Donald Trump may be the first former president to face a criminal indictment, but he is not the first former president to deserve to be indicted.  Richard Nixon, like Trump, while still President resorted to using criminal measures to stay in power.  The only difference between their situations is that Nixon was initially successful in his endeavor while Trump was not.

In an interview in 1989 Gerald explained that he pardoned Nixon because an indictment was inevitable, which would be followed by a trial and a conviction, which would be then followed by years of appeals.  He went on to say that he did not believe that his administration could effectively govern amide the resulting public upheaval.  

Aside from both being Republicans, Nixon and Trump have much in common.  Both men had/have no regard for ethics.  Both incited political divisions among the people of this country to seize power in the first place.  Both drew up enemies lists with the intention of using government power to punish those who opposed them.  Both tried to play the martyrs while holding the most powerful office in the world and both had no qualms about doing whatever it was necessary to maintain their power.

Nixon only stepped down when patriotic Congressional Republicans demanded that he do so after being caught red-handed.  Unfortunately, today the vast majority of Republican leaders don’t have the guts necessary to turn their backs on the racists, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, and Islamaphobic bigots and other “deplorables” who make up a large portion of Trump’s base in order to call him to task.

Cajun (Rick Guilbeau) 

3/31/2023