• DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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    1 day ago

    During and after Watergate, every miscreant snagged a book deal. Even Spiro Agnew got paid for writing a ‘novel.’

    These minions will be flogging their stories for years.

    Also, imho ‘Will’ by G. Gordon Liddy is the best read of all of them. Toxic masculinity has never been so unhinged.

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      3 hours ago

      Liddy’s book was unintentionally hilarious. Definite crazy guy in the bar telling you “I can kill you nine different ways with a pencil” vibe.

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        2 hours ago

        My favorite part was when he held a lit candle to his palm to impress a hooker, and then was surprised that she wanted nothing to do with him.

        [I feel like adding context. He was trying to get a bunch of girls to go to a Dem event and seduce the men in order to create a scandal. The woman he was talking to was the madam, and she wanted assurances that she’d be protected from prosecution. ]

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      22 hours ago

      I’m fairly sure after he tosses her aside, she’ll flip and sue him. Then, she’ll get awarded millions of hush money after contributing to the suffering of millions of people.