Problem is, Haig was correct when he said that. Larry Speakes, the Press Secretary was asked by Lesley Stahl “who is running the government” Speakes blew it when he answered “I cannot answer that question at this time” leaving the image that nobody was charge, Haig went down to the briefing room and gave his statement to reassure the public, government was functioning. VP Bush, Tip O’Neill and Strom Thurmond were not physically in the building. Haig meant he was the highest ranking Federal officer physically in the building. The libs crucified him over the years for that...
I don’t even think that was it, so much as when he said it, it was in a quavering voice that betrayed some anxiety.
Hell I cut slack for the guy. Even a general has times he’s unnerved. He deserves respect.