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To: bentway who wrote (211855)	12/16/2012 2:12:15 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 541055

"it's a scary sound! " Rathergate Prior to the Watergate break-in, Rather may have been the victim of an attempted burglary. The then-White House correspondent had been scheduled to go to Florida to cover the president, but instead stayed home. Late at night, his daughter heard an intruder. Rather immediately “did what any Texan would do: I made sure the family was safe, then grabbed the shotgun.” Rather went downstairs and saw the intruder. He loudly chambered his shotgun and the burglar very quickly skedaddled. Examining the house, nothing had been taken, but the files in Rather’s basement office had been rifled through. thedailybeast.com "You could still just blow their legs off with it." If I went that far, I wouldn't stop there, which is why I keep it upstairs, and the shells downstairs.