Similar Administrations - Nixon and Bush

Former U.S. Rep. Pete McCloskey, who made the first floor speech suggesting consideration of the impeachment of President Nixon for obstruction of justice notes the similarities in the administrations of Richard Nixon and George Bush at Common Dreams. Both administrations..... *Won re-election to a second term. *Both were at war. *Both faced what they felt was disloyal, if not treasonous, conduct by former federal employees. Both in 1971 and 2003, the actions of these zealous presidential aides had dire results. Both brought on Justice Department investigations. Ultimately, not only Ehrlichman and White House Chief of Staff Robert Haldeman, but two attorneys general, John Mitchell and Richard Kleindienst, lied to a grand jury and/or congressional committees, and all four were indicted. The truth came out, not by the Justice Department, but by two courageous reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, and vigorous investigations by Sen. Sam Ervin's committee and the House Judiciary Committee. Less than two years after his smashing re-election, Nixon was forced to resign in disgrace. Now, in 2005 as in the Nixon days, there again appears to be White House obfuscation. The only difference I see between then and now is the fact that the media had not yet grown soft and allowed themselves to be led around by the Republican noise machine. MORE.....