Trouble is, not that many people know who Gordon LIDDY is?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

Kudos to Letterman for mentioning Liddy the plumber! McCain was embarassed! However, not that many people know who Liddy is. Just another of those crooks that McCain pals around with?

Liddy's connections to John McCain
In 1998 Liddy hosted a fundraiser at his house for John McCain's re-election campaign at which guests could have their pictures taken with McCain and Liddy. Over the years, Liddy, who has referred to McCain as "an old friend," has made at least four contributions totaling $5,000 to the senator's campaigns -- including $1,000 in 2008

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Gordon_Liddy

[justiceischeap]

1. Anyone who knows who Ayers is, knows who Liddy is.

I wouldn't underestimate Liddy's "celebrity"

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. The public have been told about Ayers

but not Liddy

[justiceischeap]

8. It's the Baby Boomers who would know immediately

who either of those two are. I'm not a baby boomer (born in '71) but I knew who the Weather Underground was (not the names of individual members) and I know who Liddy is but I'm also a student of political history.

[cemaphonic]

52. I was born after Watergate, and I know who Liddy is

WU as well, although not any individual members.

Liddy also had a syndicated talk radio show, and Watergate came up not infrequently. He's really not that obscure.

[Quantess]

3. I had no idea who Ayers was before it was explained to me in detail.

(And I still don't really care.)

I have a vague idea about G. Gordon Liddy, but I'm going to need a refresher.
Also, some people are too young to know.

[Left Is Write]

6. G. Gordon Liddy refresher: Watergate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Gordon_Liddy

[rebel with a cause]

34. Libby as a young boy liked to kill rats (torturing them a bit I think)

cook them and eat them. This came from Libby's himself, he often talked about it, and was in the movie they made about his life. Sound like anyone you have heard off. :eyes:

In case someone thinks this was done because of hunger, it was not. He came from a fairly well to do family I believe. At least they were not poor by any means. He was just weird and still is.

[political_Dem]

5. Liddy has left his imprint on American politics since the Nixon Administration.

He has even had his own radio show by the very same forces who installed Rush Limbaugh. He's been in the public eye for many years.

But no one forgets what he did during Watergate.

If I were on Obama's staff, I'd run the pictures of McCain and Liddy.

Kudos for Letterman for giving McCain the one-two punch last night. He let McCain know in no uncertain terms that he was truly displeased.

Correction: Liddy is still on the air. I didn't know this fact.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. Younger voters will not have heard of Liddy

not like us old timers

[political_Dem]

13. I'm not that old. :)

But I paid attention in history, political science and American government class. ;)

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. not many do pay attention though

[political_Dem]

20. Indeed. And that is very sad.

That's why the entire Ayres meme is troubling and rather ironic on its face. If people truly did know about McCain and his connections, they'd see him more a charlatan.

However, my hope lies with the Internet. That is the silver lining here.

[JI7]

50. younger voters are already voting for Obama

[Mariana]

4. Liddy was good, Keating would have been better.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. Maybe Letterman can do Keating this week!

[FLyellowdog]

10. Why didn't Tweety bring this up? He knows.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

16. call him

[FLyellowdog]

44. He's asked me not to...it distracts him. lol

[Rosa Luxemburg]

47. Tweety being distracted?

LOL!

[Fridays Child]

11. Here's a thread, from earlier today. Let's k&r it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4257889&mesg_id=4257889

[Rosa Luxemburg]

good- 'the more posts the merrier'

[ColbertWatcher]

12. Here he is (eye bleach warning) ...

[Quantess]

21. A straight man? Or is this a "don't ask, don't tell" moment....

Anyway, that is disrespectful to the flag.
:puke:

[ColbertWatcher]

22. Very disrespectful. You'd think a military man would know better. n/t

[Quantess]

23. Looks like he's hoping someone will "disrespect" his body.

I wonder what the backside looks like. I would bet $1 it's a thong.

[ColbertWatcher]

25. Oddly enough, I DON'T wonder what his backside looks like! But, I agree it probably is $1. n/t

[Quantess]

26. .....

