2 Comments

I always appreciate viewing alternatives and believe we all benefit by widening our knowledge.

However if we are going to widen our knowledge of Nixon and his role in Watergate; he told everyone he was not a crook while he was serving in the house, he said he was not a crook (famously) while running for v-p (Checkers speech.) So many times he was not a crook.

But despite everything Nixon's downfall was his fault, if not proof of crookedness. You throw the low level scandaleers under the bus and prove you're not a crook by being willing to throw out your supporters to save yourself. I'm not saying that's proper, but it's how these things are done. Blame the other guy and save yourself. I didn't take the cookies mom. brother billy did.

Nixon tried to save himself and micro-manage, the supporters still crumbled--but now they could blame Nixon as brother billy.

So I can't say if Nixon was a crook, but if he was or if he wasn't, his mindset that if I blame this on brother they might really think I was a crook and in order to save myself from being perceived wrong, no one around me can be perceived to have done wrong. It was not a noble sacrifice but a game of chess with the pawn playing the role of king.

Expand full comment

Very interesting. Judge Sirica had a great reputation.A crook behind the scenes? i guess i shouldn't be surprised.

Expand full comment
Error