The GOP is so funny. Once the decision was made to send Bush in to help Cappiello make some wealthy friends, they had a problem. Connecticut hates Bush. But the President is a proud man, and he would hardly countenance traveling across 5 states to raise money for a candidate that was ashamed of him. So would there be a picture with Cappiello and the President?
Fortunately, there's documentary evidence of the event, so let's subpoena roll the tape:
(Frames 75-83: POTUS meets with SEN CAPPIELLO. Lower right: CT GOP secretary Rose Mary Woods reviews the tape of the meeting.)
Oh noes! It would appear that the information that we're after has been somehow erased – we may never know what was said or what embraces were exchanged in that fateful meeting between the President and his deputy!
Seriously, though – I don't know if they were inspired by the presence of Nixon administration giant Henry Kissinger, or if there's some biological imperative forcing conservatives – like salmon swimming upstream – to erase the evidence when the shit goes down.
But still, you have to admit that pulling a Rose Mary Woods on their Flickr photostream is a pretty ingenious old-school move. Introducing a sample of Nixon-era squalor into a 2008 political campaign shows that, however misguided their policies, the Republican Party still shows respect for the classics.
BONUS: Here's a taped conversation between Nixon and Hadelman, 35 years to the day before yesterday's meeting of Bush and Cappiello. PDF transcript / Audio clip 1 and clip 2. |
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