Reply #20: My mom and I

[liberalhistorian]

(I'm 40, she's 63, so she actually remembers this as it happened) have always been convinced that it was Alexander Haig. Everything fits. He was even in the military, and Woodward claimed that Deep Throat was a friend from his military days. Also, Haig actually had some integrity, he was the one who told Nixon that it was necessary for him to resign for the good of the nation and that he was disgracing the party and the country. There are many, many other reasons why we believe it's Haig, those are just a couple off the top of my head. So, I'm going to throw my bet into the ring and go on record as saying that I believe it's Haig. Anyone have any idea what's happening with him health-wise?

Last year, a university journalism class and their professor (can't remember which one, I think it might have been Northwestern, but I could be wrong), spent their entire semester investigating who Deep Throat could have been. The majority of the class narrowed it down to, are you ready for this, PAT BUCHANAN. I had to laugh when I saw that. OTOH, Buchanan has always been his own man and has not been afraid to speak out against members of his party if he feels it's necessary. He's even written books calling out his own party and going against the grain, like his newest one "The Wrong Way, How the Neocons have ruined Reagan's Legacy and Hijaced the Bush Presidency." So maybe that isn't too farfetched. I really doubt it was him, though. The other candidate they narrowed it down to was one of the lawyers in Nixon's inner circle (can't remember his name off the top of my head).

I still believe it was Haig, though. I cannot wait to find out who it really is.