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Exploding the Watergate Myth A new book shows that Woodward and Bernstein lied. And lied. And lied.
Frontpage Mag ^ | July 20, 2022 | Bruce Bawer

Posted on 07/20/2022 4:05:53 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

And then there was the book All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two Washington Post reporters who’d supposedly brought Nixon down. When it came out in 1974, I read it avidly. And two years later I was enthralled by the movie version, written by William Goldman and directed by Alan J. Pakula.

But there was one thing - in the book and the movie - that always puzzled me.

I’ll describe it as it’s presented in the film. Woodward (Robert Redford) meets late at night in a parking garage with his secret source, known as Deep Throat (Hal Holbrook), who drops a bombshell. The Watergate cover-up, he says, wasn’t really about the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex. Its actual purpose was to protect a whole raft of covert operations that involved “the entire U.S. intelligence community - the FBI, CIA, Justice.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bernstein; didyoukaren; didyousearch; media; pizzagate; postgate; richardnixon; watergate; woodward
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To: Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi

Would explain acceptance of Male “Women Athletes of the Year”.

Bet one would have to go back a long time to find who the first who lied about the obvious for a big (BIG) paycheck.


21 posted on 07/20/2022 4:31:38 PM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: AndyJackson

Yep. Alger Hiss was why they went after Nixon hammer and tong.

Hiss was such a liar, when confronted in his trial with the undeniable evidence of his typewriter in his house which he used to transcribe classified documents, he said “I will never know how Whittaker Chambers got into my house and used my typewriter.”

It was such a stupid, idiotic statement by a man trapped in his web of lies, that the courtroom erupted with snickers and laughter.

They are all like that. All of them. Without exception.

To be a Leftist means you have sold your morals, your character, and your soul in the pursuit of dominion over others.


22 posted on 07/20/2022 4:33:10 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The killed JFK.
They took down Nixon.
Reagan was shot — but (probably) just by a lunatic.
They took down Trump.

Within my lifetime, every single president who truly loved this country (note that in 60+ years, we’ve only had 4 such presidents) has been targeted by the Deep State. And the Deep State always wins.


23 posted on 07/20/2022 4:34:06 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. It's "whatever".)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

the same group that removed Kennedy removed Nixion and tried to kill Reagan. today we are dealing with an incompetent version of this group who are the individuals that were mentored by this group of dc politician’s and corporate America.


24 posted on 07/20/2022 4:35:11 PM PDT by PCPOET7 (`)
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To: virgil

Just cause of her dyed Platinum hair doesn’t mean prostitution. She had other issues, but the hooker thing doesn’t make sense.
25 posted on 07/20/2022 4:36:05 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon!)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Years ago I went to a talk at ASU by John Dean talking about his book, Blind Ambition. He claimed he finally had to fess up and tell the truth.

After it was over I left by the back of ASU through the paths of the college and ran into him. I got his autograph (I was young and blinded by the whole thing) and said to him, ‘well, at least you finally did tell the truth’

and he did a doubletake.

It was then my blinders fell off.


26 posted on 07/20/2022 4:38:24 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: PCPOET7

Yep.


27 posted on 07/20/2022 4:38:51 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (No!)
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Interesting, thanks


28 posted on 07/20/2022 4:40:59 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein wouldn’t have been able to do $#it if Watergate took place today. But media had a monopoly on the news today. Too bad for Tricky Dick. (BTW he was a RINO).


29 posted on 07/20/2022 4:41:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Captain Peter Blood

I read the book Silent Coup, but it was a few years ago. Can’t remember everything. Why would the CIA want Nixon gone, or was this more the media wanting him gone?


30 posted on 07/20/2022 4:41:28 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

John Dean- Prostitution- John Dean’s wife.


31 posted on 07/20/2022 4:41:55 PM PDT by Keyga8tor ( )
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Reporters lied?! I am shocked. SHOCKED! Where's Captain Renault?!
32 posted on 07/20/2022 4:42:07 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: rlmorel

(To be a Leftist means you have sold your morals, your character, and your soul in the pursuit of dominion over others.)

You can add RINOs to your statement.


33 posted on 07/20/2022 4:42:46 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (No!)
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To: BigEdLB

True. But John Dean was a treasonous disloyal snake. And still is.


34 posted on 07/20/2022 4:45:12 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

JAMBOG

Exploding the Watergate Myth

07/20/2022 4:29:25 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 37 replies
Front Page Mag ^ | Wed Jul 20, 2022 | Bruce Bawer

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4079705/posts


35 posted on 07/20/2022 4:45:35 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Beowulf9
After it was over I left by the back of ASU through the paths of the college and ran into him. I got his autograph (I was young and blinded by the whole thing) and said to him, ‘well, at least you finally did tell the truth’ and he did a doubletake. It was then my blinders fell off.

People like Dean lie so often and so reflexively they can't recognize the truth anymore. Hillary Clinton also comes to mind.

36 posted on 07/20/2022 4:47:13 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: Rummyfan

They have to do everything they can to protect their lies.


37 posted on 07/20/2022 4:48:15 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I think the biggest story of Watergate is the complicity of the media and how it aided abetted the fraud. It was one of two events that signaled the media’s commitment to abandoning the news and controlling public opinion. The other event was WJC’s first campaign and how the media made the deliberate decision to protect him from the Jennifer Flowers scandal.


38 posted on 07/20/2022 4:49:48 PM PDT by Spok (Don’t pee down my leg and tell me it’s raining.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Reading in the comments section, someone mentioned the irony of the Clintons getting into FBI files of persons they regarded as opponents or threats. It made me think of BKO’s book “Hell To Pay” and how she herself thought it ironic that she was doing the same sort of investigative work on the Clintons over Filegate as young Hillary was years earlier over Nixon and Watergate.


39 posted on 07/20/2022 4:49:58 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: Spok

Yep, Cronkite and Dan Rather were right up in the mix of it all.


40 posted on 07/20/2022 4:52:50 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (No!)
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