Tag: Watergate

Dipshit Insurrection, Jamie O, Stupid Republican Tricks2 Comments

Letting Them Get Away With It

JCO

My Twitter thingie was all aflame as I drank my coffee this morning with yet another “are they screwing with us” thinkpiece from a major newspaper, this time from the paper of “Democracy Dies in Darkness So Here’s Something to Help It Along.” This: Prosecuting Donald Trump’s former chief of staff could create a precedent that hurts the Justice Department later. https://t.co/ySUNw2FmI6 — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 16, 2021 The problem with this kind of article is that it is based, at least part, on “but this will make Republicans do ‘X” when they get in power.” I got … Continue reading Letting Them Get Away With It

Adrastos, Books, Fog Of History, Political Crack, Pulp Fiction1 Comment

Pulp Fiction Thursday: Howard Hunt

Peter Adrastos Athas

All of this talk about Watergate has me thinking of E. Howard Hunt: White House plumber, Watergate conspirator, CIA agent, Bay Of Pigs handler and hack novelist. Hunt wrote dozens of pulpy paperbacks under his own name and a variety of pen names, most notably Robert Dietrich. Here are a few books from the man I call the master of disaster: Who among us has forgotten the immortal Steve Bentley? Everyone? I’m not surprised at all. Actually, those spy potboilers were Hunt’s most successful tomes. He had to use a pseudonym because he was a spook and so was Steve … Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Howard Hunt