Felt tried to sell story to People in 2002

The News Virginian ^ | May 31, 2005 | J. Todd Foster

[cartoonistx]

[PhilDragoo]

Nice, nice, very nice,
so many weasels in the same device.

[geopyg]

In some Kennedy Assasination book there is a picture of the tramps from the bridge by the grassy knoll. The author thinks one of them looks like Howard Hunt, and I think links Hunt to Cuba and Mexico and Oswald's visit to Mexico.

And, in one of Nixon's tapes Nixon say's something about not disclosing anything about the Watergate breaking 'cuz it will unravel "the whole Cuba thing" or some such words. (Many of the dirty-tricks operatives were Cubans that Liddy knew from his FBI days as I recall.

I always wondered if that was a reference to something to do with Castro or with Kennedy or what?

[Liberty Wins]

This sordid collection of 60's journalists, swingers, drug users, CIA spies and wannabee spies are arrogant beyond belief. Is this the "shadow government" we have heard so much about? And is it possible to get presidential candidates who haven't been chosen beforehand by the elite media?

[onyx]

That quote from Kathryn Graham is VERY telling. "when the press can decided to print what it knows."

Daniel Ellsworth also comes to mind. The WP was too high and mighty. Covered for JFK... Camelot you know.

[kcvl]

Camelot you know.

That is exactly what Pat Buchanan said tonight on MSNBC. I don't agree with him about much but I certainly agree with him about that!

Camelot my rear! Drugs, sex and who knows what else went on. It makes me so angry they covered for that bunch of corrupt people. Now they are trying to trash a good man like President Bush. GAG!

[onyx]

Bradlee personally knew about the "drugs" JKF was taking --- never mind that they were by presciption --- JFK was a drug addict and that alone distorted his thinking, rendering him unfit for the office of POTUS. Damn Bradlee and the rest of the DC press who knew damn well that the man was a pig, a drug addict, a CINO and in poor physical health. Camelot my aching you know what.

[onyx]

The DC press and the networks have been democrat cheerleaders as far back as I can recall. It is no wonder at all, how the House was able to maintain it's 40+ years of democrat control.

I am going back to bed before I get too mad too sleep.

[prairiebreeze]

On Wednesday, word came that the family of Mr. Felt - the ailing, 91-year-old former No. 2 official of the F.B.I. - had sought payment in vain for his story after failing to reach a collaborative agreement with Mr. Woodward, not only from Vanity Fair, but also from People magazine and HarperCollins Books. They are apparently still determined to claim their share of the story that has helped make Mr. Woodward a millionaire.

J. Todd Foster, managing editor of The News-Virginian of Waynesboro, said that in 2003, after being frustrated in their efforts to persuade Mr. Woodward to cooperate, the Felt family had come to him - about six months after he had approached them on his own hunch that Mr. Felt was Deep Throat - to propose a collaboration. At the time, Mr. Foster was a contributor to People, which he said considered but rejected an article because the Felts wanted payment.

"This was always about the money, and they were very up front with me," he said in a telephone interview.

ping

[kcvl]

It is amazing to me that W & B and Bradlee expect people to believe that they had no idea why Felt was doing this. HELLO!
Woodward even said in his article today that Felt thought Nixon and his administration were NAZIS.

Also, it is hilarious listening to these so-called journalists explain why no one made any money from the Watergate scandal except W & B and Bradlee. They think we are stupid! You also won't hear any of them offer Felt compensation for helping to make them "award winning journalists". As far as they are concerned tough if the man can't remember his own name after all these years and his family needs the money.

They also expect people to believe they would have gotten this story without Felt because of their "many" sources. What other sources did they have?! NONE! Without Felt they wouldn't have had a story, period!

If anyone ever wondered what kind of people are walking around patting one another on the back saying you saved the country from that "evil" Nixon they are getting a dose of reality this week. They are pure scum! I wonder where they were when the Clintons were pilfering through FBI files, losing emails, selling military secrets, renting out the White house for campaign cash, looking for the billing records, finding out who fired the travel office employees and why, who ordered the IRS audits of their perceived enemies, who caused Waco, who hired Craig Livingstone and ALL THE OTHER SCANDALS involving THEIR "FRIENDS" during eight long years of the Clinton administration!

