Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 16, 1981
January 15, 1981
January 17, 1981
Transcript:
Senator: Advocating the "Christmas Bombings," requesting wiretaps on associates, counselling Nixon to lie about Watergate, orchestrating the "Saturday Night Massacre" - it adds up to quite a record, General. It would seem there was no task or order so odious or shameful that you considered refusing to carry it out. Tell me, General Haig, in the absence of outright criminality, do you think gross immorality is sufficient grounds for blocking confirmation? Alexander Haig: Negative, sucker. You need a smoking pistol and you know it. Senator: Right you are. Where are those handguns when we really need them?
