cherished recordings

My boyfriend's back, he's gonna save my reputation...


If I were you I'd take a permanent vacation...










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Headlines


Los Angeles Times
Opinion


--Absolutely nothing about James Comey's firing passes the smell test




-- Trump's judges:  conservative but qualified




-- Donald Trump is too inept to conduct a successful cover-up




-- Republican faith in tax cuts and human suffering shapes healthcare bill


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People magazine


JFK's Grandson Jack Introduces Obama for Profile in Courage Award - as former President Urges 'Courage' in Health Care Fight




ABC News


Historians hear echoes of Watergate's 1973 Saturday Night Massacre in Comey's firing


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The way I remember the Saturday Night Massacre was this:  Archibald Cox's job was to investigate and evaluate the Watergate burglary and events surrounding it; President Nixon





wanted Mr. Cox





to stop investigating, and to stop going into court to ask for the White House tapes.  ("Cherished recordings," one might say...)


President Nixon ordered Elliot Richardson





to fire Cox; Richardson said it wasn't ethical, and that it "conflicted with a promise he had made to the Senate" and refused to fire Cox, and when the president insisted, Richardson resigned. 


Then the president told Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus to fire Cox, and Ruckelshaus


 


also refused because it wasn't ethical, and he resigned.  (White House press secretary Ron Ziegler said fired....)


Pres. Nixon then named Solicitor General Robert Bork Acting Attorney General, and asked if he would fire Cox, and Bork --





did it.







(Archibald Cox surrounded by reporters)


>>  To read the Washington Post article from October 21, 1973, type in on Google:


"The Washington Post, Nixon Forces Firing of Cox"


and you will get the article, written by Carroll Kilpatrick.


 >>  To see contemporaneous video, go on Google and type in:


1973:  The "Saturday Night Massacre" -- Video on NBC News.com


You will see Tom Brokaw ("How the heck did he get so young??!" - lol)...


When we review these sources, we can see why some present-day observers are commenting that President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey is similar to 1973's "Saturday Night Massacre" and we can also see why some 2017 observers are saying that Pres. Trump's actions are not the same as the 1973 actions of Pres. Nixon. 


(For one, we have the Nixon Library's assurance of this -- except they were coming from the other direction, rather than saying Trump's action is not "as bad as" Nixon, as other critics seem to be saying, the Library was saying -- Nixon's actions were not "as bad as" those of Trump..... as my senior-year English literature professor liked to understate:  "A nice distinction."... 


We must take note of what blessings we have and try diligently to appreciate them...)....(?)


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