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In reply to the discussion: Chuck Colson, Watergate scandal figure, dies at 80 [View all]DallasNE
(7,392 posts)33. Colson Was Always About Colson
He did what many scoundrels do; announces a conversion to evangelical Christianity, provides some lip service, then carries on as usual. Even his sugar coated Wikipedia page can't cover up his practice of far right political hatchet work. Jeb Bush pardoned him, restoring his right to vote, and George W. Bush invited him to the Whitehouse for an illgotten honor. To my knowledge Colson has never repentent for the crimes he committed. Colson was to Nixon as Rove was to Bush with the only difference that Colson spent some time in the slammer while Rove went free to continue his dirty work.
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"would rather be in prison embracing an inmate." -- + he lead the rebranding as Christian
underpants
Apr 2012
#8
He served 7 months. And then reinvented himself as a Christian savior to a captive audience . Ugh.
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Apr 2012
#41