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Posted on 06/16/2002 9:50:16 PM PDT by IncPen
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Watergate break-in June 17, Bob Weiner, in the unique position of being the only Democratic National Committee 1972 Watergate headquarters staffer who also was a Clinton Whitewater Grand Jury witness, is urging media and politicians to "Quit equating Watergate to Whitewater."
Weiner took direct aim at comments by CNN's Larry King on June 10: "When someone as respected as Larry King has a Watergate review show and says that the evidence of the Nixon tapes -- which largely caused Nixon's decision to resign -- was 'like the stain on the dress', referring to the Clinton case, it makes me sad because it belittles the severity of Nixon's actions. It's a flawed history lesson for our kids. It skews the priorities we should be holding."
"Breaking into the opposition national political headquarters and involving agencies in obstructing justice in a cover-up hardly equates to protecting privacy of a personal relationship," says Weiner. "To say Watergate and Whitewater are parallel is a perversion of history."
"On a day when we are reminded of the remarkable investigation of reporters like Woodward and Bernstein, who brought out the Watergate Nixon-era subversions of the Constitution, it is unjust to parallel those to the personal activities of President Clinton. In fact, if there is any real parallel between Watergate and Whitewater, it is the similarity between the break-in and cover-up of Watergate and the privacy invasion against the Clintons and abuse of that privacy for politics by the Republican extremists in Congress -- and the American people knew it. The fact that Clinton held a 70% popularity rating compared to prosecutor Ken Starr's 9%, and Clinton's popularity rose in the polls as Starr and congressional Republicans became more and more vicious (and lost congressional seats) in exposing Clinton's private life indicates the accurate record of history," said Weiner.
In 1971 and 72, Weiner worked in the Watergate office of the Democratic National Committee as National Youth Voter Registration Director for the Young Democrats and also Get-out-the-Vote Media Director for the DNC Presidential campaign. From 1995-2001 Weiner was Director of Public Affairs for the White House Office of National Drug Policy. In January 1998, Weiner was subpoenaed and testified before Ken Starr's Whitewater-Lewinsky Grand Jury about private home phone calls which he and his wife, Patricia Berg, made to friends expressing their opinion about the Linda Tripp tapes. Weiner and Berg called Starr's investigation of their private lives "Big Brother at its worst" and were interviewed or quoted on "Today," "Good Morning America," CNN "Talk Back Live," Montel Williams, even Jay Leno, as well as network news programs and most papers across America.
"We were outraged that the Prosecutor's violations of privacy invaded our home, as well as the President's," Weiner stated. "That violation of privacy is the real historical legacy of Whitewater, and it is the only parallel to Watergate."
Contact: Bob Weiner or Joe Hammer
And, as Limbaugh says, the liberals are never funnier than when they are out of power...
As for Dick Weiner I don't think he has much to brag about...
There was only one dep throat in in wtergate and her name was maureen.
Or So a certain talk radio host has implied and apparently hasn't lost a law suit regarding these statement of facts.
I met her the day after Hanukkah
She wore a blue dress with a stain on her chest
And oh how that girl played harmonica
He also overlooks, conveniently, that said perjury constituted a bald attempt to rig a trial and deny justice to another American -- Paula Jones.
And, when it comes to abusing power and enlisting federal employees and agencies in a conspiract to obstruct justice, Nixon was a minor leaguer compared to Clinton.
Please, Mr. Weiner, don't assault our intelligence with such transparent drivel.
'Twas a famous media victory
by Pat Buchanan
Why the Media went after Nixon so viciously!
Unlike Mr.Clinton,Richard Nixon never got a red cent(no pun intended) from the Communist Chinese Intelligence Service>
Actually it seems very parallel to me:
1. Breaking into a an opposition HQ to try to win and election = perjury during a Federal Court deposition to try to save a presidency.
2. A coverup involving various federal agencies = a coverup involving various federal agencies like say the White House.
3. Firing a special prosecutor = trying to undermine and demonize an independent counsel.
That seems pretty parallel to me unless you see rape and perjury as private matters. It probably was smarter to undermine the independent counsel rather than fire the special prosectuor. Now of course only one was actually impeached and had half the Senate vote to remove him.
1. Breaking into a an opposition HQ to try to recover national secrets related to a soviet missle submarine.
IMPEACHED!
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