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Friday, June 03, 2005 06:01:06 AM
TRANSLATIONS Reactions to Deep Throat
George W. Bush: It's hard for me to judge. I'm learning more about the situation.
Translation: I didnât even know Nixon knew Linda Lovelace.
Donald Rumsfeld: Any time any wrongdoing occurs, I think it's important that wrongdoing be reported.
Translation: How else can an authoritarian hack like me force perfectly good senior officers with knowledge of wrongdoing into retirement?
Pat Buchanan, Nixon speechwriter: We've always conceded that the 'old man' handled it badly. But he was not brought down by a band of angels. He was brought down by a band of Nixon-haters ... whom we now learn used a snake in the FBI.
Translation: Fire BAD!!!!
G. Gordon Liddy: [Felt] violated the ethics of the law enforcement profession.
Translation: Take it from a convicted criminal and certifiable lunatic like me to tell you that.
GOP consultant Greg Mueller: It was a personal vendetta. He was a trusted individual high up in the FBI. He had access to confidential and classified information. And he was shopping a lot of that information out to The Washington Post. I don't know that we should be making him out as a superhero. He played a role in bringing down a president who was fighting the Cold War.
