Twisted logic: `Deep Throat,' Tripp both have stuff of heroes (Kass/Trib)

[wndycty]

John Kass
`Deep Throat,' Tripp both have stuff of heroes

Published June 2, 2005

With so much attention rightfully being paid to the unmasking of W. Mark Felt as "Deep Throat," the source of Watergate fame, it was time for a cultural experiment.
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So Felt is the hero. And last I heard, Tripp was being ridiculed about her physical appearance, portrayed by the obese John Goodman on "Saturday Night Live."

"You should have predicted that," said Chicago attorney David Schippers, a Democrat who knows something about presidential abuse of power and impeachment.

"Felt is treated as a hero, and you know something? He was heroic," Schippers said. "He stood up to power. And Linda Tripp was heroic too. But they destroyed her."
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0506020137jun02,1,5984425.column?coll=chi-news-hed

[trumad]

1. Felt exposed crimes...

Tripp exposed a Blowjob.

Are these guys fucking serious?

[aden_nak]

2. Yeah, Linda Tripp stood up to. . . uh. . . blowjobs.

[Catherine Vincent]

3. Oh please, don't make me laugh.

I may know very little about watergate but the Linda Tripp saga is no comparison.

[thebigidea]

4. tread as a hero by WHO, exactly?

all the press i've seen features plenty of Colson, Buchanan, Liddy tripe.

all the teevee coverage is along the lines of "hero or rat?" "Did he do the right thing?"

[Dora]

5. Oh, please.

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[BurtWorm]

6. As Rod Serling would say

Doodoo doodoo
Doodoo doodoo

[smartvoter]

7. How can you even begin to equate one with the other. nt

[notadmblnd]

8. linda trip was not a hero..

she was a gossip monger who wanted to make a name for herself by exposing something that was nobody business but Bill and Hillerys. Clintons blowjob was a stupid indescretion. Watergate was an attempt to subvert the US election process and turned into a big coverup when found out about. I don't see how anyone can compare the two.

[DURHAM D]

9. Did this guy go to the Robert Novak school of journalisam ? eom

[Gothmog]

10. Part of the conservatives talking points

The conservatives talking points have been interesting. First, there is the claim that Nixon could have stopped the fall of South Vietnam and Cambodia but for the Watergate investigation. The other prong is this lie about Linda Tripp. Get real.

[Sandpiper]

11. Yes, because Bill Clinton committed the heinous crime

Of getting a blowjob. :eyes:

[UdoKier]

12. Totally different.

Felt betrayed a president, but as a whistleblower on an administration that shat on the law.

Tripp betrayed a friends confidence, spreading gossip about 2 people's personal lives that had nothing to do with any kind of lawbreaking, and she did it entirely for personal gain.

Tripp is a disgusting cow and deserves every sort of ridicule she gets.

[Jack Rabbit]

13. It boils down to this . . .

Obstruction of justice relating to the burglary of the opposition's campaign headquarters is an assault on the American electoral process. It is an impeachable offense.

Getting a blow job from a White House employee is tacky, but of no great moment. It is not an impeachable offense.

Mark Felt is a hero.

Linda Tripp is just silly.

[CatWoman]

14. Fun fact: The security guard who discovered the Watergate break in

was shunned, lost his job, and died in poverty.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/27/obit.wills.ap/

[Bunny]

15. He was a black guy, too, wasn't he?

[CatWoman]

16. yep

I just supplied a link.