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LuvNewcastle

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5. I remember that.

Reply to Gabby Hayes (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 08:12 AM

Dec 2012

The media were tripping all over themselves to kiss North's ass during those hearings. That's about the time I realized that all the talk about the "liberal media" was pure bullshit. Jack Brooks was one of the few who tried to get to the truth of the matter in the Iran-Contra hearings and he earned a lot of respect from me.

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Thank you, Thank you.... ReRe Dec 2012 #3

I remember that. LuvNewcastle Dec 2012 #5

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He was my Congressman for the first 31 years of my life! Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #6

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The 'Aspens,' Scooter Libby called them, in an email to Steno Judy Miller of NYT. Octafish Dec 2012 #13