SPIT, PUKE, GAG! I have had my fill of these self-centered jerks!

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the links.

[Grampa Dave]

Nixon's daughters are two ladies, who will probably not talk nor comment about this.

Maybe David will make some statements.

[beyond the sea]

I'm not arguing one way or the other

This is said in jest and with due kindness................. but, you are always arguing.

It is an essential to your personality and adds to your ever lasting charm.

;-)

[Peach]

Thanks for the ping, prairie. Felt has also denied several times in different (and convincing ways) that he is not Deep Throat.

[Fury]

Felt appeared frail when he shuffled to the doorway of his daughter's house Tuesday to give photographers a brief opportunity to take his picture. His family refused all questions, fueling speculation about how his age has affected his awareness and memory.

I saw that clip on TV this morning. I likened it to parading a sick, old circus animal around so folks could gawk for a moment and if people wanted to know more, they would have to "pay for it".

I do have an issue with a man that didn't have the stones to do as Peggy Noonan alluded to - quit your job, call a press conference and explain to the world what you believe is going on. Instead, the guy had no stones to stand on his convictions, his beliefs.

I don't have an issue with people writing books and making money. But now that it comes out that the daughter is pushing her father to make some bucks "for the family", it just seems slimy.

[kcvl]

Thanks for the links.

You are very welcome. Thank you for reminding me to ping backhoe.

[Grampa Dave]

"This sordid collection of 60's journalists, swingers, drug users, CIA spies and wannabee spies are arrogant beyond belief. Is this the "shadow government" we have heard so much about? And is it possible to get presidential candidates who haven't been chosen beforehand by the elite media?"


Decades ago a political mentor/friend felt that the elite liberal mediots on the East Coast (NY City to DC) controlled the Democrat Party.

Below is a reply that I made earlier on this thread to Howlin, where I mentioned this.

To: Howlin
James Angleton.

John Kennedy.

Phillip Graham.

Richard Helms.

Howard Hunt.

This is just unreal.

When I read things like this, I think of a mentor who died years ago. He felt that the elite of the Media controlled the Democrats. The MSM elites could elect a no body to become president or destroy anyone they wanted to. He all ways felt that Watergate and the resignation of Nixon was manipulatied by these MSM elites.



66 posted on 06/01/2005 10:51:43 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (The MSM has been a WMD, Weapon of Mass Disinformation for the Rats for at least 5 decades.) \\

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This friend said the election of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton was proof of the power and selection of these elites. Both were worthless liberal governors with basically no recognition outside of their small states.

He felt that Nixon's removal by the mediots, enabled the dangerous Carter to be elected. At this time the liberals had grown to hate the CIA which they had founded and controlled. Carter started the gutting of the CIA and our military within months after he was sworn in. He enabled the Mullah Thugs of Iran to seize that country and take it over. That was the beginning of the Islamofascist terrorism which was controlled and financed by the Iranians and probably aided by the USSR.

This friend/mentor died shortly after the Clintoon was elected and sworn in. Clintoon's election was my friend's final proof of the power of the elite mediots in controlling the Democrat party and ability to elect a criminal.

[prairiebreeze]

I suppose he denied it because the WashPo told him he needed to wait until the "time was right". I've read somewhere this morning they supposedly told him that.

Now, what would make right now the "right time"?? Taking a little heat off Newsweek? Diverting attention from judicial filibustering and the Gang of 14?

[Peach]

I haven't been able to keep up with this story this week and will probably never get totally caught up, but it hasn't escaped notice that Bernstein has been more silent than Woodward, that Felt isn't quite the hero the left would like us to believe, and that money has played a role in the Felt family outting him.

[Amelia]

According to today's NYT, Judith Regan turned down a book deal because of serious concerns about whether or not Mr. Felt is now suffering from dementia.