At the height of the Watergate scandal, XXX XXXXX said Democrats were “more immoral” than Republicans.
“Let me say for the record clearly, clearly Democrats are as immoral as Republicans, if not more immoral in some of the big cities, a great deal more immoral in the traditional sense,”…
“But as a practical matter, politicians as a whole, in my opinion, having practicing law for four years, are a good deal more moral than lawyers as a whole, or doctors or businessmen.”
XXXXXXXXX made the comments in May 1973, months after the so-called Nixon tapes were released to the public, proving that President Richard Nixon had learned about the break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters at the Watergate Hotel and oversaw a cover-up of the crimes.
Despite those revelations, XXXXX urged Democrats not to seize on the Watergate scandal as a campaign issue and boasted about how he “put on a 20-minute tirade” for attendees of a fundraiser in New Jersey about “the virtues of the Republican Party.”
He said, “For those of you who are active Democrats in the audience, who are too short-sighted to realize that the demise of the Republican Party means your own demise, that the demise of politicians and political parties means the demise of the system, then one of us is very stupid, either you or me, and I don’t think it’s me.”
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Who said this?
The Dunce of DC
(& that’s saying a lot!)
“But as a practical matter, politicians as a whole, in my opinion, having practicing law for four years, are a good deal more moral than lawyers as a whole, or doctors or businessmen.”
Somebody check Joe’s status, I think a bolt of lightning just struck him.
The simple maxim, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” [shout out to Lord Acton] is universal, a reflection of human nature as a whole. When good people get elected or obtain a position of power, they are able to enact a moral identity, to do what’s right and just for the benefit of the whole. Those not governed by virtue or good moral standing take ethical shortcuts, they use the system and resulting power for their own aggrandizement, to increase more power, status, and wealth.
Another endorsement for term limits; it is indeed rare for any politician to remain in D.C. and still be effective and principled, untouched by the strappings of naked greed and corruption.
Of course you don’t think you’re stupid Joe, because you’re stupid!
What could Joe Biden presume to know about morality?
He is an amoral nihilist – for him God does not exist – for him there are only two meters of “success:” power and wealth.
Morality is as foreign to him as … well … Chinese and Ukrainian …
izlamo delenda est …
1973
is that before or after the brain surgery?
better question … is that before or after the hair plugs?
the brain’s been gone longer than that