Buchanan: Linda Tripp as Heroic as Felt
Former Nixon aide Pat Buchanan said Wednesday that the same mainstream reporters who paint newly revealed "Deep Throat" source Mark Felt as a hero couldn't find a good word to say about Linda Tripp, whose secret tapes led to the impeachment of President Clinton.
"The only reason Mark Felt is a hero now [is because the person he helped] destroy was Richard Milhous Nixon," Buchanan told WABC Radio's John Gambling.
Pat Buchanan's Comments
Linda wasn't as reluctant as Mark Felt. He stayed in the background for years and even back then, he didn't tell Woodward and Berstein everything rather, he pointed them in the right direction if they were going astray.
Linda made sure she was the center of the story, she blabbed everything and kept on until people were pretty sick of listening to her.
I don't see her as any kind of hero. I guess I don't think Felt is a hero either but he was certainly more effective by letting the journalists take center stage.