ARE YOU AMUSED AT PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT MARK FELT (DEEP THROAT) AS A HERO WHO PUBLICALLY RIDICULED LINDA TRIPP, AND VICE VERSA?

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ARE YOU AMUSED AT PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT MARK FELT (DEEP THROAT) AS A HERO WHO PUBLICALLY RIDICULED LINDA TRIPP, AND VICE VERSA?


[+] serious ballot by jappy
created Wed Jun 01, 05

Former FBI No. 2 Mark Felt finally admitted publicly on Tuesday that he was the source who leaked secrets about the Watergate investigation to two Washington Post reporters more than 30 years ago. Now, I don't remember much of this, obviously (I wasn't quite 2 years old when Dick resigned), but I do know that it was such an unbelievable event, and as the years went on, the fact that the informant, known only as "Deep Throat", was able to hold onto his secret identity for so long in a crappy shithole place like Washington D.C., where secrets are rarely kept, certainly not for this long.

Of course you have these people who are applauding Felt as a 'national hero', for being a whistle blower, for having the guts and strength to stand up and fight against those in power involved in wrongdoing. How interesting is it though, that a bunch of these same people praising Felt, are also on record as having publicly ridiculed Linda Tripp, the whistle blower who went public about Bill Clinton and the infamous "stained dress".

Lest I be accused of partisanship myself, it's just as amusing to see people on the other side of the fence blasting Felt for 'not following correct institutional protocol' by not reporting the wrong doing by Nixon through his chain of command. Many of these same people put Tripp up on their shoulders and paraded her around for doing "the right thing" when it came to Clinton's sexual philandering in the White House.

Do you find this sort of thing as ridiculous as I do?

Yes, both Tripp and Felt should be applauded
No, Tripp deserved ridicule, Felt should be praised
No, Tripp should be praised, Felt should be ridiculed
Yes, both Tripp and Felt should be ridiculed


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COMMENTS:
No these double standards never "amaze" me. I don't claim that the right ain't hypocritical. I think we all are.

What bothers me most is that Tripp was small fries.

Felt was involved in intimidation of the lefty foreign nationals. He bothered little kids and women, relatives of lefty jerks, but now the left cannonize him.

In 1986 Reagan pardoned Felt. At the time the absolutely unbiased media condemned both Reagan and Felt.

Now only Reagan is a liar and Felt is a hero.

Now back to the regularly scheduled lunacy of the left.
by xxxxxxxx on Wed Jun 01, 05 11:09pm [+]

They both should be ridiculed.
by JohnnyReb on Wed Jun 01, 05 11:43pm [+]

Two sides, same coin. Both rats whose ultimate effect was perhaps positive, but not by intent. Both betrayed colleagues and friends. And, as the Eagles noted, "When it comes to dealing friends, it never ends." Just can't seem to warm up to rats.
by xxxxxxxx on Thu Jun 02, 05 12:35am [+]

The basic equation of life is that we are loyal to family, friends, and colleagues. When someone betrays any of these groups for personal gain, they cannot ever be trusted again -- In my job I am often given bits of information by office "snitches." I listen, find it sometimes helpful, but I never trust or respect the informer again. If he/she will inform on their friends and colleagues, I know they will rat on my if they think it profitable.

We use informers, but no one respects them. And maybe it shouldn't be this way, but there it is.
by xxxxxxxx on Thu Jun 02, 05 12:40am [+]

So you would never blow a whistle grifon? Both Tripp and Felt did the right thing. Just don't cannonize Felt becuase he brought down Nixon and demonize Tripp becuase she brought down Clintoon.
by xxxxxxxx on Thu Jun 02, 05 12:44am [+]

I feel the label 'snitch' is a little harsh.

Without whistleblowers, corporations and governments would act with (more) impunity.

Deep Throat, was reporting a criminal act, while Linda Tripp was reporting, lets face it, an extra marital affair.

Hardly the same thing...

And I doubt Ms Tripp did it for any other reason than the publicity and the money attached, as to Mr Felt, he shunned publicity until now, and only admitted to it after a lot of persuasion by his family.
by Steelhamster on Thu Jun 02, 05 3:55am [+]

Give it a rest, hamster, don't try to gloss over Clinton for doing EXACTLY the same thing Nixon did: covering up something wrong and lying about it continuously until the coverup was completely impossible to continue. As far as 'criminal act' is concerned, once again, that wasn't what brought Nixon down, if you study the situation, it was, once again, the cover up.
by jappy on Thu Jun 02, 05 7:59am [+]

I think the word 'hero' is over-used in this culture. The man didn't risk his life for others. He should neither be vilified nor set on a pedestal. If he'd revealed his identity 20 years ago, this news would have been a lot more interesting, IMO.
by mojo on Thu Jun 02, 05 8:30am [+]

Linda Tripp was nothing more than a rejected, jealous ugly woman, who was taking vengeance on the world, using Monica Lewinsky as her surrogate.

Linda Tripp was a pig.
by cranky on Thu Jun 02, 05 9:40am [+]

Well, I think Cranky just made your point for you jappy!
by ceejjj on Thu Jun 02, 05 2:36pm [+]

Yes, he did. cranky would call Felt a hero and bash Tripp, perfect example of partisan foolishness.
by jappy on Thu Jun 02, 05 6:43pm [+]

Steelhamster while it may be true what you say of Tripp's motives, the fact remains that Tripp exposed perjury by a lawyer, and that lawyer happened to be the president. That's all. Nothing really heroic, and I think that a successful argument can be made about whether or not that should have even been an issue.
by xxxxxxxx on Thu Jun 02, 05 10:29pm [+]

mojo, great points as demonstrated by Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman.
by xxxxxxxx on Thu Jun 02, 05 10:30pm [+]

Look doesn't it matter that Felt is a convicted felon?

I mean he ain't exactly gonna be the poster child for any hero worship, yet it is funny that in 1986 the Dems pointed to him about the excesses of the Reagan admin and now they love him.
by xxxxxxxx on Thu Jun 02, 05 10:31pm [+]

Did Clinton lie about bombing an aspirin factory in Africa?

The only aspirin factory?

Did Clinton lie when he bypassed Congress to bail out the Mexican peso?

Did Clinton lie when he bombed empty tents in Afganistan?

At a cost of billions of dollars?

Did Clinton lie when he invaded former Yugoslavian republics?

NOPE Clinton never lied about nothing but a little nudge-nudge wink-wink
by xxxxxxxx on Thu Jun 02, 05 10:34pm [+]






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