Averageman
06-26-14, 18:54
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/06/26/sen-baker-who-queried-nixon-on-watergate-dies/20920680/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl8%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D493972
At a time when Nixon's back was against the wall, this Man refused to go along with the status quo, or to be a mouth piece for his party.
Howard Baker's question sliced to the core of Watergate: "What did the president know and when did he know it?"
Repeated over and again in the senator's mild Tennessee drawl, those words guided Americans through the tangle of Watergate characters and charges playing daily on TV to focus squarely on Richard Nixon and his role in the cover-up.
Perhaps it is the difference between Politicians and Statesmen.
At a time when Nixon's back was against the wall, this Man refused to go along with the status quo, or to be a mouth piece for his party.
Howard Baker's question sliced to the core of Watergate: "What did the president know and when did he know it?"
Repeated over and again in the senator's mild Tennessee drawl, those words guided Americans through the tangle of Watergate characters and charges playing daily on TV to focus squarely on Richard Nixon and his role in the cover-up.
Perhaps it is the difference between Politicians and Statesmen.