Yes, it does piss me off that the media legitimates criminals like Gordon Liddy. Unlike Kennedy, Liddy was actually convicted of a felony, and the felony came out of Gordon's key role in effing Watergate. Yes, I'm kind of surprised that this dude isn't political/media kryptonite. In fact, if he'd been a liberal, I think it's pretty clear that he would have gotten the Bill Ayers treatment, without even the slightest hesitation. John McCain is on record as being a good friend of Gordon Liddy. At one point, he praised Liddy for his lifetime of great service to the nation, which apparently includes masterminding and supervising the burglary and attempted espionage of the offices of political opposition. His involvement in the act wasn't "apparent." He was convicted of a felony specifically for his proven role in Watergate, you know, that thing that made Nixon resign in order to avoid being thrown out on his ass by Congress.
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Date: 2009-10-26 10:26 pm (UTC)