[mburbank]

Nalds, while your were being burped I was saying Iran Contra was far too complicated too arouse the same ire as watergate, which was a simple, followable crime. I wished Iran Contra woud sink Reagan, And I thought trading arms for hostages and illegally funding the money to the contras ought to have been more than enough to bring down a president, but I had no illusions. The story wasn't clear enough and Reagan, having established his foggy sweet grampa persona was allowed to say "I don't remember" over and over until no one could believe he even understood what had happened, let alone approved it.

Thus was established the principal that while actual guilt is a bad thing with a president, not knowing what's going on in your own administration and not really caring much either is hunky dory. A lot of what we put up with in Presidents (And I include Clinton) was established by the gipper.