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Former American president Richard Nixon would have turned 99 years old today, were he still alive. continue reading...
W. Mark Felt, best known as Woodward and Bernstein’s (in)famous souce ‘Deep Throat’ who helped break the Watergate scandal has died of heart failure at the age of 95.
His identity as the informant was made public in 2005. In 1972, he was deputy associate director of the FBI when he began leaking information to journalist Bob Woodward. Read more… continue reading...
Over the years, we’ve heard politicians say some whoppers: really dumb things that make us think, “ooh, did he just say that?” Well, yes he did. And here they are, bookended by Tricky Dick himself: continue reading...
From The Washington Monthly:
Questioning the premise of McCain’s relentless guilt-by-association attacks, Letterman noted that people in public life can’t necessarily be held accountable for everyone they’ve interacted with. When McCain protested a bit, Letterman asked two highly relevant questions: “Did you not have a relationship with Gordon Liddy?” and “Did you attend a fundraiser at his house?” McCain, looking confused, conceded to having “met” Liddy. After a commercial break, McCain added, “I know Gordon Liddy. He paid his debt, he went to prison…. I’m not in any was embarrassed to know Gordon Liddy.” continue reading...
