Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 20, 2014
May 19, 2014
May 21, 2014
Transcript:
Richard Nixon: Of course, different people will no doubt have very different interpretations of what was said-- particularly at the so-called hush money meeting. In this meeting, we discussed the options with great candor. First, we could have paid the money, in the interests of national security. But we might have been bled dry. Or, we could have taken everyone with knowledge of the case out and shot them. But, as a lawyer, I knew that would be wrong. No, I wanted to get the whole thing out in the open!...
It never occurred to him that the tapes would be used against him. So, Yes, he was arrogant, he only saw himself as he saw himself, not s others would. His plan was to sanitize the tapes, and that’s what he started doing, making erasures, with the help of that ‘hoe of a secretary of his. I never understood why she also didn’t go to jail. Chivalry, we don’t send broads to jail. Sexism in reverse!