Thanks for succinctly describing the reason for the msm's selective vile venom: "Nixon was a republican".
Oh how they love to hate Richard Nixon!
The 3rd in command who carried out the President's order was Robert Bork. The incident is known as "The Saturday Night Massacre".
I see that Dana Milbank is having a hissy fit because President Bush used the word 'hop' yesterday. He said he would take two more questions and then had to 'hop'.
Definitely a high crime and misdemeanor, yes?