tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post115059622344767552..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Today in 1972...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1151202327949259202006-06-24T22:25:00.000-04:002006-06-24T22:25:00.000-04:00The reason Ford pardoned Nixon is obvious: a trial...The reason Ford pardoned Nixon is obvious: a trial of Nixon would have occupied the front page of every paper every day. No one would have even remembered that Ford was President.<BR/><BR/> Ford's error, of course. was in thinking that it made any difference that he was President.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1150641603624468752006-06-18T10:40:00.000-04:002006-06-18T10:40:00.000-04:00Oh, I'm not saying it excuses it; I'm just saying ...Oh, I'm not saying it <I>excuses</I> it; I'm just saying that the national shock and dismay it triggered back then wouldn't happen today. We've become pretty desensitized to scandal.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1150634533691715982006-06-18T08:42:00.000-04:002006-06-18T08:42:00.000-04:00Sorry, I have to disagree. That later administrat...Sorry, I have to disagree. That later administrations committed egregious and blatantly illegal acts does not excuse an earlier administration for their crimes. It just means the later ones need to get smacked down all the harder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1150600356415099792006-06-17T23:12:00.000-04:002006-06-17T23:12:00.000-04:00Don't forget the other side of the conspiracy- Bus...Don't forget the other side of the conspiracy- Bush Sr. told Nixon to resign, as he was chairman of the Republicn Party. <BR/><BR/>When Carter came into the Presidency and fired Bush Sr. from heading up the the CIA, he reportedly asked Bush, "are you going back to your law practice now?"<BR/><BR/>Bush 41 replied 'I'm not a lawyer'. <BR/><BR/>...and he isn't.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Yeah, Bush41 and 43 are just trying to stick it to the Democrats for past grievances...riiiight ...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Rabbit. <BR/><BR/>Sorry for the drift, but...<BR/><BR/>Oh, on another yet similar note, anyone recall that John Murtha was snagged in the ABSCAM sting years ago? He was turned loose through congressional pressure and the allegations were dropped.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com