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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: geode00 who wrote (163829)6/7/2005 8:51:39 PM
From: stockman_scott  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Deep Throat and the State of Democracy

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<<...We have more than our share of Deep Throats. The administration's shenanigans have been well-documented. The post-Watergate era, however, also comes with a profound sense of cynicism and distrust of government and, to a lesser extent, the media.

But to ignore the information provided by the myriad Deep Throats that have already come forward is to believe that this administration wants democracy in Iraq so deeply that it is willing to risk its own in the process.

I fear that we have given Mr. Felt too much credit over the years by suggesting his leaks took down the president. Deep Throats do not take down presidents; presidents take down presidents.

Just as John Dean told President Nixon during the height of Watergate: "We have a cancer — within, close to the presidency, that's growing."

There is a cancer on our democracy. It's growing daily. And we don't need another Deep Throat to figure that out...>>
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