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...struck by the fundamental inconsistency inherent in the position Agnew takes. In one breath he attacks the practice of "plea bargaining," under which he charges four witnesses against him in the Maryland grand jury proceeding were granted some form of immunity in exchange for their testimony, and in the next he attempts to justify his own plea of nolo contendere and acceptance of a slap-on-the-wrist sentence. This contrived arrangement represents plea bargaining at the highest level...
...Agnew gave us his own epitaph in 1969: "We can, however, afford to separate them from our society-with no more regret than we should feel over discarding rotten apples from a barrel...
...return for his candid approach to the great issues of the day, Agnew has been mocked, falsely accused and publicly humiliated. He has been unfairly tried by a kangaroo court, the jury being the press. And his own Government has turned on him as a scapegoat for others' misdeeds...
...Nixon Government is still under investigation. Until its problems, consisting of blatant financial finagling, the Spiro Agnew love affair, and the Watergate scandal, are resolved, the Nixon Government has not the legitimacy to participate in the selection of a Vice President, or in any other constitutional act devolving on the Executive. Period...
Nixon has some defenders in town, such as Auto Dealer Edward A. Sahli, 69, who still likes former Vice President Spiro Agnew, thinks the President is a victim of "harassment and persecution," and insists that the public is bored with Watergate ("It's like going to see Uncle Tom's Cabin ten times"). More typical are the views of Karen Phillips, 23, director of Christian education at Trinity United. She no longer defends Nixon, explaining: "My dad would say, 'All politicians are crooks,' and I used to say no. Now I agree. I feel betrayed...