JOHN DEAN - THE FORGOTTEN HONORABLE MAN

There are very few men - dead or alive - I have admired. Those I have all shared & showed a COMPULSION, not a desire mind you, but a compulsion for acting with COURAGE, REASON, HONOR & TRUTH. One such man was an American President's Counsel who single handedly brought down the Nixon Administration in 1973, when he realized he was associated with a nest of conscious less Republican vipers. Thanks to him and to circuit Judge Sirica, the light of US democracy shone again, however briefly. A few years later, it has dimmed since; perhaps never to shine again.

 

John Dean - THE FORGOTTEN HONORABLE MAN

Counsel to President Nixon, John W. Dean III became famous as the first White House official to accuse the president of direct involvement in the Watergate cover-up. In dramatic testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee in June 1973, the boyish-looking Dean recounted telling Nixon that the cover-up had become a "cancer on the presidency." He implicated many administration officials, including him, in efforts to block investigation of the burglars' connections to the White House. Dean was later charged with obstruction of justice and spent four months in prison. Since then, he has relentlessly & eloquently denounced the abuse of power by the EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. His latest book deals with the corrupt tandem BUSCH-CHENEY.

John Dean then - giving testimony. He has written many books exposing the abuse of power by the occupants of the White House and calling for a return to HONESTY, TRUTH & HONOR among high civil servants.

 

Hereunder is his 2004 book entitled:

“Worse than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush”

 “Worse than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush” is a 2004 book by author and Watergate figure John W. Dean. With the perspective of a former Republican political insider, and experience in the Watergate scandal when he was White House counsel to Nixon, Dean takes a sincere, well-considered look at how conservative politics in the U.S. is veering dangerously close to authoritarianism, offering a penetrating and highly disturbing portrait of many of the major players in Republican politics and power. Looking back on the development of conservative politics in the U.S., Dean notes that CONSERVATISM IS REGRESSING TO ITS AUTHORITARIAN ROOTS. Dean draws on five decades of social science research that details the personality traits of what are called "double high authoritarians": SELF-RIGHTEOUS, MEAN-SPIRITED, AMORAL, MANIPULATIVE, BULLYING. He concludes that Chuck Colson, Pat Robertson, Newt Gingrich, and Tom DeLay are all textbook examples.

>When I read the book in 2005, I found it fascinating as it confirms then my own suspicions of what America has or will soon become i.e. an authoritarian nation with a docile, obedient right-wing Congress, A NATION ADRIFT LOSING ITS REPUBLICAN IDEALS.

THE FRANKESTEIN TANDEM – BUSCH & CHENEY

Dean calls Vice-President Cheney "the architect of Bush's authoritarian policies," and deems Bush "a mental lightweight with a strong right-wing authoritarian personality." Dean maintained that conservatives without conscience have produced such a hostile, no collegial environment in Congress that threats of resistance through filibusters have been met with threats of a "nuclear option" and that conservatives have used fear mongering about terrorist attacks to the point where the nation faces a greater threat of relinquishing its ideals of democracy. Dean appeals to conservatives to find their consciences and to all Americans to take serious heed of what is going on in the nation. Readers of all political perspectives will find this book riveting. Dean criticizes the secrecy employed by US President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney, depriving citizens of the ability to make informed decisions, and draws parallels with the government of US President Richard Nixon. He also draws attention to potentially serious issues that, as of 2004, had been given a low profile in the US media. He proved to be prophetic, as the media has lost its rightful investigative prerogative, due to the repeated threats (demotion, firing, even death threats of journalists & political columnists) by the Busch administration.
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TWO PRESIDENTS (AFTER NIXON) SHOULD HAVE BEEN IMPEACHED, both like NIXON were also REPUBLICANS.

Ronald Reagan (the Iran-Contra). President Reagan spent 3 days in a daze walking the white House in pajamas so convinced was he of impending impeachment. Lt. Col. Oliver North saved him when he asserted that the funds from arms sales to Iran were indeed funneled to the CONTRAS in Nicaragua without President Reagan knowledge. He was of course lying.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georges Busch (the 18 March 2003 presidential determination). It was a condition of the legislation which authorized the 2003 invasion of Iraq; however it failed to satisfy the terms imposed by Congress and consequently would justify impeachment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OBAMA & THE CONTINUOUS COVER UP OF ISRAEL NUCLEAR ARSENAL

Mr. Obama, like his predecessors, pretends that he doesn’t know anything about Israel's nuclear arsenal. This taboo impedes discussions within Washington and internationally. What sustains this pretense is the myth that America is locked into covering up Israeli nuclear bombs because of a 1969 agreement between President Richard M. Nixon and Israel’s prime minister, Golda Meir. For Mr. Nixon, it was mainly about gaining Israeli support in the cold war. He and Mrs. Meir understood the need to discourage the Soviets from providing their Arab allies with nuclear weapons. A declared Israeli nuclear arsenal would have led to pressure for Moscow to do so.

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But such cold war reasons for America to stay mum evaporated decades ago. Everyone knows the Israelis have nuclear bombs. The issue is always vetoed by the US, when it comes at the UN.

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POST SCRIPTUM

Dean went on to write many books on the abuse of power by the White House, including two memoirs of the Watergate scandal, "Blind Ambition" and "Lost Honor," as well as a book on Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

Dean is now 77 and he currently lives in Beverly Hills, Calif., where he works as a writer, lecturer, and private investment banker.

                             Two of his books: