Flipping His Liddy (Lying FRAUD John Dean Explains Why He Didn't Read/Write Own Book)

Slate ^ | February 5, 2001 | Stephen Bates

[PJ-Comix]

Watergate burglar (turned talk show host) G. Gordon Liddy refused to testify in court or in Congress a quarter-century ago, but he was a garrulous witness in a Baltimore courtroom last week. The lawsuit grew out of the revisionist Watergate book Silent Coup: The Removal of a President (1991), by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin. Silent Coup suggests that President Nixon's counsel, John Dean, ordered the burglary of the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate and that he did so in search of information about a call-girl ring run by the roommate of his girlfriend (and future wife), Maureen Biener.

[PJ-Comix]

But Dean, in an earlier Silent Coup-spawned lawsuit in the mid-1990s, tried to distance himself from his own book. His ghostwriter had invented portions of Blind Ambition "out of whole cloth," Dean testified, and he himself never had "gone through this book cover to cover." (When the galley proofs arrived, he testified, he was bedridden with a fever. His wife didn't want him to get ink on the bedclothes, so he didn't make corrections.) But Blind Ambition's ghostwriter, Taylor Branch, denies inventing any of the book's facts--and he went on to win the history Pulitzer for Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 (1988).

Any wonder that John Dean acts like a TOTAL WEASEL when asked to explain his disavowal of his own book. John Dean, you are a FRAUD. If you are ever in South Florida trying to plug your current FRAUDULENT book blasting Bush ("Worse Than Watergate") I will bring a copy of this article with paragraph above circled and FREEP you by asking you to autograph it.

[Bogey78O]

Hannity ripped him apart today.

[PJ-Comix]

Hannity ripped him apart today.

True but I wish Hannity had read that quote by Dean saying he didn't read his own book because he didn't want to get ink on his bedclothes. No wonder Dean was weaseling around and refusing a direct answer. All you have to do is read Dean's lame excuse and you know he is a LIAR. And he is lecturing Bush on morality? Even Mo the Ho has more morality than John Dean. This jerk is in real need of a FREEPING. If he ever shows up in South Florida hawking his LYING book I will FREEP him by asking Dean to autograph a printout of his lying excuse as to why he didn't even read his own book.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Hannity ripped him apart today.

Yes he did. Even offered him a full hour of air time to respond....with a listening audience comprised of some 430 radio stations

Unfortunately...Mr Dean didn't have an hour to spare.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

Dean is a fraud and should've taught Bush to not think you can trust liberals.

[NonValueAdded]

His wife didn't want him to get ink on the bedclothes, so he didn't make corrections.

Total WUSS is more like it.

[CyberCowboy777]

I personally don't really trust Liddy or Dean.

[PJ-Comix]

I personally don't really trust Liddy or Dean.

You might not like some things about the G-Man but you can definitely trust him. Liddy is honest while Dean is a LYING FRAUD. Dean must think we are idiots if he expects us to believe his lame excuse as to why he didn't even read his own book. Let's see. He has to proofread his book yet neglects to do so because he doesn't want ink soiling his jammies. PATHETIC! John Dean needs to be confronted and FREEPED all along his book hawking trail about his disavowal of his own book.

[SouthCarolinaKit]

I agree that only one has an drop of honesty in him and that's Liddy. I agree that he often comes across as a 'dirty ol' man' but I love his talking about his mother.
Is anyone dumb enough to buy Dean's book? I understand Liddy's has been a big bestseller in several editions. He's certainly a much more entertaining guy than Dirty Mo's hubby, Dean.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Well, cowboy, Mr. Liddy is a personal friend of mine and I'd trust him with my life.

[Lancey Howard]

Oh, I could trust Liddy.
I have a feeling he is a man of his word.

