Spiro T. Agnew

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I am not a crook either!

Spiro T. Agnew was Vice President under Tricky Dick, a concession to Southerners in exchange for their votes. He resigned his office before Nixon did because of a little tax complication (failing to report bribes as income and evading the tax on bribes), making them both crooks. Before distinguishing himself thus, Agnew was the Governor of Maryland. That made him not only the first and only Greek-American vice president but the first Greek-American governor in U.S. history, distinctions about which Greek-Americans are justifiably circumspect.

Although much given to manly posturing against the enemies of law and order, etc., Agnew's June 19, 1972 response to efforts by Nixon White House staffer Jeb Stuart Magruder to talk about the details of the Watergate break-in before it exploded in the faces of the administration was neither politically fearless nor a stern committment to the rule of law. He said, "I don't think we ought to discuss it again, in that case."[1] So well done, Mr. Agnew. America knew that it could count on you when the chips were down.

"Spiro Agnew" is an anagram for "Grow A Spine" (also "Grow a Penis").

[edit] Footnotes

  1. Keith W. Olson. 2003. Watergate: The Presidential Scandal That Shook America. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas.
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