On Tweety's circus: NIXON accepted GUILT when he accepted the PARDON

[UTUSN]

There's an author on, saying that FORD was "aware of a precedent" from the SCOTUS to the effect that anybody accepting a pardon is acknowledging GUILT. That an emissary from FORD to NIXON (Becker?) had a long "painful" conversation with the Trickster to get him to say he was accepting the imputation of guilt, that NIXON kept trying to change the subject, wanted to talk about football, until he finally admitted that he WAS accepting the guilt.

The author: Barry WERTH, "31 Days".

Now they're on to Andrea MITCHELL's interview with WOODWARD. Speaking of whom (WOODWARD), what IS it with this dude and dead or dying dudes. He released an interview with CASEY that somehow occurred when CASEY was mentally out of it. Then he wanted Deep Throat to keep quiet till WOODWARD could do the glory after his death. Now he releases an interview with FORD the day after the death. What is he---a vulture? A necrophiliac? Mortician? Vampire?

[hootinholler]

1. An operator

He's CIA, how convenient to publish posthumously.

-Hoot

[WI_DEM]

2. This is nothing new

It's in all the Nixon biographies, ect. Ford believed that by accepting the pardon that Nixon was accepting guilt. Apparently there is a belief out there that if a pardon is granted and accepted that the person is acknowledging his guilt. Nixon at first thought of turning down the pardon if it meant that he was acknowledging guilt and finally he accepted it. Ford wanted Nixon to make a tough statement of atonement as well, but of course all Nixon would ultimately (as always) admit is that he "made mistakes."