[MeekOneGOP]

Pingin' my General Interest and Texas lists here. :)

This sounds like the article Rush read from on his show today.

Deep Throat and Genocide

Excerpt:

Re: The "news" that former FBI agent Mark Felt broke the law, broke his code of ethics, broke his oath and was the main source for Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's articles that helped depose Richard Nixon, a few thoughts.

Can anyone even remember now what Nixon did that was so terrible? He ended the war in Vietnam, brought home the POW's, ended the war in the Mideast, opened relations with China, started the first nuclear weapons reduction treaty, saved Eretz Israel's life, started the Environmental Protection Administration. Does anyone remember what he did that was bad?

Oh, now I remember. He lied. He was a politician who lied. How remarkable. He lied to protect his subordinates who were covering up a ridiculous burglary that no one to this date has any clue about its purpose. He lied so he could stay in office and keep his agenda of peace going. That was his crime. He was a peacemaker and he wanted to make a world where there was a generation of peace. And he succeeded.

That is his legacy. He was a peacemaker. He was a lying, conniving, covering up peacemaker. He was not a lying, conniving drug addict like JFK, a lying, conniving war starter like LBJ, a lying conniving seducer like Clinton -- a lying conniving peacemaker. That is Nixon's kharma.

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[Grampa Dave]

It is the article read by Rush. Where do you think he gets a lot of his reference material? ")

[Jedidah]

Thanks for the ping.

Interesting, but I'm old enough to have watched the sorry Watergate scandal unfold. What Nixon did was MUCH more than lie. The corruption inside that administration was massive, and I'm still offended and betrayed by men whom I thought to be honorable.

Anyone who didn't live through that era should go back and read. Amazing.

As for other administrations: two wrongs don't make a right. Using Kennedy or Clinton to justify Nixon is silly.

Not taking up for Felts here. Frankly, "Deep Throat" wasn't that important to the investigation. He only confirmed or denied info that Woodward had collected from other sources. His clandestine persona made for a good mystery, but it all would have come out anyway. Nixon's downfall was Nixon himself and the thugs he kept around him.

A couple of sites with comprehensive links:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/front.htm

http://www.chron.com/content/interactive/special/watergate/index.html

[Squantos]

Dang I thought a new STD was discovered when I read that title.....:o)

[international american]

While we are at it, may John Dean rot in HELL!!

[GOPJ]

So, truth is out that Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward weren't great journalist - they just sat there while a liberal "fed" them classified dirt on a conservative. And this is different, how?

[Seadog Bytes]

RE: "...started the Environmental Protection Administration. Does anyone remember what he did that was bad?"

...Started the EPA?   Yeah,   I   remember 'something'.

...but I will readily agree that, if compared to John Kerry or the Clintons, none of whom were EVER held accountable, Nixon would have to be judged as merely incompetent, rather than traitorous or evil.