Going through the allegations and counter-allegations being made on cash for vote scam by the ruling and main opposition party in Parliament, I am reminded of a similar scenario in U.S.
When Richard Nixon appeared on world’s television screens in April 1974, he declared of Watergate: “The President has nothing to hide.” Privately, however, he was stricken with doubt and indecision. “He had lost track of the truth. He was, whether he realized it or not, was lying.” So writes Theodore H. White in his book, “ Breach of Faith: The fall of Richard Nixon.”
It was this deceit which destroyed Americans’ faith in Richard Nixon and which ultimately cost him the Presidency.
In one of his last recorded conversations with his confidants, he was found to be saying, “We’ll survive. Despite all the polls and politics, I think there’s still a hell of people out there, and from what I’ve seen….they want to believe, that’s the point, is’nt it?”
That was the point. They did want to believe but they could not.
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