Felt Jeopardized Public Trust, Former Nixon Aides Say -- 06/01/2005: "Colson said he's shocked and saddened to learn that Mark Felt was Deep Throat. Colson said he's sad for Felt, with whom Colson worked - and whom Colson always considered a 'consummate professional.' 'I never thought anybody with such a position of sensitivity at the Justice Department would breach confidences,' Colson said in a Today show interview.
What about what Colson did?
Colson disagreed with the notion that Felt is a hero. 'A hero is someone that you want other people to emulate... and to say he was a hero because he broke his trust...he broke the confidence of the president of the United States.'
This sounds like the ravings of someone who likes to blame everyone but himself. You want to know who broke the confidence of the President? The fucking President when he lied and broke the law.
In the same Wednesday morning interview with NBC's Matt Lauer, Pat Buchanan - a former adviser and speechwriter to President Richard Nixon -- said Felt was 'full of bitterness and resentment' because he'd been passed over for the FBI director.'There's nothing heroic about breaking faith with your people, breaking the law, sneaking around in garages, putting stuff from an investigation...(Lauer interrupts).
Right. You rather have an administration using the power of the government to spy on private citizens. Buchanan is an ass, we all know that.
Buchanan noted that J. Edgar Hoover 'knew all of the lurid secrets of Jack Kennedy, but thank God, he didn't go out and give them to the Chicago Tribune. That would have been an awful thing to do.Buchanan agreed with Colson's assessment of Felt: 'As Chuck [Colson] says, the FBI knows every secret almost about everybody they've ever investigated...if you want the FBI putting this material out on the record when somebody wants to - what kind of country do you want?'"
Here is a hint, Pat. I want a country where asswipes like you aren't in power. The gall of people who defended Nixon (and now often defend Bush) for attacking the guy who helped expose the biggest modern Presidential scandal (until Bush worked the intelligence to justify an invasion) is unbelievable. Not surprising. But still annoying as hell. Of course, what do I expect. Bush lies about the Iraq war from the beginning; we all know about it; and yet the American people reelect the creep. (Yes, I recognize the use of that word. I think it fits. Bush is, in the words of John Dean, even worse than Nixon.) But for Chuck Colson to react like this shows just how arrogant he is.
Why is it that no prominent religious leader in our country understands the virtue of humility? They can lecture us ad nauseum on sexual purity and other sins, but what about basic humility? Gone. Instead, we are left with Phyllis Schaffley, James "King" Dobson, Jerry "Jabba" Falwell, and Pat "Wackjob" Robertson.
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The jury's still out for me on Watergate. I've read in more than one place pretty compelling evidence that the real scandal was a prostitution ring. I dunno if that's true or not. Interesting theory though.
At any rate, Colson is an ass. He also once put out a book that a person on his staff wrote. But since it was a work for hire situation, Chuck used the writing as his own. Very legal, but unethical as hell.
Oh, check your email.
Exactly Alice. Saw Jon Stewart the other night and he put it in perfect perspective. We can judge Felt by what certain people think of him. If Liddy, Buchanan, kissinger, and Colson don't like him, then Felt must be a great guy!
I used to have respect for Colson. He used to have a reasoned, but conservative viewpoint. I like reading a variety of well thought out opinions. Plus, his work with Prison Fellowship is admirable.
But criticizing Felt is just obscene, as if his hands were clean during Watergate. Felt may have breached his ethics and his oath of service, but so did Colson, Buchanan, Liddy, and the rest.
I think I remember reading something where someone said "Take out the log from your own eye before pointing out the splinter in others."
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Hokie, can you say more about that? Why are these guys reacting that way?
and here is Hokie's followup.
I think seeing Watergate in that context is a good point. Perhaps without VN, then watergate never catches people's attention because they aren't agitated about politics. That is what concerns me about today. People are agitated, but about gays and abortion and evolution--not about the supposed moral values of truth and honesty. If you have redefined sin to only mean sex, then Bush looks like a fucking saint, eh?
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