Happy Anniversary!
NIXON RESIGNS .. August 9, 1974
Yep, thirty-three years ago today, the second most corrupt Republican president in US history resigned in disgrace. We all know who is first most corrupt.
To celebrate this occasion, Cinemax is running "All the President's Men." A potent reminder of how far Republicans will go to gain and retain political power .. including illegally using our national intelligence agencies for partisan political purposes.
Democrats Pelosi, Reid, Hoyer et al should be forced to watch this movie over and over again until they understand what they did when they voted to give Bushies the power to spy on American citizens without a warrant .. until it finally dawns on them how gravely in danger our democracy and our liberties are.
They need to realize that they're watching a movie from the 70's about Watergate that perfectly depicts the "culture of corruption" Republicans of today. It's easy to recognize the same criminal tactics, same dirty tricks .. only difference being that the names have changed.
Their vote for warrantless wiretapping made it easier for Bushies to eavesdrop on their political enemies so they can subvert a Democratic landslide in 2008. Just you wait, it WILL be used to spy on their political opposition.
And guess who's the overseer? The fox guarding the hen house is none other than serial perjurer Alberto Gonzales.
This is not left/right, this is right/wrong.
Carl Bernstein knows.
"Bush More "Disastrous" Than Nixon
Thu Aug 9, 12:22 AM ET
The Nation -- Carl Bernstein will always be known as the journalist who brought down a president whose disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law disqualified the errant executive from completing a second term in the White House. And Bernstein still gets a round of applause when mention is made of the role he played, as part of a Washington Post investigative team that also included Bob Woodward, in exposing the high crimes and misdemeanors of a president named Nixon.
Thu Aug 9, 12:22 AM ET
The Nation -- Carl Bernstein will always be known as the journalist who brought down a president whose disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law disqualified the errant executive from completing a second term in the White House. And Bernstein still gets a round of applause when mention is made of the role he played, as part of a Washington Post investigative team that also included Bob Woodward, in exposing the high crimes and misdemeanors of a president named Nixon.
But 33 years after Nixon resigned in order to avoid an inevitable impeachment -- on August 9, 1974 -- Bernstein is more concerned about a president named Bush.
.....the Pulitzer Prize-winning author was under no illusions regarding the extent of Nixon's wrongdoing as compared with that of Bush and those around the current president.
Bernstein says that Bush's presidency has produced far more "disastrous consequences" for the country than did Nixon's.[..]"
