Your point is very important. Cheney and Barr have been pushing the unitary executive idea for years at least for Republican presidents. That is why Barr had no problem urging Bush I to pardon all of Bush’s Iran Contra co-conspirators.
Reagan said that Nixon should have burned the tapes so clearly Reagan thought a president has the righ…
Your point is very important. Cheney and Barr have been pushing the unitary executive idea for years at least for Republican presidents. That is why Barr had no problem urging Bush I to pardon all of Bush’s Iran Contra co-conspirators.
Reagan said that Nixon should have burned the tapes so clearly Reagan thought a president has the right to obstruct an investigation by destroying evidence.
Just recently Rachel Maddow’s podcast and book Bagman revealed that Nixon had tried to interfere with the investigation of Agnew’s corruption by pressuring the US attorney who was in charge to drop it. Tapes of Nixon were uncovered discussing how they got George HW Bush to do their dirty work. Luckily for us the men Bush tried to pressure actually believed in the law.
All of these actions and beliefs are anti-democracy and yet the media gave a pass to Cheney, Barr, Reagan and Bush and regarded them as mainstream, principled Republicans. Republican Party leaders haven’t believed in democracy since Nixon.
Your point is very important. Cheney and Barr have been pushing the unitary executive idea for years at least for Republican presidents. That is why Barr had no problem urging Bush I to pardon all of Bush’s Iran Contra co-conspirators.
Reagan said that Nixon should have burned the tapes so clearly Reagan thought a president has the right to obstruct an investigation by destroying evidence.
Just recently Rachel Maddow’s podcast and book Bagman revealed that Nixon had tried to interfere with the investigation of Agnew’s corruption by pressuring the US attorney who was in charge to drop it. Tapes of Nixon were uncovered discussing how they got George HW Bush to do their dirty work. Luckily for us the men Bush tried to pressure actually believed in the law.
All of these actions and beliefs are anti-democracy and yet the media gave a pass to Cheney, Barr, Reagan and Bush and regarded them as mainstream, principled Republicans. Republican Party leaders haven’t believed in democracy since Nixon.