A GOP Dirty Trickster Has Second Thoughts

[babylonsister]

A GOP Dirty Trickster Has Second Thoughts

by Benjamin Sarlin


Consultant Roger Stone, the notorious political hitman who helped George W. Bush prevail in the 2000 Florida recount, tells The Daily Beast that he wishes he hadn’t.

Roger Stone is one of the last guys on Earth one would expect to feel guilty over an episode of rough and tumble politicking. As a self-admitted hit man for the GOP, Stone has had a hand in everything from Nixon's dirty tricks to Eliot Spitzer's resignation to spreading discredited rumors of a Michelle Obama “whitey” tape during the 2008 Democratic primaries. You might call Stone the Forrest Gump of scandal, popping up to play a bit part in the most notorious negative campaigns in recent history.

The capstone of Stone’s career, at least in terms of results, was the “Brooks Brothers riot” of the 2000 election recount. This was when a Stone-led squad of pro-Bush protestors stormed the Miami-Dade County election board, stopping the recount and advancing then-Governor George W. Bush one step closer to the White House. Though he is quick to rebut GOP operatives who seek to minimize his role in the recount, Stone lately has been having second thoughts about what happened in Florida.

"There have been many times I've regretted it,” Stone told me over pizza at Grand Central Station. “When I look at those double-page New York Times spreads of all the individual pictures of people who have been killed {in Iraq}, I got to think, 'Maybe there wouldn't have been a war if I hadn't gone to Miami-Dade. Maybe there hadn't have been, in my view, an unjustified war if Bush hadn't become president.' It's very disturbing to me." :eyes:

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-11-20/a-gop-dirty-trickster-has-second-thoughts/

[malaise]

1. To late for remorse

Fuck this criminal.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

2. I hope he has nightmares to the day he dies.

If he's sincere in his regret his nightmares have long since begun.

Long may they torment him.

[Coexist]

3. another atwater.

[annabanana]

4. I don't believe him.

He is looking to extend his franchise.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. I wonder why he didn't speak out before the '04 election? And if he did,

why didn't we hear about it until now? Piss poor excuse for a human being....

[The Wielding Truth]

6. He didn't think his actions would have consequences?

Fool or liar? What he has done is criminally wrong!

[UTUSN]

7. He specifically says he does NOT regret any of his shitload of dirty tricks

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4508103

[Kahuna]

8. I'm happy that he at least acknowledges that the theft in Florida has

led to "unintended" consequences. It's a start.

[Ian David]

9. I hope Roger Stone actually feels this deep inside his soul. n/t

[TWiley]

10. He is a common bully

Common bully's look for socially acceptable outlets for their violence and rage. It is helpful if you are accepted within the belief system of the majority within the lynch-mob. Bully's are ineffective when the majority disagrees with their beliefs and actions.

Right now, the majority condemns the bushtapo. Stone has no conscious, or moral fiber. He simply lost the "socially acceptable justification" for his rage. For this loss, he is deeply remorseful.

From a psychological view, it is a text book example of contemporary religious morality.

[baby_mouse]

11. What did he expect to happen? NT

[SalmonChantedEvening]

12. Better never than this late. n/t

[rainbow4321]

13. Uh-huh..yet he supported McLame who had no problem leaving troops in there for a

100 more years.

[boobooday]

14. If I'd only known then what I know now . . .

That stealing is wrong.

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