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The Cliff Schecter blog announces that on May 2, 2008 some prominent Republicans will be coming out endorsing Barack Obama. This is major. http://agonist.org/schecter/?p=9525 What’s even more powerful is a comment to the announcement left by a “Kim” who describes one of the propsed endorsees:

“Prominent Indiana Republicans Endorsing Obama”
Kim, on May 2nd, 2008 at 7:38 am Said:

William Ruckelshaus is more than a former Nixon administration attorney. He was deputy Attorney General on the night of the “Saturday Night Massacre.”
When Attorney General Eliot Richardson resigned rather than fire Archibald Cox (who was the Special Prosecutor on Watergate) as ordered by President Nixon, the order then fell to Mr. Ruckelshaus to enforce.

Mr. Ruckelshaus also resigned rather than carry out this Presidential order. Then, Robert Bork took the top spot and fired Archibald Cox. President Nixon wanted Mr. Cox fired because he had properly subpeonaed White House records. This firing provoked a Constitutional crisis between the executive and legislative branch. Following this firing, the Irvin committee opened impeachment hearings against the President.

Almost all of the legal community hold both Mr. Richardson and Mr. Ruckelshaus in high esteem for doing the right and ethical thing. Most people who remember this Saturday Night Massacre also hold Mr. Richardson and Mr. Ruckelshaus in very high esteem.

Mr. Ruckelshaus showed himself that night to be a true patriot and a true defender of our Constitution. We could use more like him in office today.