[cubreporter]

I don't know the man except for his radio show. But...like you, I too would trust him with my life. That's how honest and strong he comes across to me. Just something about him and how he speaks so humorous and loving of Mrs. Liddy. :) Happy Bunny Day! :)

[GeronL]

we don't get Liddy here in Dallas, as far as I know

[luv2ndamend]

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[SauronOfMordor]

Silent Coup suggests that President Nixon's counsel, John Dean, ordered the burglary of the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate and that he did so in search of information about a call-girl ring run by the roommate of his girlfriend (and future wife), Maureen Biener.

Or perhaps liar Dean was already on the Dem payroll at the time, and arranged the Watergate breakin, and arranged for it to be discovered, in order to bring down Nixon

[jpl]

I know I probably shouldn't say this, but at times I really wish Liddy had used that pencil.

[GeronL]

YUP. Not Dallas

[eddie willers]

he did so in search of information about a call-girl ring run by the roommate of his girlfriend (and future wife), Maureen Biener.

And married her before she could be forced to testify against him?

[Bogey78O]

Just ask him if the guy who wrote it is around to sign it.

[Bogey78O]

I don't understand the reference.

[eddie willers]

I don't understand the reference.

Liddy once said he wished he'd jammed a pencil in Dean's neck.

[CyberCowboy777]

I do not know Mr. Liddy, but he did burglarize two different offices did he not?

If I am wrong I apologize, but if I am right I find it hard to trust a man that would do such a thing.

Maybe I do not have all the information, but little could convince me that those break-ins were legal or that any "higher" calling legitimized them. I freely admit that most of my knowledge of him is based on my understanding of the Watergate scandal and the information given by the "popular" press.

[texas booster]

I enjoyed Liddy when he was on in Dallas. Maybe the new 990 AM will pick him up.

[GeronL]

990Am or the new 660AM

660 has Bill Bennett, Hugh Hewitt, Laura Ingraham, Michael Medved, Mike Savage (570 replaced him with Tony Snow) and others...

[infowarrior]

I freely admit that most of my knowledge of him is based on my understanding of the Watergate scandal and the information given by the "popular" press...

Therein lies the problem, Cybercowboy...
Much of what you understand is just so much male bovine fecal matter. The "popular" press of that time (read Woodward and Bernstein of the Washington Post) may well have totally fabricated what you've been given. To this very day, the identity of "Deep Throat", if such an individual ever existed, is unknown. Nor will the identity ever BE known, if the WP continues to have any say in the matter.

I strongly suspect that we will never know the source of the "searing, shocking truth" about Watergate, because there is none, other than the rancid, bitter hatred of the political- left "self anointed, self-appointed" elites in this country for Richard Nixon, due to his exposure of their darling, Alger Hiss, as a Stalinist agent, and a liar.

Since our current president has likewise made an enemy of these self-same forces, I advise that he remain constantly on guard against their slanders, mendacity, and general boorishness...

the infowarrior

[GulliverSwift]

So what is the truth then? Why would Liddy engage in unethical conduct, even if the Democraps were doing something wrong?

[infowarrior]

The truth is, it was Dean's operation, for Dean's purposes (the break ins). The prime benificiary of the Watergate mess was none other than John Dean, who at the end, betrayed all who stuck their necks out for him and his wife/girlfriend. Dean has long been lauded by the left as the "only honest figure" in the Watergate scandal, which is a patent lie. He wasn't lauded for his honesty, which is nonexistent, but for his betrayal of Nixon, who foolishly tried to cover things up, again mostly to Dean's benefit.

Liddy's part in it stems from the same source as Nixon's, perceived loyalty to someone who was unworthy of it. Dean knew the McGovern campaign had the dirt on Maureen, and he went to Liddy, who, out of loyalty to Nixon and his administration, decided to break in and retrieve the goods.

Smart, no. Ethical, not really, but with someone like Liddy, who after all came from a background of intelligence work, ethics can, and does sometimes take a back seat to other considerations. Does this make Liddy unethical, perhaps, but loyalty is an ethic itself, so the point is debatable.

