Posted on 02/16/2021 11:43:28 AM PST by Onthebrink
Fifty years ago today, one of the most significant occurrences in the modern presidency took place. No one was impeached, there was no scandal, and no one stormed the U.S. Capitol. No newspapers covered the event contemporaneously, and children do not learn about it in school today. February 16, 1971 is not one that would ever be worth remembering – except that it was the date the Nixon White House taping system began operating.
With a simple flip of a switch, Richard Nixon unwittingly changed how we think about the U.S. presidency. As fellow stakeholders in our democratic system of government, we are both better off and worse off for the act. While the extended wrangling over executive privilege during the Watergate investigation caused distress and consumed a great deal of national energy, I argue that we are better off for the existence of these White House time capsules.
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Ya, and 2015 never happened. Oh, and 2020 certainly never happened. This should be reported to Ministry of Love.
Best highlight: “The Bohemian Grove, which I attend from time to time—it is the most faggy g____ned thing you could ever imagine.”
Not that our elites engage in weird rituals or anything like what the conspiracy theorists say.
Archie Bunker during the Watergate era: “They shoulda hired Japs instead of those all of those Krauts, (Senior advisors to slippery dick, Bob Hadelman and John Erlichman). The Japs are better at electronics than the Krauts! And when the Japs get caught they do the right thing, they kill themselves!”
Archie Bunker was right.
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