Article: Liddy's notoriety serves son as plus.(Nation)

If your father was sentenced to 21 years in prison for burglary, you'd probably want to downplay that during your campaign for Congress. Not Tom Liddy.

When Arizona voters go to the polls today to choose a Republican candidate for Congress, virtually all of them will know that Mr. Liddy's father is G. Gordon Liddy, the Watergate burglar turned conservative radio talk-show host.

And that's how Tom Liddy wants it. Far from distancing himself from his notorious father, the 38-year-old Phoenix lawyer and former Marine has proudly showcased his old man during the Republican primary campaign.

The self-styled "G-Man" has played an active role in ...

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