I followed the affair at the time, although I was not yet old enough to vote. I quickly came to the conclusion, then, and the intervening years have not changed it, that Nixon, Liddy and the others were the victims of giving loyalty to one unworthy of it, and the one who was lauded by the "movers and shakers" as the "hero" of the piece, was nothing of the sort, but instead was a smarmy opportunistic piece of offal who would sell his own mother, were the price sufficient. I was 16 then, or thereabouts, and I have never forgotten...

the infowarrior

[Slip18]

Do you remember Mo's book during the time of the hearings? All she could write about was her HAIR!

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Maybe I do not have all the information, but little could convince me that those break-ins were legal or that any "higher" calling legitimized them.

Since your mind is made up, I certainly wouldn't want to confuse you with facts. In case others reading this thread WOULD like to know the facts, I strongly urge them to obtain a copy of the book SILENT COUP by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin. It does provide the verified facts of the Watergate matter.

I hate to burst your bubble about the crap printed by the Washington Post and others about Watergate and everything else regarding Republicans but you might be a little more skeptical of things you read in the liberal press.

John Dean is a snake. His name should not be mentioned in the same sentence as that of G. Gordon Liddy. Liddy was thrown in some of the worst federal prisons in America because he wouldn't betray others. Don't try to throw the two men together on the same list. There is no comparison.

[Glenn]

Was John Dean a felon? I can't imagine his tour of prison was for anything less.

That being said, how can he vote? Hannity pressed him on whom he would be voting for and I thought that odd. I've tried to google it out but there is too much of him in print. (You get articles about John Kerry and Howard Dean. That's kinda funny.)

[PJ-Comix]

Liddy was thrown in some of the worst federal prisons in America because he wouldn't betray others.

Ironically, while Liddy was in the Federal pen, he wiretapped the warden's phone and lifted his papers and exposed the warden as corrupt. The warden was later fired and the G-Man became a hero to the prisoners.

[PJ-Comix]

FYI. I sure wish NewsMax or WorldNetDaily would do an article about what a FRAUD John Dean is. His lame excuse for not reading his own book needs to be exposed. Let's see, you have written (or had ghostwritten by someone else) the most important book of your life and he expects us to believe he didn't proofread it because he didn't want to get his jammies soiled with ink? Hey, John Dean, did you ever hear of just wearing underwear and an old T-shirt? And whenever John Dean is asked about why he didn't write or read his own book, Blind Ambition, he always lapses back into incomprehensible legalese NewSpeak.

[CyberCowboy777]

My mind is not made up - I will accept the facts, as I said if I am wrong......

I'll have to read that book and find out for myself I guess - I would be very concerned though if Liddy actually broke into the DNC offices. I can only guess that the information that you have (and can be found in the book) give some acceptable reason for breaking in or dispute that he even did.

My whole opinion on Liddy is based upon that fact that he or did not break in. I do respect the fact that he went to jail to protect the POTUS.

[an amused spectator]

Ethical, not really, but with someone like Liddy, who after all came from a background of intelligence work, ethics can, and does sometimes take a back seat to other considerations. Does this make Liddy unethical, perhaps, but loyalty is an ethic itself, so the point is debatable.

There is actually food for thought here. If we recall, the Clinton administration's insistence on the "purity" of intelligence sources (the Deutsch Doctrine) pretty much led to the 3000 deaths of September 11, and the lingering effects continue to hamper our efforts against the al-Katies.

We needed to chose loyalty or legalism when it came to Bin Laden, and we chose legalism ("It depends on what the meaning of is, is."), and it got us twin parking lots in NYC.

It's almost as if Liberalism as espoused by the Left has a sort of ongoing genetic defect in it, which leads to moral cripples like John Dean, Ted Kennedy and the Clinton twins.

Oh, BTW, CyberCowboy777 - you have to understand that there are two versions of history extant in this country right now. The histories of Nixon, Iran-Contra and the impeachment wars all have two sides to them. The Left is even now trying to use its massive resources (the alphabet fraudworks, the universities and the mainstream rags) to change the history of September 11 into a "failure" by Bush and Rice.

