Richard Milhous Pumpkin

Getting rid of Nixon, finally, in 1974 was great for the country.  It set back Republican troglodyte-ism for a couple of decades.  Important breathing room for a lot of communities that would have been smothered.

But this is different.  Getting rid of this lunatic is now an emergency, in ways getting rid of Nixon never was.

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It's something of a gift, that he has made the classic move of firing -- in a snit -- a major official who was investigating him for felonious conduct. But not just felonious: treasonous. In a way that Nixon would never have been capable of.

The sooner gone the better, and the crippling of the GOP agenda will be a bonus.

This article was updated on May 9, 2023

David F