August 28, 200818 yr How close are McCain and Liddy? At least as close as Obama and Ayers appear to be. In 1998, Liddy's home was the site of a McCain fundraiser. Over the years, he has made at least four contributions totaling $5,000 to the senator's campaigns--including $1,000 this year. Last November, McCain went on his radio show. Liddy greeted him as "an old friend," and McCain sounded like one. "I'm proud of you, I'm proud of your family," he gushed. "It's always a pleasure for me to come on your program, Gordon, and congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great." For those who are unaware, Liddy helped plan the Watergate break-in that would cost Nixon his presidency and landed Liddy a four-year jail sentence. But Liddy's career of inflammatory statements and actions exceed his Watergate actions. Liddy, on Vitenam: "I wanted to bomb the Red River dykes [sic]. It would have drowned half the country and starved the other half. There would have been no way the Viet Cong could have operated if we had the will-power to do that." Liddy, advising Branch Davidians how to defend themselves from ATF agents during a radio show: "If the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms insists upon a firefight, give them a firefight. Just remember, they're wearing flak jackets and you're better off shooting for the head." Liddy, on the impact Adolf Hitler had on him as a child: When he listened to Hitler on the radio, it "made me feel a strength inside I had never known before," he explains. "Hitler's sheer animal confidence and power of will [entranced me]. He sent an electric current through my body." link
August 28, 200818 yr Author Must have missed the part where Liddy actually bombed anything????? Who said he bombed anything? He's a person who claimed that Adolph Hitler, "made me feel a strength inside I had never known before". McCain keeps good company as well.
August 28, 200818 yr You're the one that used a Huffington Post article to make a comparison between Liddy and Ayers I just took it a step further.
August 28, 200818 yr Who said he bombed anything? He's a person who claimed that Adolph Hitler, "made me feel a strength inside I had never known before". McCain keeps good company as well. It's not like the quote says he agreed with Hitler's polices. Hitler must have been a tremendous motavational speaker. How else could he have inspired so many to follow his henious path.
August 28, 200818 yr HB20, you need to research what you post a little closer. It's funny what they chose to print about what Liddy said on Hitler. I found this after researching just about 5 seconds longer. Hitler as an early political hero The Fuhrer was G Gordon Liddy's first political hero. Liddy was a sickly, asthmatic child when he grew up in Hoboken, New Jersey, in the 1930s. The town was full of ethnic Germans who idolized Hitler. Liddy was made to salute the Stars and Stripes Nazi-style by the nuns at his school; even now, he admits, "at assemblies where the national anthem is played, I must suppress the urge to snap out my right arm." His beloved German nanny taught him that Hitler had -- through sheer will-power -- "dragged Germany from weakness to strength." This gave Liddy hope "for the first time in my life" that he too could overcome weakness. When he listened to Hitler on the radio, it "made me feel a strength inside I had never known before," he explains. "Hitler's sheer animal confidence and power of will [entranced me]. He sent an electric current through my body." He describes seeing the Nazis' doomed technological marvel the Hindenberg flying over New Jersey as an almost religious experience. "Ecstatic, I drank in its colossal power and felt myself grow. Fear evaporated and in its place came a sense of personal might and power." A-ha. So, Mr Liddy, do you feel that your early, formative love for Hitler shaped your political behavior later in life? "Oh, no," he says somberly. He renounces Hitler's war against the Jews as "evil" and flaunts his support for Israel's hard right as evidence he is not an anti-Semite. "It was part of my childhood, that's all," he says. http://mediamatters.org/items/200411230004 I am not saying I agree with Liddy nor am I defending anything he may have said but let's just make sure all the info is there.
August 28, 200818 yr I am not saying I agree with Liddy nor am I defending anything he may have said but let's just make sure all the info is there. You better keep that quiet or you might get kicked out of "the club.":lol:
August 28, 200818 yr Author You're the one that used a Huffington Post article to make a comparison between Liddy and Ayers I just took it a step further. I posted the article, I didn't write it.
August 28, 200818 yr Author HB20, you need to research what you post a little closer. It's funny what they chose to print about what Liddy said on Hitler. I found this after researching just about 5 seconds longer. http://mediamatters.org/items/200411230004 I am not saying I agree with Liddy nor am I defending anything he may have said but let's just make sure all the info is there. Can you defend this quote as well? "If the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms insists upon a firefight, give them a firefight. Just remember, they're wearing flak jackets and you're better off shooting for the head."
August 28, 200818 yr Can you defend this quote as well? "If the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms insists upon a firefight, give them a firefight. Just remember, they're wearing flak jackets and you're better off shooting for the head." Again, I am not defending anything. But since you asked go to the link I posted and the full story is there as well. Again the left excluded parts of what he said. Still a stupid statement in my opinion but I am not a Liddy fan so...
August 28, 200818 yr Must have missed the part where Liddy actually bombed anything????? I must have missed the part where Barack bombed anybody or said that he agreed with bombing anybody or that he agreed with any anti-government stance that Bill Ayers had or told Bill "I wish you continued success in holding to the policies blah, blah, blah." Johnny Mac supports Liddy who is a convicted felon and spent time in prison for it. He has negative comments on how to kill government agents and is a very bad actor.
August 28, 200818 yr It's not like the quote says he agreed with Hitler's polices. Hitler must have been a tremendous motavational speaker. How else could he have inspired so many to follow his henious path. :lol: He doesn't have to say he agreed with Hitler's policies. We can use the same flawed logic used to tie Obama to Ayers: Hitler ==> Liddy (admirer of Hitler) ==> McCain (recipient of Liddy's donations and close personal friend of Libby) ergo McCain is a secret Nazi!
August 28, 200818 yr :lol: He doesn't have to say he agreed with Hitler's policies. We can use the same flawed logic used to tie Obama to Ayers: Hitler ==> Liddy (admirer of Hitler) ==> McCain (recipient of Liddy's donations and close personal friend of Libby) ergo McCain is a secret Nazi! Amen ... The sad part is that no one in their right mind would ever believe that about McCain, but some people really do have their suspicions about Obama ...
August 28, 200818 yr Amen ... The sad part is that no one in their right mind would ever believe that about McCain, but some people really do have their suspicions about Obama ... Ah, but those people are in their RIGHT minds and anyone with a RIGHT mind is just wrong.
August 29, 200818 yr As far as the Watergate incident, didn't Liddy do his time in jail? I am not sure if Ayers did or not for the bombing. Did he spend any time in jail for his role in the terrorist bombings?
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