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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
(A) They were surely gestures of protest. Symbolic? I think so, because they knew Cox would surely be fired in the end -- so their protest would have little or no practical effect in the short term.
In the mid to long term -- they had to know their resignations would harm Nixon immensely -- so if they had the intent to harm Nixon perhaps the gestures were not merely symbolic.
(B) You apparently speak out of ignorance, as well as extreme dislike for Bork. Mr. Richardson wrote a book (I think his biography) in which he is much kinder to Bork that you would seem to think is appropriate -- and set forth the basic facts as I recited them.
(C) It is hard for me to take your analysis seriously if you truly think that Bork is unprincipled and without a conscience. Seems the opposite to me (if anything, too strict an adherent to principle, without being sufficiently informed by reality).
S_A_M
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A narcissist's devotion to his own peculiar notion of right and wrong is not the same as a conscience. Charles Manson still believes that if he had been given time, the revolution would have changed the world for the better. Pat Robertson believes he talks to God and God listens. It doesn't mean any of the three have anything more than a delusional estimation of their own importance.
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