"Deep Throat" reveals himself

[notyoueither]

I'm not. I've had my fill of politicians doing whatever it takes to stay in power, including blatant violations of the laws of the land.

Don't even begin to excuse it. We have. We face the very real prospect that a party that has stolen hundreds of millions, some millions of which have ended up back in the party's war chest, will again win an election.

Not only that, but now they are caught red-handed on tape subverting Parliament, but the likelihood of them retaining power goes up.

You could not find a more corrupt bunch outside of a banana republic, but too many Canadians have been too forgiving for too long. So, we shall soon get what we deserve.

[Drake Tungsten]

So Deep Throat turns out to be just a disgruntled bureaucrat getting revenge on the man who passed him over for a promotion? How dissappointing. Then again, I didn't really care much about Deep Throat to begin with...

[DanS]

Originally posted by notyoueither
I'm not. I've had my fill of politicians doing whatever it takes to stay in power, including blatant violations of the laws of the land.

Don't even begin to excuse it. We have. We face the very real prospect that a party that has stolen hundreds of millions, some millions of which have ended up back in the party's war chest, will again win an election.

Not only that, but now they are caught red-handed on tape subverting Parliament, but the likelihood of them retaining power goes up.

You could not find a more corrupt bunch outside of a banana republic, but too many Canadians have been too forgiving for too long. So, we shall soon get what we deserve.

Don't get me started. We couldn't even kick out a president for a bald-faced lie in a court of law. Thank god for term limits.

[notyoueither]

Liberal media wags are saying the same thing up here.

It's happened before. Par for the course. Now let's get on with letting the Liberals run the country.

[DanS]

Wonder what it would take to bring down the liberals in Canada, if those crimes don't.

[notyoueither]

A wooden stake in the heart.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

Don't get me started. We couldn't even kick out a president for a bald-faced lie in a court of law. Thank god for term limits.

you republicans are so repressed.

[Winston]

Originally posted by Petek
Here's a link to the Vanity Fair article:

http://www.vanityfair.com/pdf/pressroom/advance1.pdf

Thanks for the link, Petek. It's an interesting read.

[DanS]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia


you republicans are so repressed.

Hey, I wasn't even that much for the impeachment, knowing that for a president, a minor felony here and there is acceptable to the public when compared to constitutional issues.

[lord of the mark]

1. the name deep throat - he gave info only on deep background - he told W&B that he would NOT give them ANY new info - he would only confirm or deny what they had from other sources.
2. His loyalty - see 1. He clearly limited what he told them BECAUSE he felt so conflicted. It must have been a difficult situation to be in.

[Agathon]

Perhaps Watergate reminiscing will compel another deep throat to give up Bush. I'd love to see him impeached - he's sure done more than enough to deserve it.

[DanS]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
1. the name deep throat - he gave info only on deep background - he told W&B that he would NOT give them ANY new info - he would only confirm or deny what they had from other sources.
2. His loyalty - see 1. He clearly limited what he told them BECAUSE he felt so conflicted. It must have been a difficult situation to be in.

Good points.

[DanS]

Here's an excellent article about how Felt was conflicted in many different ways on this issue...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/31/AR2005053101411.html

All of these guys sure played hardball and skirted the law or broke the law to get what they wanted.

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by Agathon
Perhaps Watergate reminiscing will compel another deep throat to give up Bush. I'd love to see him impeached - he's sure done more than enough to deserve it.

unfortunately standards of ministerial accountability have dropped a lot since the 70's right across the west, so like Bill Clinton Bush would probably just tough out any scandal

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
So Deep Throat turns out to be just a disgruntled bureaucrat getting revenge on the man who passed him over for a promotion? How dissappointing. Then again, I didn't really care much about Deep Throat to begin with...

Deputy directors of large agencies are a bit past bureaucrat status.

And Nixon forgot one of the prime rules, which is if you have so many skeletons in so many closets you need to buy a vacation home to stuff 'em in, you can't afford to be ****ing over people close enough to see the dirt on you.