Posted on 06/01/2005 9:30:31 AM PDT by Impeach98
ABC News Poll: Was Mark Felt a Hero for What He did?
Hell, NO!
He is a disgusting little snitch.
Broke the law, and still cashed his gubmint checks!
Felt is no hero. He broke the law to bring down a president and betrayed his position with the FBI to reveal unauthorized information.
Nixon had his flaws but, when compared to the leftists demi-god, Bill Clinton, Nixon was a saint.
If what Felt did was so honorable, how come he hid in the shadows for over 30 years before coming forward?
If you're a Democrat or a journalist, he's a big hero.
Yes, when they've asked his lawyer about that his lawyer said 'oh no, that he harbored no ill will about being passed over.'
The resignation of Nixon was a horribly traumatic event for our country. It allowed the likes of Jimmy Carter to gain the presidency.
Felt was a megalomaniac and a traitor. The coup de etat he helped engineer unleashed the Viet Cong and the Kmer Rouge in the Far East with the consequence of millions of genocide deaths. In the Middle east due to Jimmy Carter's ineptitude he is responsible for destabilizing the whole region after throwing the Sha to the wolves and setting up the Iran-Iraq war of which the consequences include 911, the need for the Iraq intervention and are still with us today. All in all not a hero.
70.5% - YES, he's a hero
29.4% - NO, he's NOT a hero
4,917 votes cast
He is a disgusting little snitch bitch."
There, much better.
poll must have gone against them - the "result gif" won't display anymore...
IMHO, Felt committed felonies. He should have been prosecuted for those felonies.
A man's got to survive--literally or figuratively-- to tell the tale.
That's not the logic I want from one of the top administrators at the FBI. Seems like the process of justice wasn't at the top of his list. He felt compelled to get the truth out, but not through the means by which the law had set up. Makes him more flawed than a hero in my book.
If you're in law enforcement and you have evidence of a crime, do you go to other law enforcement prople or to the newspapers? Felt chose the newspapers.
I just voted no and the no's were @ 29.4%. I was not a Nixon fan but it makes me very uneasy that the 2nd in command @ the FBI would leak to the media rather than through a grand jury or whatever. There should be consequences for this guy - 91 or not.
69.2% - YES, he's a hero.
30.7% - NO, he's NOT a hero.
5,055 votes cast.
Yes, and it turns out that Felt was convicted of authorizing illegal wiretaps and break-ins.
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