Bush Anxious to Learn More of Deep Throat

[IChing]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush said on Wednesday the disclosure that the former No. 2 official at the FBI was Watergate's "Deep Throat" source caught him by surprise and he's anxious to learn more.

"It's hard for me to judge" whether former deputy FBI Director Mark Felt provided a valuable public service or acted improperly, Bush told reporters.

"A lot of us have always wondered who Deep Throat might have been. And the mystery was solved yesterday."

Felt's revelation that he was the source for The Washington Post's reporting that helped to bring down the presidency of Richard Nixon in the early 1970s "caught me by surprise," Bush said. "It's a brand new story for a lot of us who have been wondering for a long time who he was.>>>.snip
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEEP_THROAT_BUSH?SITE=MNMAN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-06-01-12-41-35

[swag]

1. That's our Curious George

[IChing]

9. "It's hard for me to judge"

Hopefully there are others that will judge you as you have judged them at gitmo.

look out ....,

[BamaBecky]

81. That did stick out........He doesn't "see" Felt as a hero???? Here's

hoping we can get some more "Deep Throats" to come forward with the goods that are needed to blow open the 911 case, the fraudulent election, the fabrications that led us into Iraq...and any other criminal underhanded scheme we haven't yet heard about......:patriot:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

100. Translation:

"I hate the guts of anyone who double-crosses any of my fellow Republican crooks, but it isn't politically convenient for me to admit it."

[Sequoia]

14. More like Clueless George

Watch, he'll want to bring Felt to trial for being a "traitor" and as an example to not tread on the White House.

[genius]

26. Send him a copy of the movie. Reality isn't his strong suit.

[proud2BlibKansan]

85. He doesn't have the attention span

for that movie. Probably wouldn't understand it either.

[Supersedeas]

33. Hard werk for him to judge....he's been wondering about it for a long time

[louis-t]

2. Idiot * is curious

This horrible little man becomes more irrelevant every day.

[Solly Mack]

3. and George would never lie

snicker....

[WI_DEM]

4. If only there was a deep throat in the Bush government

or even a press corp which would care.

[Cha]

19. Precisely!

We need a 21st Century Deep Throat!

Look what happens to the whistleblowers!

[joeunderdog]

27. I believe the timing of this correlates with the Downing St. Memo

A government unwilling to police itself. The absence of pursuit by the press. A public that might feed off of a few bravely written stories that dare to deal with the war crimes of an out-of-control administration.

Let's hear some journalists dare to make the parallel. We've got the information...Who's got the balls?

[renaissanceguy]

53. That's what I've been wondering too.

This all seems too coincidental.


http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.21326152

[Ilsa]

40. I wonder if Bush will start handing out big favors and lots of cash

soon to his secret-keepers. Follow the money...

[NeoConsSuck]

84. Richard Clarke?

Not a true deep throat, but he let the world know that Iraq was not about WMD.

And what happened? The right wing media attacked Clarke, smeared him the same way the Shit Boat Veterans smeared Kerry.

You hit the nail on the head WI_DEM. Even if a deep throat was willing to spill the beans, who would they spill them to? The NYT? WP? FOX? CNN?

[Occulus]

87. Rolling Stone. n/t

[CottonBear]

5. It caught him by surprise because he's a cocaine addled idiot.

Surely, he had to know about the lists of "suspects" and the Nixon tapes which finger Felt.
:grr:

[Not Me]

6. Perhaps he should call his pal Jeff Gannon

<couldn't resist.>

[oneold1-4u]

37. Jeff has it all

He got all the great advertising for his "real" business and if that doesn't keep him wealthy doing fun things, he can always call up an important friend in publishing and give more accurate dates and info about many things at the white place and likely other meeting places of the republicans and media elite! If not that, then a new life in a great place, until he is over 80, and no one will care!

[Brooklyn Michael]

7. Best Headline of the day!

Suck it, George....that's it.

[Teaser]

11. The headline writer was laughing

when they wrote that one. Guarantee it.

[uppityperson]

23. Yup, my first thought too

[JawJaw]

61. how do I wipe the icky off ma' fingers Unka Dick?

[IChing]

13. I think you're right

because of pickles:rofl: :rofl:

[underpants]

16. Yes it is n/t

[SlipperySlope]

71. I can't believe he got away with it

Hilarious headline

[gman16]

8. First.....

Someone needs to explain to him who Richard Nixon was.

[IChing]

18. and what deep throat means

[Occulus]

88. Ok, I'll assume you were serious

Nixon was the 37th President and was brought down, finally resigning in disgrace, due to his administration's involvment in the Watergate scandal.

