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[reporter] Watergate dominated this convention
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Get Me Roger Stone

Watergate dominatedthis convention because the Republican Party'simportant youth arm was...

[reporter] Watergate dominated
this convention because the Republican Party's
important youth arm was about to be taken over by Roger Stone,
a 25-year-old political operative who was deeply involved
in the 1972 Nixon "dirty tricks" campaign. [Paul Manafort] They embellished
what was a 20-year-old kid's role into being the mastermind of Watergate. Roger saw the opportunity
to build a reputation off of being viewed
as that politically significant

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[reporter] Watergate dominated this convention
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because the Republican Party's important youth arm
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was about to be taken over by Roger Stone, a 25-year-old political operative
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who was deeply involved in the 1972 Nixon "dirty tricks" campaign.
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[Paul Manafort] They embellished what was a 20-year-old kid's role
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into being the mastermind of Watergate.
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Roger saw the opportunity to build a reputation
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off of being viewed as that politically significant.
Duration
28 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:15
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Stone Cold

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Movie Summary

A documentary exploring the life and career of notorious Republican dirty trickster and longtime Trump adviser, Roger Stone, who helped create the real estate mogul's political career.
[reporter] Opponents of Stone contend - Get Me Roger Stone 00:45
[reporter] Opponents of Stone contend
Among the revolutionary changes in American politics the past few years - Get Me Roger Stone 00:10
Among the revolutionary changes in American politics the pas...
[reporter] NCPAC, - Get Me Roger Stone 00:15
[reporter] NCPAC,
[Stone] I met Terry Dolan - Get Me Roger Stone 00:34
[Stone] I met Terry Dolan
And Roger was already kind of a legend by then, - Get Me Roger Stone 00:14
And Roger was already kind of a legend by then,
I remember meeting him on the street and thinking, - Get Me Roger Stone 00:29
I remember meeting him on the street and thinking,
[Manafort] The focus of NCPAC was to use all the tools of a campaign, - Get Me Roger Stone 00:08
[Manafort] The focus of NCPAC was to use all the tools of a ...
[Stone] We could only give a Senate campaign, - Get Me Roger Stone 00:15
[Stone] We could only give a Senate campaign,
[reporter] It was a political disaster for Senate Democrats. - Get Me Roger Stone 00:17
[reporter] It was a political disaster for Senate Democrats.
Its stock-in-trade is the half-truth, the innuendo, the distortion. - Get Me Roger Stone 00:07
Its stock-in-trade is the half-truth, the innuendo, the dist...
[man on TV] Power is what PACs are about. - Get Me Roger Stone 00:09
[man on TV] Power is what PACs are about.
Roger was one of the inventors of the modern political system. - Get Me Roger Stone 00:06
Roger was one of the inventors of the modern political syste...
The PACs, the super PACs. - Get Me Roger Stone 00:08
The PACs, the super PACs.
I'm convinced that at some point, with these types of programs, - Get Me Roger Stone 00:08
I'm convinced that at some point, with these types of p...
[announcer on TV] Ronald Reagan for president. - Get Me Roger Stone 00:07
[announcer on TV] Ronald Reagan for president.
After this, we go to the 32nd District, - Get Me Roger Stone 00:05
After this, we go to the 32nd District,
-You're good at this. -[laughs] - Get Me Roger Stone 00:04
-You're good at this. -[laughs]
[Stone] 1980, Ronald Reagan defeats Jimmy Carter. - Get Me Roger Stone 00:10
[Stone] 1980, Ronald Reagan defeats Jimmy Carter.
I think most observers didn't recognize - Get Me Roger Stone 00:12
I think most observers didn't recognize
And I'm proud of the fact that I played some tiny, infinitesimal role - Get Me Roger Stone 00:08
And I'm proud of the fact that I played some tiny, infi...