A Crooked President

"Nixon may have been a crook, 

but at least he was Our crook....."

I heard this quote on a political radio talk broadcast this week and it stuck with me. The part "At least he was Our crook" refers to the current XLV President of the U.S., and his 'alleged' links to Russia. The seriousness of a U.S. leader not only being dishonest and criminal, but engaging in traitorous activities with an adversary country to undermine the American political process is unthinkable. 

In 1973, when then President Nixon was asked about his role in the Watergate Scandal and efforts to cover it up, he denied any wrongdoing but admitted failure in supervising campaign-fund raising. So he lied to cover his own ass, not that of any foreign partner or oligarch (Rus.). Nixon was simply an American willing to do a few dirty deeds in order to stay in power of the country he so loved. Don't know if we can say that about a president who suggests not paying taxes is smart, continually defends questionable actions of totalitarian dictators and wants to remove America from the international military alliance (NATO) that has kept democracy safe since the end of World War II.

"There was a crooked man,"

By Mother Goose

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile,

He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;

He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse,

And they all lived together in a little crooked house.

So while we await the final outcome to Dept. of Justice Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Investigation, let's acknowledge an important fact from a dark age in our political history; the "I'm Not A Crook" President who stepped down after impeachment proceedings were filed against him was no Benedict Arnold (American traitor). I'm not sure the same can be said of the current Commander-in-chief. 

The jury is still out on whether the 45th President of the U.S. wielded his power abusively, obstructed justice and was just downright traitorous in his dealings with foreign powers. Time and Pressure; Geology.

Nixon refused, but on July 24, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered him to comply. On July 27, 29, and 30, 1974, the Committee approved three articles of impeachment against Nixon, for obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress, and reported those articles to the House of Representatives. wikipedia


Nobody's Nixon by Cass McCombs