:spray: :rofl:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

51. I wonder does McCain have matching ones?

[anigbrowl]

24. Ack

[ColbertWatcher]

29. I warned you. Here are 3 "Vote Potentate '08" flag for your troubles.

[Fridays Child]

28. Jeezus Gawd!

:puke:

[ColbertWatcher]

30. I tried to warn you! You can have 3 flags, too.

[Jennicut]

14. I know who G. Gordon Liddy was and I was born in 1975.

I know him as a talk show host from the early 90's who helped break into the Watergate Hotel.

[Left Is Write]

17. He more than helped. He was the "brains" of the operation.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

18. It's amazing how McCain 'let himself' be hooked up with Liddy!

[Jennicut]

19. Well, I wasn't born around that time period but I knew enough to know he was a scumbag.

[ReadTomPaine]

27. Yep..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=7474832

[OneSelf]

31. I think more people know about Liddy than Ayers.

Over a much longer period of time, spanning generations of people.

[Quantess]

42. G Gordon Liddy is a much bigger name than Ayers, by far.

Even now, after Ayers has been introduced to people. Liddy was an unseen star of the huge, wideley seen film "All The President's Men", for example.

[Top Cat]

32. Lot's of people didn't know who Ayers was either until now.

Those who watch last night who didn't know who he was have a better understanding today.

[krkaufman]

33. Yeah, except even fewer people knew who Ayers was until it was pushed by the RW.

And Ayers didn't kill anyone; while Liddy's 1994 anti-government rantings on AM radio, including instructions to his listeners on how best to kill federal agents, were part of the environment that inspired Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 (including 19 children) and wounding more than 800.

But John McCain still attended a fund-raiser on his behalf at Liddy's home in 2008, and praised Liddy in November 2007 for "adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great." Does McCain include among those principles the defiance of the rule of law and the murder of federal agents?

John McCain needs to explain exactly what his relationship with Liddy is, and whether the principles he's praising include Liddy's unrepentant defiance of the rule of law and the authority of the government.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

35. you would think newspapers like the NYT and the Washington Post would run more on McCain and Liddy?

the fact that McCain had PRAISED Liddy.

(and he praised another crooked one, Libby too)

[krkaufman]

39. With the relevant parallel of defiance of the rule of law between them ...

... a McCain Presidency would seem to lack credibility on the justice enforcement front.

[krkaufman]

41. Again...

http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/letterman-busts-mccain-his-ties-g-gor#comment-886256

[spanone]

36. NOBODY ever heard of william ayers...NOBODY

[Skwmom]

37. On LK last night, Robert Kennedy did a great job of describing Liddy.

I can't remember the exact comments but they were great.

[krkaufman]

40. Any chance that RFK Jr. brought-up Liddy's part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7502626&mesg_id=7503239

[Rosa Luxemburg]

48. What role did Liddy play in the Oklahoma bombing?

[krkaufman]

49. My rough rants, echoing commentary from the post-bombing period ...

... are at the link posted.

Any of the following, really...
http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/letterman-busts-mccain-his-ties-g-gor (comment on pg 2, tagged as plooger)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7502626&mesg_id=7503239
http://www.amazon.com/tag/politics/forum/ref=cm_cd_pg_pg2?%5Fencoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1S3QSZRUL93V8&cdPage=2&cdThread=Tx2XSJPEWTD37UT&displayType=tagsDetail


edit: And I'd add, now... why is no one also then noting that the McCain/Palin campaign's divisive approach to winning this election, via demonization of their opponent, is just the sort of thing that ramped-up the anti-government (anti-Clinton) paranoia in the 1990s, eventually leading to the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building. Maybe this approach to politics, gaining power through division, is one of Liddy's principles praised by McCain.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

45. I missed that - I'll look it up

[RichardRay]

38. Anyone who has a visceral reaction the Ayers will have a visceral

reaction to Liddy. If you need either of those names explained, then you weren't there and probably can't understand how those of us who were react. Those who were there probably react similarly, if conversely. We like the person, while not necessarily approving of his actions: lefties for Ayers, righties for Liddy.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

46. Liddy/McCain connection hasn't been highlighted enough

[TragedyandHope]

43. Sure, he's the guy from Miami Vice, MacGyver and Airwolf

Didn't he do a buddy pic with Fred Thompson?

:sarcasm: