Everybody has an opinion of last Friday's legendary Oval Office blowup. Sadly, the reactions are all too predictable. The truth and path forward is somewhere in the middle and nuanced.
Just that Richard Nixon, for all his faults, was a genius at international affairs, the "adult in the room," if you will who would never have had an Oval Office meeting like the one we saw last Friday. I was no fan of Nixon in college, for sure (I was also a Democrat then), but as I've studied him and his presidency over time, I've come to admire much about him. I also met him with him, along with a few US Senators, in 1993.
You would think. I don't think the Logan Act, which has never really been enforced even against private citizens, necessarily applies to sitting US Senators. It didn't when Sen. Edward M. Kennedy wrote the KGB to ask them to interfere in Reagan's '84 reelection.
Another home run Kelly - all the bases!
Good work. Thanks for bringing these viewpoints all together.
However, I'm uncertain of what you mean with the reference to "Tricky Dickie" (I think that's a phrase you used in 1974 or 75.)
I'm getting old and don't follow the inference.
Just that Richard Nixon, for all his faults, was a genius at international affairs, the "adult in the room," if you will who would never have had an Oval Office meeting like the one we saw last Friday. I was no fan of Nixon in college, for sure (I was also a Democrat then), but as I've studied him and his presidency over time, I've come to admire much about him. I also met him with him, along with a few US Senators, in 1993.
Well-written from multiple sources. Shouldn't there be some penalty for CT US Senator Murphy interference in US foreign negotiations?
You would think. I don't think the Logan Act, which has never really been enforced even against private citizens, necessarily applies to sitting US Senators. It didn't when Sen. Edward M. Kennedy wrote the KGB to ask them to interfere in Reagan's '84 reelection.
Excellent and thorough analysis.
Arrogance….https://youtu.be/FZqd1-WJHyk?si=G-E0RgCj3N2e0RT0