In reporting on Letterman appearance, media fail to note other aspects of Liddy's controversial past

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http://mediamatters.org/items/200810170012?f=h_latest

Summary: In reporting on Sen. John McCain's October 16 appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, several media outlets noted McCain's response to a question about his association with Watergate break-in figure G. Gordon Liddy that Liddy "paid his debt, he went to prison." However, none of these outlets noted other controversial actions by Liddy, which McCain did not mention, let alone denounce, on Letterman's show, including multiple instances of reportedly advising his radio show audience on the best way to shoot Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents -- statements that were reportedly made long after Liddy left prison.

[Stinky The Clown]

1. He's an unrepentent gangster.

With a legal degree.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. He's a terrorist.

[Fumesucker]

3. It wasn't just "reportedly", Liddy made the statements on his radio show..

And he didn't get the show until after he left prison..

I read Liddy's autobiography "Will", he was and is a very strange dude.

He chose to use name form "G Gordon Liddy" because J Edgar Hoover was a hero of his, that should give you a clue of just how whacked he is.

[MercutioATC]

4. Did somebody say "G. Gordon Liddy"?

...and I'm gonna keep doing it every time I see his name here at DU. :P

[Fumesucker]

5. Interesting bathing suit...

http://www.usflag.org/uscode36.html

§176. Respect for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.

* (a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
* (b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
* (c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
* (d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery.

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6. Obama is partly to blame for this. All they had to do was mention Liddy and the media would follow.