Here's a look in detail:

http://www.chron.com/content/interactive/special/watergate/

[MaryBear]

90. Don't forget that the media at the time

did not pick this up and run with it until they couldn't avoid it. The Watergate story itself was known prior to Nixon's re-election and wasn't told except in little tiny articles in obscure areas of newspapers. Most people didn't know about it -- because the press didn't do their job until after Nixon had been re-elected and they couldn't avoid it.

[displacedtexan]

10. That's a "Non-Denial Denial" answer if ever I heard one!

Funny. Rumsfeld said the exact same thing.

Hm.

[blm]

12. That's IT!!! Bush is going overboard here with the feigned surprise.

Poppy Bush would have always known exactly who wanted Nixon brought down, how, and where to erase the tapes.

Bush is protesething too much.

[bigluckyfeet]

36. chimp is just wondering

If he has a deep throat in his future.

[Supersedeas]

95. give him more time...he'll cough something up

[mandomom]

15. HARD TO JUDGE?

Even Owen, Brown and Pryor would have to admit that Felt provided a safety net for our nation when Nixon and his locksmiths were stealthily picking the nation's elections' locks. There's no dilemna here, except for public servants who witness crimes and lies by our leaders and then decline to act on their moral duty both to the nation and to their God. Laws were not made to be broken by our presidents. When they are then men and women of conscience must be empowered to work around the laws that would otherwise endanger our democracy. Here's the whistle, now blow.

Where is the Iraq war's Mark Felt? To what lengths will Bush go to prevent truth from "leaking" from the new reality's pipelines?

[underpants]

17. W just wants to "spice up" his relationship-take it to "the next level"

[Democrat 4 Ever]

24. Okay, Curious George is curious. But does anyone know for

sure if he is wondering about the Watergate whistle-blower or the porn film of the same name? I'm betting Commander Cuckoobananas is asking Gannon/Guckert to find a copy of the flick and meet him in the White House residency after midnight.

Someone will have to bring Chimpy up to speed and tell him about the whistle-blower. Georgy was kinda of out of during that period in history. Just a thought.

[demokatgurrl]

20. He's just afraid there's a Deep Throat II- and we

need one! Can you imagine the tales s/he could tell about this administration.

[Miami Liberal]

41. From your lips to God's ear n/t

[Cha]

21. I'll judge bet it's HARD

for bush to judge whether Deep Throat, who did this Country the best kind of Valuble Service, "acted improperly" or NOT!

Who cares what cuckoobananas thinks?

[Roland99]

22. Surely Poppy told him all about the evil Nixon.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

25. The mystery was solved when Pappy told him it was Felt

"A lot of us have always wondered who Deep Throat might have been?"

Yeah. right.

[Enraged_Ape]

28. That's the funniest headline I've seen in weeks

:rofl:

[ChickMagic]

29. He only wants to know

so he can keep any Deep Throat wannabes far, far away.

[frylock]

30. all this time he was sure it was linda lovelace

[Az_lefty]

31. It probably scares the hell out of him

that someone on the inside might just turn his sorry ass in.

[IChing]

32. why are most on-line polls saying

it was negative behavior to reveal the truth?

[slamthecrank]

34. Rush et al this morning...

I listened to Limbaugh this morning for a bit, and naturally he is tearing his hair out. Buchanan was calling for the head of Felt this morning on the Today show...both were saying that this constitutes 'treason' and should be dealt with by the death penalty and all kinds of ignorant propaganda.

The worst, though (since I don't take anything those two say seriously, this actually hit home), was their claim that Felt's actions directly cause a "genocide in Vietnam". The masters of over-reaction have topped themselves, I swear. Buchanan exlained that Felt would be dealt with in his "afterlife". Good grief.

[TankLV]

35. Not like it has ANYTHING relevant to his criminality!

First shot fired across the bow to anyone who might "betray" der furher, I presume?

PLEASE PLEASE

URGENT PLEA TO ANYBODY LEFT IN THIS CRIMINAL MISADMINISTRATION TO COME FORWARD AND TELL THE TRUTH!

HELP END OUR NATIONAL NIGHTMARE!

[nightfox02]

38. LOL! He should just ask his buddy McCain

McCain knows all about it George. McCain is the leading expert on the subject on the hill....

[bunny planet]

39. I'm starting to get a bad feeling about this. Perhaps Felt will be

discredited, Woodward and Bernstein will be discredited and others will be warned not to be whistleblowers and not attempt to be investigative reporters. The timeing of this 'revelation' just seems too convenient. John Dean doesn't even believe Felt is Deep Throat. Also, with all the bloviating out there about whether or not DT is a hero or a traitor, perhaps the blivet administration will try and give Ol' Tricky Dick a make-over, maybe he wasn't really a crook, maybe it was that dishonorable, treasonous DT/Felt that brought down a sitting President for no good reason, just because he was pissed at being passed over to head the FBI. This angle is being put forward and talked about. Buchanan is spewing it all over the news. G Gordon Liddy was just on Al Franken's show talking about the Felt family just wanting the money, he called the
Vanity Fair article 'checkbook journalism'. Al straightened him out, but not strongly enough as far as I could hear. After all, Liddy is his FRIEND, wtf is up with that.

