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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 06:53 PM
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Woodward on Hardball: "You don't break the law to get even."
He was talking about Nixon regarding Watergate. He made Tweety very nervous.





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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 07:07 PM
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1. Yes! That summarizes it precisely!
Everything else is window dressing. Rove BROKE THE LAW to GET REVENGE on someone.
The Prosecution rests.
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Andromeda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 08:34 PM
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2. Saw that segment and it was great.
Matthews was trying to establish some moral equivalency between what Nixon did and the Kennedy family political prowess in its prime.

Woodward disagreed with Matthews saying the two examples are as much alike as fire and water. Anyway, he said (paraphrasing here) the Nixon White House set out to deliberately break the law --- then the comment: "You don't break the law to get even."

The Kennedys did do some questionable things but didn't overtly break the law. The game of politics is rough and in a lot of cases, dangerous. JFK paid the ultimate price for his presidency, which he didn't deserve; Nixon deserved what he got.

I wonder if Bob Woodward is going to write another book AFTER BushII is out of office about the corruption of this administration. I'm not going to hold my breath but I'll bet somebody will.
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Vadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 09:01 PM
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3. Woodward is complicit in this Administration....his book kissed..
AWOL's ass in his runup to war. I have no use for Bob Woodward anymore. He has lost all credibility with me.



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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 09:55 PM
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4. I feel the same
It made his comment on Nixon ironic. I wonder if it was lost on him?
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Pepperbelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-08-05 11:37 PM
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5. Nixon was hard. Ellsburg's psychiatrist-office break-in ...
tells us that. He had that done for the sole purpose of gaining information with which Ellsburg could be smeared. Period. Despicable. But our boy Rove ...

He outed a CIA agent, ruined years of work, put lives in jeopardy, perhaps even cost lives. To get even.

You make the call.
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