Steve Duin: Chuck Colson still swings a mean ax [hatchet job on Felt]

[funflower]

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So much for the rumors that Chuck Colson has buried the hatchet.

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Colson was "shocked" by Felt's resignation because he considered the FBI official "trustworthy." Leaking evidence of criminal conduct in the White House to Woodward and Bernstein was "dishonorable." Felt's moral imperative, Colson said, was to confront Nixon or resign. Applauding Felt, Colson told Christianity Today, is "terrible" because it teaches our children "Machiavellian ethics."

It gets worse. Colson's Web site enthusiastically links those looking for "a Christian perspective on today's news and culture" to a deplorable column by Peggy Noonan in The Wall Street Journal in which Noonan argues that Felt "helped produce" a weakened president, the fall of Saigon, "the rise of a monster named Pol Pot" and "the butchering of children in the South China Sea."

Colson is willing to promote Noonan's gibberish because she annoints him as the real hero of Watergate: "Colson functioned in the Nixon White House as a genuinely bad man, went to prison and emerged a genuinely good man . . . He paid the price, told the truth, blamed no one but himself, and turned his shame into something helpful. Children aren't dead because of him. There are children who are alive because of him."

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In the meantime, Colson regularly violates his own belief that "Christians should never get enmeshed in a partisan agenda." His commentaries in recent months barely mention the Gospels as they champion Bush, celebrate the godly war in Iraq, rage against the "unfit characters" who support the "constitutional travesty" of the filibuster, and offer a misleading, dishonest and vindictive argument in the Terri Schiavo case.

more....


http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf?/base/news/1119347909315010.xml&coll=7

[dflprincess]

1. I just love the way the crooks who were convicted of crimes

because of their part in Watergate are carrying on about what an awful thing Felt did. Apparently, they have learned nothing.

[Cha]

2. There was an article(front page)

in "The Nation" on Felt by David Corn and Jeff Goldberg..

"Meanwhile, in late January, when Felt met Woodward again late at night in the parking garage, he revealed that the FBI had confirmed that Charles Colson, Nixon's special counsel, had played an "active" role in the burglars' illegal activities. "Colson and Mitchell were behind the Watergate operation," Felt said. Afterward, Woodward and Bernstein debated whether to publish a story. Bernstein was eager, but Woodward wanted to wait until they could better document the information."

Is that what's got colson's knickers in a twist?

Too bad ya got busted, eh?


Much more..
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050704&s=goldberg

[funflower]

3. And HE's worried about "Machiavellian ethics"!

[grasswire]

4. in 1996....

...Colson started a furor in the Christian community when he obliquely suggested armed "rebellion" against the "activist" judiciary. I pointed this tidbit out to Duin as an example of how political Colson still is. I know someone who worked very closely for him. Duin is on the money.

I'll post a link to Colson's rant a bit later when I'm at my own computer.

[classof56]

5. Looks like Colson's pre-born again mindset still lurks within.

If I remember correctly, his motto when he was shilling for Nixon was: "When you've got 'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow." I'm truly disappointed--I actually thought the man had changed. He knows full well that if Felt had confronted Nixon or anyone in that White House, they would have reduced Felt to rubble and the Watergate scandal likely would never have seen the light of day. Small wonder Colson barely mentions the Gospels in his commentaries--he knows full well they'd knock the pins out from under his current "agenda." Shame on him!