DEJA VU - or WISHFUL THINKING

When President Nixon fired independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox during the Watergate investigation, it started a chain reaction that included the resignations of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus (an event that became known as “The Saturday Night Massacre”).  Public opinion turned decidedly against the President for firing the person responsible for the investigation, most saying it made Nixon “look guilty” with many politicians and those in the media saying it was “a constitutional crisis” because the President was basically demonstrating he was “above the law”.  Too many Republicans turned against him in the days that followed and impeachment loomed.  Nixon resigned before that could happen.

Those ignorant of history are condemned to repeat it . . . . . . . oh well okay then