John Dean on Conservatives Without Conscience on Democracy Now today:

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/15/1327200

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
Fmr. White House Counsel John Dean on Conservatives Without Conscience


We speak with former Nixon White House counsel John Dean about his new book, "Conservatives Without Conscience." In it, he warns that many of today's Republican and conservative leaders are: "conservatives without conscience who are capable of plunging this nation into disasters the likes of which we have never known." As we discuss the radical Christian movement and its role in US policy in the Middle East, we're going to step back and get a broader perspective from a former Republican political insider -- Nixon White House counsel John Dean.

Dean served as Nixon's White House lawyer for the last 1,000 days of his presidency and was among the White House staffers implicated in covering up the 1972 break-in of the Democratic National Headquarters inside the Watergate Hotel.

Dean agreed to testify to Congress that Nixon was guilty of covering up Watergate, even though he was certain to condemn himself. Dean was eventually charged with obstruction of justice and would eventually be sentenced to 127 days in detention for taking part in the cover-up. Today Dean has become a vocal critic of the Bush administration. He's written a new book. It's called "Conservatives Without Conscience." Dean writes of what he calls: "conservative authoritarianism." He warns that many of today's Republican and conservative leaders are: "conservatives without conscience who are capable of plunging this nation into disasters the likes of which we have never known."

* John Dean, served as counsel to President Nixon. Author of several books, his latest is "Conservatives Without Conscience."

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1. I often wonder why he still identifies himself as a republican

he articulates the opposition so well

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2. I think Mr. Dean might be one of the few who actually learned

from history; perhaps he doesn't believe these crooks are acting like the republicans he identifie(d)(s) with.

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3. his good old days must have been quite a while ago

I've seen nothing from the GOP I've been able to identify with. Perhaps he means genuine 'conservative' values as expressed by some in the GOP which embraced principles like, ' America First' (which contradicted their adventure in Iraq), or their fear of 'jackboots' (which contradicts their spying on Americans and other government intrusions.)

I still say, 'if he lies with dogs . . .'