Deep Throat

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<div class="IPBDescription">All the President’s Men</div> <a href='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8047258/?GT1=6657' target='_blank'>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8047258/?GT1=6657</a>

Pretty amazing to anyone interested in the Watergate story.

I honestly thought his identity would never be reviled but I certainly wasn't expecting it on some random Tuesday afternoon.
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  • DepotDepot The ModFather Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7956Members
    Yuppers, the cat is out of the bag. Deep Throat is a hero. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Reviled? Oh, I'm sure Nixon and his crowd reviled him. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • JimmehJimmeh Join Date: 2003-08-24 Member: 20173Members, Constellation
    ... Am I the only person who thought this thread would be about something else?
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  • M1GM1G Join Date: 2005-05-29 Member: 52694Members
    No, Jimmeh. You weren't.

    I was scared <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • CyndaneCyndane Join Date: 2003-11-15 Member: 22913Members
    I was scared when I saw this as a headline on CNN's page...

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    Deep Throat Revealed
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  • CMEastCMEast Join Date: 2002-05-19 Member: 632Members
    OMG! The innuendo hadn't even occurred to me. I must really be getting old <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Maybe he wanted some money so wrote a book and then revealed himself so that he could sell it? We'll see.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-CMEast+Jun 1 2005, 05:44 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CMEast @ Jun 1 2005, 05:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> OMG! The innuendo hadn't even occurred to me. I must really be getting old <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Maybe he wanted some money so wrote a book and then revealed himself so that he could sell it? We'll see. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    He's 91, dude. He already had a stroke too; he uses a walker and stuff. I don't see a book deal really.
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  • DrSuredeathDrSuredeath Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
    Man, there goes the magic
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  • Pepe_MuffassaPepe_Muffassa Join Date: 2003-01-17 Member: 12401Members
    his nick name came from an old 70's "adult" movie... not sure why they chose that...
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  • CyndaneCyndane Join Date: 2003-11-15 Member: 22913Members
    Even the government has a hint of perverted thoughts in it.
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  • reasareasa Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8010Members, Constellation
    I thought I laid the title for this topic out very nicely. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Does anyone know exactly why they choose Deep Throat for his nick name?

    I was talking to my mother about this yesterday and she said it was because he had a deep, scratchy voice but I think she just made that up to avoid any unnecessary awkwardness
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  • MantaManta Join Date: 2005-01-12 Member: 35056Members
    I think it's generally accepted that they took his name from the 70s porn movie, but for what reason, I don't know.
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  • Splinter_SteveSplinter_Steve Join Date: 2005-03-20 Member: 45881Members
    "Deep Throat" is significant because it was the first pornographic movie available to watch in a theatre, supposedly. Or my global teacher lied to me.
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  • CyndaneCyndane Join Date: 2003-11-15 Member: 22913Members
    Just wanted to confirm the name with myself, for I have never heard of it before now...

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    Deep Throat" was the mysterious nickname given to W. Mark Felt, the F.B.I. official who secretly helped reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal during the presidency of Richard Nixon. Felt's identity was unknown to the public during the scandal and for more than 30 years afterward. Woodward and Bernstein, who broke the Watergate story for The Washington Post, acknowledged only that their informant was a high-ranking official in the executive branch of government. <b> (Because the source insisted on total anonymity and would only talk on "deep background," he was given the nickname "Deep Throat" by Post senior editor Howard Simons, who borrowed the title from an X-rated movie of the era.)</b>
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    Wasn't the first x-rated movie, but it was one of them, that is quite interesting.
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  • Bosnian_CowboyBosnian_Cowboy Join Date: 2003-06-07 Member: 17088Members, Constellation
    edited June 2005
    I think if he wanted to cash in he probably would have done it a lot sooner. It's been 30 years. You would think if he was somewhat self-serving he would say after one year "Hey, maybe I should come out and get a book or movie out or something." No. He just did the right thing in a hard situation and didn't say a thing for 30 years, most of us haven't even reached that age of life yet!
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  • Rapier7Rapier7 Join Date: 2004-02-05 Member: 26108Members
    Except for Nixon's dishonesty, he was actually a very good President.

    It was an old score to be paid off, Deep Throat is not a hero in his intentions.
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