Thursday, October 20, 2005

On This Day


On Oct. 20, 1973, in the so-called Saturday Night Massacre, President Nixon abolished the office of special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, accepted the resignation of Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and fired Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus.

full story here

October just is not historically a good month for Rethuglican Presidents. I remember This Day In History because my very angry Mother sent a telegram to the White House expressiong her, um, profound displeasure at this.

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