"The final nail in Richard Nixon's political coffin was when gutless Republicans turned on him under the guise of "upholding the law"."
The removal of Richard Nixon was a coup d’état of an elected President of the United States.
There's a book setting on my desk right now,"Silent Coup; The Removal of a President" by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin, available on Amazon, or through the local library.
Search engines can provide a synopsis, and here's a website to peruse at your leisure.
I have a First Edition hardcover of that book that I bought and read the week it came out back around 1991. It is one of the best non-fiction books I ever read - - a poignant snapshot of early '70s culture and a political thriller at the same time. Simply excellent.
Nice a well to the point in regard to this still painful episode. This brought back to me as I read the publicity of a film. I believe Frost/Nixon. This I will not pay money to see, or to avoid expletives, in front of my liberal spouse, if it is ever shown on television. That petty snob, David Frost- "Mr President, the American people are entitled to know". Presumptous man that he is.
A little balm here. For it is on FR that I get notice of these valuable books. I will trot off to Chapters/Indigo (Coles) in Canada, hotfoot to order this book.
I wonder if those two dreary men will be dragged out once again- Woodward and Bernstein? A Freeper suggested to me that when they die, the liberals will have a taxidermist stuff them, for posterity. (laughs).
Bill gives the ChiComs our missile secrets (Schwartz-Armstrong) and our warheads (Wen) but Trent Lott (fearing being outed as a queen) wimps out.
LBJ lost a war and stole six trillion to buy votes but no problem.
Now we have the DoperIslamoCommieKenyan because GOP losers like "open" primaries and a candidate who lays down in the street for the bus to run over him.
Mark Felt should have done the honorable Admeeral Booorda.
Politics is war. Republicans think it's a dinner party.