Dick Nixon resigned on this date back in seventy-four.
\nIt was the culmination of his long and ugly war.
\nIn nineteen-fifty-eight, a crowd attacked him in Caracas.
\nWe ignored their warning. Maybe we needed maracas.
\nWe sat through his Checkers game. No, he was not a crook.
\nHe was more than that, an evil not seen in our book.
\nYes, he set the standard for Republicans to come.
\nReagan, Bushes, one and two, and now this lying scum.
\nMalevolence is not excused by dumb.
\nAnd we will not forgive this crooked crumb.
\nBut if he had the sense like Tricky Dick did to resign,
\nmaybe some judge might cut him a deal along the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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