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To: geode00 who wrote (163829)	6/7/2005 8:51:39 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Deep Throat and the State of Democracy commondreams.org <<...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...>>

To: geode00 who wrote (163829)	6/7/2005 9:50:46 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

<<...remember, the purpose of "Rathergate" and "Koran Flushgate" was to discombobulate and intimidate the media into not printing or televising anything overtly critical of the Bush regime. Rove cleverly knows how to use the media to cannibalize itself. All he has to do is toss them some red herring and they are off like jackals, devouring each other, while the crimes of the White House go unnoticed and unreported. Furthermore, reporters, editors and publishers become even MORE intimidated about printing or airing a story critical of the Bush Administration...>> buzzflash.com