Are you going to fall for this fake history, or are you going to fight against it? The first step in that process is understanding how history was hijacked in the past.

[infowarrior]

It is almost as if Liberalism as espoused by the Left has a sort of ongoing genetic defect in it, which leads to moral cripples, like John Dean, Ted Kennedy, and the Clinton twins...

It does... It's called "moral relativism", and serves the purpose of breaking down any higher loyalty than loyalty to the "state", as defined by whoever is in control of that mythical beast at the time.

"Outlaw" motorcycle gangs such as Hell's Angels have a saying "Sworn to fun, loyal to none", and they perhaps believe it, but when their behavior is analyzed, they are found to acually have loyalties,with their gang being a form of "tribe" which they defend vigorously. The Left, on the other hand, will savage its own, eat its own children, and betray one another in an instant, for the sake of any perceived advantage (read the fate of Leon Trotsky, the "night of the Long Knives", etc: History is replete with examples...)

the infowarrior

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[lowbridge]

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[cherry]

I don't particularly like Liddy .....he sounds like a sexist pig......however, he was a dutiful worker for the Nixon administration....he thought what he was doing was right....he had the b*lls to not shift responsibility of his actions on anyone but himself...

compare that with Dean or Clintoon or Hilary.....

he went to jail and probably spent more time than most first time murderers, on principle and integrity....

[gracex7]

Ironically, while Liddy was in the Federal pen, he wiretapped the warden's phone and lifted his papers and exposed the warden as corrupt. The warden was later fired and the G-Man became a hero to the prisoners.

I don't agree with him on everything, but ya gotta love his chutzpah!!

[7thson]

I do not know either of them except through reputation and what I have heard on the news. I remember that it was John Dean, while working for Rolling Stone magazine, who overheard the joke told by Earl Butz to Pat Boone and Dean dropped a dime on Butz, causing him to resign under pressure. Dean to me has always been a weasel. Back to trusting them - it comes down to this. If you were in a fight, who would you want watching your back? If you had a flat tire, who do you think would stop to help you? This simple criteria should also apply to the presidential election.

[7thson]

I remember listening to his program a few years back when he expained his and others reactions. He stated that they reacted because it seemed that the nation was falling apart and that those protesting in the street would use any means to overthrow the legitimate government. At first you think that is paranoid thinking. But now, we hear about the Winter Soldiers and the Phoenix meeting where they discussed and planned the murder of United States Senators. Perhaps the G man was correct and that in order to win against an unprincipled foe, you have to adopt the same methods. I don't know, I was just a kid at the time. But I do recall that even though I wore my hair long during the 70's, I never considered myself one of the mindless peace loving fools. I learned the hard way and have since believed that you achieve peace by use of overwhelming and maximum force against your opponent.

[7thson]

Good analysis! I came to the same conclusion years ago! What destroyed Nixon was not the break-in but the loyalty to people whom he considered loyal to him! It may have caused Liddy to drop a dime at the end, but had Nixon cut all these guys lose from the get go, his administration would have ended in 76, not 74. Dean has always and will continue to be a snitch!

[Rum Tum Tugger]

You might not like some things about the G-Man but you can definitely trust him. Liddy is honest while Dean is a LYING FRAUD.

Isn't Liddy a convicted felon? How can you say he's honest? He seems to me like a person who would do or say anything to advance whatever cause flies up his butt.

I've never been able to understand why anybody would respect anything about Liddy. Seriously, I would appreciate it if you could explain to me why anyone would care anything about anything Liddy says.

[cubreporter]

Criteria.

1. Liddy

2. Liddy

3. GWB

[PJ-Comix]

He seems to me like a person who would do or say anything to advance whatever cause flies up his butt.

Better not say that to Liddy's face.

I've never been able to understand why anybody would respect anything about Liddy.

You would about 2 seconds after disregarding my advice above.