[nolabels]

49. Something tells me they have been waiting to spring this story for months

Oh, the outrage, he such a traitor, bla,bla,bla Prosecution of Crooks and criminals is one job the government is supposed to do. The mindset of the republican who think they own everything is that no one is allowed to cross them at any time.

The in-house-paid-for-on-taxpayer-dole journalist will be spending days trying to spin into a Nixon-was-a-hero saga.

Stay tuned for more B.S. on your local station :crazy:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

42. KKKarl hasn't told him how he should feel yet. n/t

[skypilot]

43. Ominous statement

"I'm looking forward to reading about it, reading about his relationship with the news media," Bush said.

[daleo]

44. There seems to be a desire to rehabilitate Nixon/Watergate

The "whistleblower" is getting dissed from quite a few quarters. In their heart of hearts, a lot of right wingers never really saw the fuss about Watergate. This view has become more prevelant with the takeover of the media by the corporate/neo-conservative agenda.

[chomskysright]

60. KICK IT! great point: 'so I don't look so bad' when the shit hits the fan

[NYC]

64. All the President's Men.

Great book, great movie. I hope there is a revival of interest in it. Deep Throat was a hero.

What you, daleo, wrote above is very disheartening to me:

The "whistleblower" is getting dissed from quite a few quarters.

The book is excellent, but I think people would be likelier to watch the movie. I wonder how many television stations will air it.

[daleo]

70. I would certainly watch it.

I haven't seen it yet, myself. Maybe I will get the book out of the library - it wouldn't hurt to brush up on the subject of Watergate.

[NYC]

72. Read the book!

It's really good. The movie is very, very close to the book. I was amazed by that.

I saw the movie many years ago, but would watch it again -- especially now.

[Finder]

45. Umm, shouldn't a prez have some knowledge of history???

I am appalled at the lack of history knowledge I am hearing but to imagine that someone who is president is unaware is downright ridiculous.

[Demeter]

68. Not to Mention A History Major?

[Lisa]

80. from Yale -- and he likely knows many of the people involved!

Powerful Washington types, in his dad's circles (and Bush Sr. was actually thought to be a candidate for DT at one time!).

I have an excuse for not knowing much about Watergate -- I was in primary school and was barely able to read when it happened. Dubya was in his twenties, and if he hadn't met many of the players socially, his parents probably had.

[matcom]

46. I'll Bet He Runs Right Out To Rent The Movie

"Deepthroat" :D

[Triana]

47. And HERE is the pic that goes with that title:

"Bush Anxious to Learn More of Deep Throat"

[Beetwasher]

51. That Pic Is Great! "Fatty, you pitch, Kneely, you catch. I'm the filler."

n/t

[dancingme]

48. Faux News poll - hero or a disgrace to the FBI

vote!!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158276,00.html#poll

[NYC]

65. The responses to that poll are a disgrace.

What is your opinion of Deep Throat?

a. He's a hero (16%) 2,448

b. He's a disgrace to the FBI (51%) 7,709

c. It is so old that I don't care (26%) 4,016

d. Who is it? (1%) 217

e. None of the above (6%) 830

15,220 total votes

[Joe Chi Minh]

78. It's not the people who answer the polls, NYC.

It's the people who conduct them and their paymasters. A bit like counting votes, really.

[NYC]

83. Either way, it's appalling.

I never would have guessed that anyone could call Deep Throat a traitor or a disgrace to the FBI.

P.S. I would like to hear Walter Mondale speak about this.

[Fire Walk With Me]

Bush probably had the white house staff vote

and they told two friends, and so on, and so on...

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

50. What, he didn't watch it enough in college?

[bpilgrim]

52. Nixon knew who it was and mentions him by name on the Nixon Tapes

they are gonna try and spin this as if he is a traitor or worse... of course they don't care if they can actually PROVE their assertions it's more than ENOUGH to get it in play in the MEDIA.

peace

[truthisfreedom]

54. rove just write's bush's parts so that average joe blow usa has a ready

mindless viewpoint to adopt. it's the same trick they used when bush was interviewed about the Plame affair... "probably won't catch the culprit" was the viewpoint they needed to instill in the masses.

[Frederik]

55. He's talking about the movie.

[lovuian]

56. I am sure Bush would love to lock him up!!!

Bush its always those guys underneath you doing the work who REALLY know the TRUTH!!!

[The_Casual_Observer]

57. Always the last to know.

[chomskysright]

58. oh god: I guess he'll have to read the newspaper for once

[bluedog]

59. Is he sure .........

.....this outing of Deep Throat and the Nixon era.brings back the pure truth that the GOP party is without limits and will stoop to any level to gain majority rule........this shows that this party was total corruption and is doing the same damn thing in this administration.....

they wanted the American people to forget their filthy deeds of the past....but this refreshs the true values of the republican party.........corruption!

