Nixon v Obama

Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, resigned his office on August 9, 1974 for his part in the Watergate break in and Democrats, Independents and the media of the time felt that by doing so, he escaped the "justice" that would have required that he be tried, convicted and sent to the gallows to rot in jail for the rest of his life. Essentially, his abuse of power was to direct the CIA to call off the FBI from investigating the cause of the break in, and other issues in the Articles of Impeachment drawn up by the House Judiciary Committee, but not yet voted on by the full House of Representatives.

If you believe the history according to Oliver Stone's "Nixon", the President is
alleged to have stood in the Oval Office with his Chief of Staff, General Al Haig, counting the number of "no" votes needed and calculating how he would get to 14 votes not to convict. In the end, of course, he decided that it would be for the "good of the country" to resign. Dr Monica Crowley, who worked as a foreign policy consultant and advisor to Mr Nixon in his final years, has written several excellent books about the former President, containing the actual events of this time.

To this time, Nixon-haters still vilify this man because they feel they never got their "pound of flesh".

I say to them to "be careful what you wish for, you just might get it" to quote Commander Uhura in "Star Trek III, The Search For Spock". Mr Nixon, I agree, abused his power. As I wrote in The Legacy of 37, all presidents abuse the power the office lures and seduces even the strongest among us to commit. It doesn't make right, but it does make us understand how it can be done.

Over the last several months, we have become aware of potential abuses of power by President Obama concerning the IRS, the NSA, the CIA, the EPA, the DOJ, and now the executive orders concerning suspension of parts of the PPACA (Obamacare) and  the potential shutdown of all communications in the United States in the event of an "emergency". I am providing the link for your review:

zite.to/12nWdyV

Following the story I wrote about in Suspicious Minds concerning Russian troops permanently stationed in the United States for "emergency" purposes, I now question the motives of this President. On Monday, I raised a comparable issue in Executive Order... or Decree,  as a what-if scenario, that the President sign an executive order revoking the 22nd Amendment. And now? Maybe not so far-fetched.

So, Nixon-haters, can you now see that while your criticism of Nixon may have been well-meaning as a historical view, you must agree that the current President has done and is doing far worse with his actions concerning our personal and National liberties, than calling off an investigation of a third-rate burglary. If you can't come to terms that this man is the worst President in our history, then perhaps a modern-day Soviet Union or Nazi Germany is what you aspire for our country.

I, and many like me, on the other hand, would rather see President Obama impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors against his sworn duty for not upholding the Constitution of the United States.