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Charles Colson

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Politician

The Resume

    (October 16, 1931-April 21, 2012)
    Born in Boston, Massachusetts
    Chief Counsel to Richard Nixon (1969-1973)
    Served 7 months in prison for obstruction of justice for his role in the Watergate scandals (1974-75)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was called the 'hatchet man' of the Nixon administration.
    In his office, he displayed a plaque with the slogan, 'If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.'
    According to Watergate historian Stanley Kutler, he tried to hire Teamsters to beat up anti-war protestors.
    He wrote Nixon's 'Enemies List.'
    He leaked information from Daniel Ellsberg's secret FBI file.
    Before going to prison, he registered as a Democrat, because 'I couldn't stand the idea of a Republican going to jail.'
    When he declared himself a 'born-again' Christian before entering jail, his mother commented, 'We taught him every Christian principle. Imagine saying he's just now become a Christian!'
    The villains of his apocalyptic novel 'Gideon's Trumpet' are AIDS activists.
    He was one of several evangelical leaders who endorsed George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq as a 'just war.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    Despite being credited with the phrase, he never said, 'I'd run over my own grandmother if necessary to get Nixon elected.'
    After his release, he founded Prison Fellowship Ministries.
    All his book royalties and speaking fees are donated to Prison Fellowship.
    He argues that nonviolent criminals should be made to provide restitution to their victims rather than sent to jail.
    He says drug offenders should be treated instead of incarcerated.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 31 Votes: 70.97% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 14 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 184 Votes: 46.20% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 296 Votes: 57.77% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 33 Votes: 57.58% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 35 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 91 Votes: 70.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 53 Votes: 58.49% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 133 Votes: 64.66% Annoying