[hippiechick]

62. There's a Gannon joke somewhere in that headline ...

:evilgrin:

[kaygore]

63. Wrong part of the anatomy!

But our little King George is an ass anyway you look at it!

[Demeter]

66. I'll BET He Is!

George Bush is a paranoid, fearful man, but that doesn't mean people (lots of people) aren't out to get him. He's right to be paranoid and fearful--he's a criminal many times over, a traitor of the highest degree, and if (when) all hell breaks loose, there's no place for him to run (just can't goose NASA to Mars fast enough!)

George thinks that given some idea of how Nixon was brought low, he can prevent the same happening to him. Things must be getting very scary for poor George.

[tavalon]

73. Scary

would require that he care, something that is curiously absent from incurious George. Actually, it isn't curious at all as George is a sociopath and therefore has next to nil understanding of emotions, especially anyone elses but including his own.

Also, our incurious George is kept in a bubble of yes men, so he probably doesn't have more than an inkling that he is the most hated leader of the world. It might even come as a surprise to him that he is a leader of the world. Dick might not have enlightened him on that point.

[geek tragedy]

67. Dirtiest headline ever.

Why not throw a reference to Dick Cheney as well?

[calimary]

69. Yeah, I just bet he does.

Probably wants to know more in regard to how to spot future Deep Throats climbing up his own ass.

These folks are rawther big on learning from their mistakes and not making the same ones again. They learned from the Watergate affair that the thing you REALLY need to do to keep a lid on everything is to muzzle the press. Because that's the ONE key ingredient then - that's very clearly is missing now.

Don't forget to sign John Conyers' letter...

[Miss Chybil]

74. Duh, which way did he go, George? Which way did he go?

God, we have a true ignoramous for a president.

[rndmprsn]

75. i guess pickles never introduced him to deepthoat...

or perhaps in his case shallowthroat.

[ebayfool]

94. You didn't !?

:spank:











(& probably very true! LOL)

[genieroze]

97. You got pickles and then there's gherkin.

[librechik]

76. brand new story to Shrub

too busy partyin and avoidin the Nam to pay attention to current events round then.

[progressivebydesign]

77. That headline made me gag! n/t

[antonialee839]

79. I thought he already knew the White House Press

[goclark]

82. Tell him to talk to Poppy to Learn More About Deep Throat

His daddy knows more than we'll ever know.

[yellowcanine]

86. Well George, it is not in your place to judge. So STFU and get back to

cleaning up what is already on your plate. (Hint: the capital is Baghdad.)

[AuntiBush]

89. Let's see: Dad was big CIA Boss. Aa.Ha.

President of the United States "does not know..." Aa.Ha.
It's hard for him to judge what's proper or valuable with regards to public service... double Aa.Ha... Aa.Ha.

A lot of "us" have wondered who Deep Throat is... see Subject line.

Aa. Ha.

Fool me once, shame on you. Shame... well, you know what he could not finish.

[uncle ray]

92. something i heard in *'s comments today

of course actually hearing him spit out those words was much more nausiatingly hilarious, the stupid fuck doesn't even know when watergate happened! he said something like "those of us who grew up in the 60's, uh, graduated in the 60's, blah fucking blah..." this fucking idiot manages to set new lows every day!

not to mention how insulting it is to the country that he claims to be too ignorant of the situation to even have an opinion on it. the problem is, i can't decide to believe whether he is really that stupid or not.

i can't fathom a young man, who's father headed the CIA being completely fucking ingorant of watergate.

[pissed_American]

91. "caught me by surprise," Bush said

Well that wouldn`t be too hard.

I`m sure he is anxious:hide:to learn more so he can root out the next Deep Throat.


The next Deep Throat is coming..... Not everyone likes this ASSHOLE

[The Sushi Bandit]

93. LAURA WANTED TO PUT A "GAG" ORDER ON THE STORY

SO THE SHRUB IS KEPT IN THE DARK

[genieroze]

96. Bush Anxious to Learn More of Deep Throat?

If she wasn't dead he could call Linda Lovelace. Maybe Monica could help him out. I don't think he would need to worry about anyone doing a deep throat on him.

[Serial Mom]

98. Why can't I find the rest of his comment on this?

On the news last night, I saw dubya make comments above, but then he added another statement something like

I would like to find out more how he dealt with reporters

Yeah, I bet he would - to make sure it doesn't happen in his mis-administration!

[BiggJawn]

99. Ezekial 33:6, George. Look it up, or have Karl explain it.

"But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand."

Felt provided a valuable public service. Oh that we would have someone who could provide the same service against BUSH!