G. Gordon Liddy, undercover operative convicted in Watergate scandal, dies at 90
Source: Washington Post
G. Gordon Liddy, the undercover operative whose bungling of the Watergate break-in triggered one of the gravest constitutional crises in American history and led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon, died March 30 at his daughters home in Fairfax County, Va. He was 90.
His son Thomas P. Liddy confirmed the death but did not give a cause, saying only that it was unrelated to covid-19. A theatrical personality whose event-filled career included more twists and turns than a fictional potboiler, Mr. Liddy was at various times an FBI agent, jailbird, radio talk-show host, best-selling author, candidate for Congress, actor and promoter of gold investments. The role for which he is best remembered was in the plot to bug the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in June 1972.
Mr. Liddys combination of can-do ruthlessness, loyalty to Nixon and ends-justify-the-means philosophy made him a natural fit in a White House determined to get even with its political enemies. At the same time, he was viewed by his superiors as a little nuts, in Nixons phrase. I mean, he just isnt well screwed on, is he? the president complained to chief of staff H.R. Haldeman a week after the break-in.
With his intense stare, cannonball head, bristling mustache and machine-gun style of speaking, Mr. Liddy looked like the archetypal bad guys he later depicted in television shows including Miami Vice. His friend and fellow Watergate conspirator, the late E. Howard Hunt, described him as a wired, wisecracking extrovert who seemed as if he might be a candidate for decaffeinated coffee. Mr. Liddy often boasted of his transformation from a puny, fearful boy to a strong, fearless man through a regime of intense exercise and physical bravado such as eating rats and holding his hand over a candle until the flesh burned.
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Lunabell
(6,068 posts)Piece of shit garbage is too good of a description.
AZ8theist
(5,445 posts)What a fucking scum bag....
Dakota Flint
(219 posts)It is just too bad that thing lived to be 90. He should have lived out his miserable existence in a 6x6x6 iron cage ( electrified every eight hours for exercise for 10 minutes).
lonely bird
(1,684 posts)AZ8theist
(5,445 posts)My apologies to scum bags everywhere...
I was thinking "worm shit" but that may offend some worms....
keithbvadu2
(36,722 posts)The original Col Flagg before MASH.
electric_blue68
(14,845 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(43,157 posts)How nice.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)Comfortably_Numb
(3,797 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)n/t
lastlib
(23,191 posts)Count mine among them!
Mysterian
(4,574 posts)Fascist asshole burn in hell
paleotn
(17,901 posts)When even "Ears" Hunt says you're nuts, you've got to be nuttier than a fruitcake.
central scrutinizer
(11,639 posts)And now gone
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,802 posts)the saying that "Only the good die young" was bull.
As I have aged, many of the good people I know, have died young, and all these horrific shitheads make it until around 90.
I guess that old saying was true...........
electric_blue68
(14,845 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,560 posts)machoneman
(4,006 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)... instead of only his hand over a candle flame.
Paladin
(28,246 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,311 posts)...G-man was doing a series of "debates" with Dr. Timothy Leary. I had worked on a Leary underground comic book called "Neurocomics" (the script for which was written by George DiCaprio, based on Leary's writings) so we all went to the Scottish Rite Freemason Temple in Los Angeles to watch the debate at the invitation of Dr. Tim.
That was very interesting, to say the least.
sarisataka
(18,539 posts)Bye bye G.
Judi Lynn
(160,501 posts)Our loss is heaven's gain.
Blue Owl
(50,325 posts)SharonAnn
(13,772 posts)Mickju
(1,799 posts)Mr. Scorpio
(73,630 posts)Auggie
(31,153 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)Sadly, Satan waited so long to bring that f&cker home
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Tarc
(10,476 posts)Moostache
(9,895 posts)May they both roast in hell in agony...
turbinetree
(24,688 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,837 posts)G Gordon Liddy is dead. Good.
kairos12
(12,849 posts)Enjoy death with Limbaugh you fucking fuck.
chwaliszewski
(1,514 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,719 posts)in Trump's administration and that is no joke.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)the bar has been lowered below ground level.
Glorfindel
(9,725 posts)niyad
(113,205 posts)lastlib
(23,191 posts)They deserve to spend eternity together--in Hell.
niyad
(113,205 posts)East-A-Squared
(14,505 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
LiberalFighter
(50,825 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)dawn frenzy adams
(429 posts)I thought there was a strong hint of brimstone in the air today.
stollen
(419 posts)BootinUp
(47,135 posts)dchill
(38,462 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)peppertree
(21,614 posts)(you know...)
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)the rotten prick lived this long
BigmanPigman
(51,582 posts)Where is Karma when we need it?
SunSeeker
(51,545 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(5,656 posts)My apologies to Bette Davis.
amb123
(1,581 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,216 posts)H to HE
(15 posts)good....that nazi's fucking dead!!!
tonekat
(1,811 posts)This jerk made life hell for a friend's brother in Dutchess Country when he was doing his "Daddy G." thing.
I read "Will", what a hoot that was. Good thing that freak was too old to work for trump.
heckles65
(548 posts)you just had to be a tuff guy with no introspection. People like Liddy are responsible for more soldiers having PTSD.