when archibald cox ( bottom photo ) issued a subpoena for tapes relating to the watergate break-in held by richard nixon, the president refused and offered the "stennis compromise" on 19 october 1973 instead...offering to allow the notoriously hard of hearing john c. stennis of mississippi review the tapes...cox refused and on 20 october 1973 nixon ordered attorney general eliot richardson ( top photo )to fire cox...both elliot richardson and his deputy wiliamr uckelshaus refused, resigning instead fo carrying out the president's order...nixon appointed robert bork as attorney general who eventually did the deed...the upshot? in the end public opinion forced the appointment of a new special prosecutor, leon jaworski who continued to look at the corrupt practices of the nixon administration...is don trump's canning of comey another cover-up...probably...there was some integrity in the nixon administration despite his example of leadership by "because i say so" ( sounding familiar ) that seems utterly lacking in the current swamptown freak show...there still is public opinion...and there may be some spines left in the house of representatives ( i know...it seems unlikely...but stranger things have happened )...nixon was as venal and dismissive of the constitution as don is...we all know where that ended up..his arrogance detached him from the political realities and he found himself claiming victory ( the famous image of the "vee" salute from the steps leading to the helicopter ) as he resigned...there is still hope...hope that dims when we have a close look at who the successor might be.
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