Thursday, April 12, 2007

Shades of yesteryear

Senate panel seeks missing White House records

Thu Apr 12, 11:29 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional panel investigating the firing of federal prosecutors authorized subpoenas on Thursday for e-mails the White House has declared may be missing.


Somehow that reminds me of something that happened - humm just how many years ago - I believe Nixon (incidentally also a Republican) had some tapes that came up missing.
Is there something about being a Republican that makes the Presidents that are elected somehow brain deficient? Ford decided he didn't want to be President, so he pardoned Nixon - before any charges were actually brought against him, Reagan couldn't seem to remember anything about the Iranian Contra Affair, Bush Sr. forgot about his "I will not raise taxes" speech,and now George W. can't seem to find all his e-mail messages.

Not, that I'm actually accusing the Republican Party of doing anything wrong, although perhaps they do seem to be having trouble finding people with good solid memories.

It just seems circumspect. In a funny, odd way.

I'm not by any means excusing the Democrats for anything either - but not keeping one's pants on does seem to pale in comparison. At least those flaws don't actually affect the citizens - expect of course the ones involved in the affairs.

Just something to ponder.