The party of law and order

The party of law and order

by digby

I think this sums up the current state of the right wing in America:

Apparently, York has forgotten something:

The final toll of Watergate:

one presidential resignation

one vice-presidential resignation – although Agnew’s crimes were unrelated to Watergate

40 government officials indicted or jailed

H.R. Haldeman and John Erlichman (White House staff), resigned 30 April 1973, subsequently jailed

John Dean (White House legal counsel), sacked 30 April 1973, subsequently jailed

John Mitchell, Attorney-General and Chairman of the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP), jailed

Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy (ex-White House staff), planned the Watergate break-in, both jailed

Charles Colson, special counsel to the President, jailed

James McCord (Security Director of CREEP), jailed

But he's right about one thing. If they had the right wing propaganda network (and the help of foreign actors) of today they might have all gotten away with it.

To Byron York and his Republican fellows that would have been "a good thing!"

Happy New Year, everybody.

cheers --- digby