Wednesday, July 06, 2016

An important point

Mark Krikorian, writing for National Review:

For all the tumult surrounding Watergate, the outcome actually strengthened our political order, because it demonstrated that even the president was not above the law. Today’s announcement was a reverse-Watergate, demonstrating that open contempt for the law is no bar to the White House.

Read the whole thing. I can't get with his conclusion, but electing someone who can't be held to account would be a terrible mistake.

1 comment:

Bike Bubba said...

Like a smart guy once said, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and we've seen good evidence of that principle since January 2009.