The Seriousness of the Charge

When I was a teenager during the presidency of Richard Nixon, with all the upheaval at home and around the globe, you’d have thought the fate of the world hinged on a two-bit burglary by third-rate political hoods at the Watergate Hotel complex. Similarly, when the Cold War was hot during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, it seemed all that mattered was the Iran-Contra affair. All three TV networks eagerly preempted regular programming for gavel-to-gavel coverage of congressional hearings during both instances. But why?

Rush Limbaugh is fond of saying that with liberals, it’s never really what the crime is, but the “seriousness of the charge” that counts. And when the GOP is in the White House, the charges are always grave.

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