50 Years Ago, Aug. 9, 1974

“50 Years Ago Today“

by Digsby

Digby’s Hullabaloo

#OnThisDay Aug. 9, 1974 President Nixon delivers farewell address to staffers:

“Always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.” 

pic.twitter.com/p6pQz1AQ6w— CSPAN (@cspan) August 9, 2024

He was a corrupt monster. But at least he wasn’t an imbecile and had the good grace to see the writing on the wall. Of course, if he’d had Fox News and a Supreme Court like this one I have little doubt that he never would have resigned. He was smart enough to know after that Supreme Court ruling on the tapes and the collapse of GOP support he had no choice. That wouldn’t have happened today.

It hasn’t happened today and Trump is a thousand times more corrupt than Nixon and ten times as monstrous. The only thing saving us is his ignorance and at this point that doesn’t even matter.

AB: Excellent commentary by Digsby of what happened in 1974 with Nixon resigning the presidency. I was a round to seeing it and shaking my head . . . “what a fool he was, he had it all.”