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His name was Richard Milhouse Nixon. He was the 37th President of the United States.
In 1972, he pulled off a landslide victory for a second term, even though it was reported that some of his cohorts had broken into the headquarters of the Democratic Party at the Watergate Apartments.
He was so popular that he could have told the truth. But he made two mistakes–missteps that our politicians and celebrities continue to do today.
When the press found out about the break-in at the headquarters, questions arose. Nixon believed two things:
- They’re out to get me.
- Deny and let it die.
Because he felt that there were those individuals who were determined to destroy him, and that if he just denied the rumors that the confrontation would eventually go away, he set in motion the destruction of a President–similar to the demise of Frankenstein.
We created him, therefore we had to kill him.
As G-Pop sat down to think about those times in the early seventies, when lies were passed on as explanations, he realized that he needed to talk to his granddaughters about a human being who just happens to be a woman who is running for President.
She is making the same two mistakes.
Her name is Hillary Clinton. And even though she saw her husband err, deny and ultimately experience humiliation because of it, she is traipsing down the same path because she believes that politics has a different set of rules than real life.
Perhaps it will just go away.
But for every Watergate break-in which could be quickly handled in two news cycles through veracity, there is always a Woodward and Bernstein who will get to the bottom of the story and expose the coverup.
I do not know what possesses fully grown, allegedly mature human beings–to think that they can escape the scrutiny of a society that gets its kicks off of scrutinizing.
G-Pop wants his granddaughters to know there’s only one way to handle an error–especially if it is a mistake that was committed in ignorance or innocence.
A. This is what I knew.
Yes, at the time the flaw was perpetrated, this is what I knew about the situation, this is what I believed and this is what I thought.
B. This is what I know.
Now that time has passed, I see what was incorrect or insufficient.
C. So what now?
Since you are involved and I have told you the truth of the matter, how shall we proceed?
It is the natural inclination of human beings to forgive–unless they’ve been deceived. If we are deceived, all bets are off.
It’s really that simple. It doesn’t mean that all human beings will grant you pardon, but the ones who don’t look foolish and small.
Most Americans would have easily given grace to Richard Nixon if he had just been forthcoming about his involvement–or lack of involvement–in the Watergate break-in. For after all, they voted for him. They wanted to feel like they made the right choice. He turned a pimple into a cancer.
Hillary Clinton is doing exactly the same thing.
G-Pop just wants his granddaughters to know that this is not the way to act to be a solid citizen, or even to survive adversity.
He wants them to know that Hillary Clinton is first and foremost a member of the human race … not the only woman we could ever find to run for President.
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