@sdo1 Liddy was a true believer who never betrayed his fellow conspirators, a quality noticeably absent in modern political scandals. That’s one reason he received the longest prison sentence of anyone convicted in connection with Watergate. Ironically, Jimmy Cater commuted...
@sdo1 his sentence. My favorite Liddy anecdote is the one often repeated about his plan to eliminate columnist Jack Anderson. He had written a series of articles that were damaging to Richard Nixon. During that period, Liddy was talking with another WH aide (Magruder?) who...
@sdo1 remarked it was a shame they couldn’t get rid of Anderson. With that Liddy departed; five minutes later, Magruder got a call from another agitated aide, claiming Liddy told him he was going to rub out Anderson, on Magruder’s orders. Liddy was intercepted before leaving...
@sdo1 the WH grounds and Anderson remained among the living. But perhaps the oddest Liddy story was his longtime friendship with a Clinton lawyer Lanny Davis. Mr Davis tells the story of inviting Liddy to a dinner party at his home where the Watergate figure was...
@sdo1 the lone conservative. Later in the evening, Davis began entertaining his guests by playing the piano. Liddy asked his host if he knew “If I Loved You” by Rogers and Hammerstein from the musical Carousel. As Davis played, Liddy began singing in a fine, baritone voice. He...
@sdo1 finished to a standing ovation from the assembled liberals. Only in Washington. R.I.P., Mr Liddy
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