History Repeats 10-20-06

[RedEarth]

It was thirty-three years ago today that the “Saturday Night Massacre” happened.

The Watergate scandal had been growing for more than a year, and independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox was getting too close for comfort. Richard Nixon wanted Cox fired. Attorney General Elliot Richardson wouldn’t do it, so Nixon fired him.

Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus wouldn’t fire Cox, either, so Nixon fired him, too. Finally Nixon found a man with no such scruples about the rule of law, Solicitor General Robert Bork, who fired Cox and had Cox’s staff locked out of their offices.

But firing Cox didn’t end Nixon’s troubles. For the first time, the talk of impeachment in Washington was deadly serious. For Nixon, people who had believed in Nixon’s innocence wondered why an innocent man would act so guilty.

History repeats. From TPMmuckraker:

House Appropriations chairman Jerry Lewis (R-CA) is under federal investigation for possible improprieties in how he oversaw Congress’ spending of $900 billion annually…

This evening, Congressional Quarterly reports that in a round of calls Monday evening, Lewis fired 60 investigators who had worked for his committee rooting out fraud, waste and abuse, effective immediately. As in, don’t bother coming in on Tuesday.

http://brainrow.com/2006/10/20/history-repeats.html

[ClintonTyree]

1. Then, later on, they tried to shove Bork down our throats........

for Supreme Court Justice. :eyes: I'm sure he would have made a FINE Justice. :sarcasm: It's time to start investigating the investigators. Again. We just cannot entrust our government to Republicans. When will people learn that?