Interesting show

It so happens that tonight I am airing American Experience featuring Dick Nixon. Of course everybody knows what happened during the Nixon admin. WATERGATE!!!!!! Does anybody know who was the mastermind of Watergate. G. Gordon Liddy!!!!!!!

In 1998, Liddy gave a fundraiser in his Scottsdale, Arizona home for McCain's senatorial re-election campaign -- the two posed for photographs together; and as recently as May, 2007, as a presidential candidate, McCain was a guest on Liddy's syndicated radio show. Inexplicably, McCain heaped praise on his host's values. During the segment, McCain said he was "proud" of Liddy, and praised Liddy's "adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great." From the program:


LIDDY: Your experience in the Hanoi Hilton is remarkable. I mean, I put in five years in a prison [for masterminding the Watergate burglary, and associated crimes], but it was here in the United States, and they didn't torture - the only torture that I had was being forced to listen to rap music from time to time.
McCAIN: Well, you know, I'm proud of you. I'm proud of your family. I'm proud to know your son, Tom, who's a great and wonderful guy. And it's always a pleasure for me to come on your program, Gordon. And congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great.

So McSame is Proud of a known CONVICTED TERRORIST (Ayers was NEVER CONVICTED)

LINK HERE

I'm convinced. Actually I've been convinced for a long time that both the main candidates are steaming piles of dog crap.

I think we need to define terrorist. B&E is a far cry from terrorism.

mikecc wrote:

I think we need to define terrorist. B&E is a far cry from terrorism.

I couldn't agree with you more. what liddy did was just typical politics. what ayers did is on a whole different level of evil

Let's look at both situations as if they were on a personal level.

If someone broke into your home you would lose some stuff, probably. Your homeowners insurance would pay you for the stuff you lost and the damages. You would be out the amount of your deductible.
If someone blew up your house you would lose ALL of your stuff and have nowhere to sleep, at least for a while. And your insurance company may well say that they don't pay for acts of terrorism.

BIG difference.

Liddy supposedly admitted to plotting what would now be called acts of terrorism including firebombings, kidnapping, and assassinations. It's claimed he also once gave instructions to his radio listeners on how to properly shoot BATF agents, which does sound kinda familiar to me. I'm not sticking up for Obama, but slickjay's comparison is legit.

Keep on expanding the definition of a terrorist, and we will all be one.

It's ok mike, republicans are allowed to kill, firebomb, and kidnap. It's called serving God when you're a republican.

Liddy supposedly admitted to plotting what would now be called acts of terrorism including firebombings, kidnapping, and assassinations?


supposedly?

I only say supposedly because I have not read G. Gordons book "Will" myself. These are said to be direct quotes from that book written by Liddy.

"[E. Howard] Hunt enlisted the aid of Bernard Barker and we traveled to Miami to interview [about a dozen] men.... The men were exactly what I was looking for: tough, experienced, and loyal. Afterward Howard told me that between them they had killed twenty-two men, including two hanged from a beam in a garage." (p.191-192)

"We devised a plan that entailed buying a used but late-model fire engine of the kind used by the District of Columbia fire department and marking it appropriately; uniforms for a squad of [right-wing] Cubans and their training so their performance would be believable. Thereafter, Brookings would be firebombed by use of a delay mechanism.... The Cubans in the authentic-looking fire engine would "respond" minutes after the timer went off, enter, get anybody in there out, hit the vault, and get themselves out in the confusion...." (p.171-172)

"In September of 1971 ... Howard Hunt approached me on the next Ellsberg neutralization proposal. According to Hunt, Daniel Ellsberg was scheduled to speak at a fund-raising dinner ... and Chuck Colson thought it an opportunity to discredit him. Could [we] drug Ellsberg enough to befuddle him, make him appear a near burnt-out drug case? Hunt and I studied the matter and developed a plan to infiltrate enough Cuban waiters into the group serving the banquet to be able to ensure that one of our people would serve Ellsberg at the dais." (p.170)

"Howard Hunt and I had lunch with a man he introduced to me as Dr. Edward Gunn, a physician retired from the CIA and an expert on 'the unorthodox application of medical and chemical knowledge....' The purpose of the luncheon, Hunt had explained to me previously, was to take advantage of the expertise of Dr. Gunn in preparing ... a plan to stop columnist Jack Anderson.... Dr. Gunn [suggested] a technique used successfully abroad. It involved catching the target's moving automobile in a turn or sharp curve and hitting it with another car on the outside rear quarter. According to Dr. Gunn, if the angle of the blow and the relative speeds of the two vehicles were correct, the target vehicle would flip over, crash, and, usually, burn." (p.207-208)

Like I say, I have not read the book, but even the most anti McCain liberal would not be likely to say Liddy wrote it in his book if not. And I've seen numerous web pages referring to these quotes. No, Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly were not my sources so I guess it can't be true huh? Probably a leftist plot where Obama hired a guy to write a book and sign it G.Gordon Liddy.

Justoo wrote:

Let's look at both situations as if they were on a personal level.

If someone broke into your home you would lose some stuff, probably. Your homeowners insurance would pay you for the stuff you lost and the damages. You would be out the amount of your deductible.
If someone blew up your house you would lose ALL of your stuff and have nowhere to sleep, at least for a while. And your insurance company may well say that they don't pay for acts of terrorism.

BIG difference.

You forgot to mention that if someone blew up your home, you might well be dead.