad, saying it was the attempt of "a conservative ad man striving to regain his Willie Horton notoriety" and directed readers to factcheck.

Floyd Brown's stated goal is to release one new attack ad every two weeks, and released an advertisement asserting that Obama was registered as a Muslim student in Indonesia, and that he attended an Indonesian school that taught Islam as a child.

From 2001 until 2006 Floyd Brown served as the executive director of the West Coast office of Young America's Foundation.

Floyd Brown is the author of Slick Willie: Why America Cannot Trust Bill Clinton, published in 1992.

Floyd Brown co-authored Prince Albert: The Life and Lies of Al Gore, a book about Al Gore's environmental work, with David Bossie.

Floyd Brown authored Say the Right Thing, a collection of conservative sayings.

Floyd Brown has written extensively for many publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Washington Times, National Review, and Human Events.

Floyd Brown from 2005 until 2008 was a paid consultant for The Oxford Club, a "membership only" organization that reports it has a membership of 65,000 in "over" 110 countries.