Posted on 08/06/2003 9:45:04 AM PDT by Deadeye Division
Governor Retracts Honor for G. Gordon Liddy
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - Whoops. South Dakota's Republican governor on Tuesday said he didn't mean to authorize a special day honoring convicted Watergate burglar G. Gordon Liddy.
An official proclamation declaring Aug. 7 as an official "G. Gordon Liddy" day was an error, Gov. Mike Rounds said after publicity surrounding the proclamation generated outrage across the state.
"We received a tremendous amount of feedback about this," said the governor's spokesman, Mark Johnston.
Liddy, now a conservative talk show host, served 4-1/2 years in prison for his role in the bungled 1972 break-in of Democratic Party National Headquarters at the Watergate hotel. President Richard Nixon, a Republican, resigned in 1974 under threat of impeachment over his role in the scandal's cover up.
"We have literally issued hundreds of ceremonial proclamations since I took office in January. This particular request was sent in by a South Dakota citizen ... It is my policy to personally sign every document that leaves my office. That didn't happen in this case," Rounds said.
The proclamation apparently slipped through the busy office and the governor's signature was rubber-stamped by staffers. The governor's office said it was working to make sure a similar mistake did not occur again.
Liddy is traveling through South Dakota this week as part of an annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis.
After the impeachment wars, with its attendant unprosecuted perjury, obstruction of justice and witness-tampering, we now know that Liddy was a political prisoner.
Before. But he was a cut-out for the actual break-in.
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