Nick Anderson for November 02, 2011
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Ronald Johnson
The G.O.P. loves to point out the Democratic leadership’s foibles and follies and moral indiscretions as if they were morally empowered and “above all of that” moral quagmire—until they get into office and the media turns on its spotlight glare with in-depth journalism. Then, the result becomes evident: they have nothing on the Democrats that they cannot out-do when exposed but their solution is “mea-culpa”-hey, forgive me—I’m a businessman-I’m one of you.": Richard Nixon’s “Checkers Speech”, Nixon’s Saturday Night firing of Attorney-Generals; Nixon’s ‘I can’t remember" transcript to the WaterGate Grand Jury; Nixon’s “mea culpa” speech upon his resignation; Reagan’s Iran-Contra investigation and speeches; Reagan’s ‘Cowboy-Major in the White House basement-took-the-scapegoat-treatment"; George W. Bush’s rationalization before Congress and media for going to war against Saddam Hussein and Iraq—“weapons of mass destruction rationale”;"alliance with Al-Quaida rationale’; “torture-policy of persons not charged with crimes and in other nation’s prisons” rationale"; the CRA and “Occupy Iraq” alienation of Shiites and Sunnis and Kurds, etc. and the list goes on……