Jun 29, 2022

June 17, 2022: Shithouse Stench, Scum Magnet, Villain in Every Piece

 

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel, a bit of political chicanery that touched off what was then the greatest scandal in American history.  Dwarfing, Credit Mobilier, Teapot Dome, and Iran-Contra, Nixon’s vindictiveness and paranoia transformed what he, himself, called a ‘third-rate burglary’ into multiple charges of obstruction of justice and other offenses.  Facing impeachment and certain conviction in the Senate, Nixon made a quick exit and was not heard much from thereafter. 

But the stench of Richard Shithouse Nixon still lingers in the forum.  Nixon was not only an unsavory human being but, like our Caesar Disgustus, proved a veritable scum magnet attracting the dregs and mayhem artists from every dark corner of American Life.  It was Richard Shithouse Nixon who brought to Washington the likes of Roger Stone and Paul Manafort, began the schooling of the rat-bastard Lee Atwater and, after soiling the Oval Office, tutored a young Newt Gingrich from his hide-out at San Clemente. 

Nixon, of course, finally had the decency to shake his mortal coil back in 1994.  But the stench still lingers.  Malcomb Nance in his book They Want to Kill Americans mentions Stone in passing. Not only was he and Manafort central characters in the Russian interference in the 2016 elections—it was Stone and his connections with WikiLeaks and Manafort in the effort to blame the business on Ukraine—but Stone, it appears, is a bona fide member of the Proud Boys.  No sooner was Roger given a ‘get out of jail free’ card and he was, like his hero after getting exhonerated by Bill Barr in the Russian scandal, immediately back in the soup.  Like any good conservative, they cannot be taught.

And now we find Roger, the villain in every piece, meeting with the Proud Boys while communicating with the ‘War Room’ at the Willard Hotel before and during the insurrection. 

It’s been 50 years now and the stench still fills the nostrils.  How long will it take to irradicate the malodorous Disgustus and his minions?

An Br’er Putin, He jus’ Laugh and Laugh

Indict, Convict, Imprison


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