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Some members used then? opening statements to make impassioned pleas for articles of impeachment that seemed un likely to win support from a majority of their colleagues. Father Robert Drinan, a Massachusetts Democrat, argued that it was wrong not to cite Nixon for the secret bombing of Cambodia just because it would not "fly" or "play in Peoria." Asked Dri nan: "How can we impeach the President for concealing a burglary but not for concealing a massive bombing?" Surprisingly, New York Republican Henry Smith, considered wholly against impeachment, indicated that the Cambodia bombing was the one Nixon offense that...
McLaughlin has made clear that he feels he is being discriminated against because of his political views. Boston, he notes, is at "the geopolitical center of liberal thinking," and he points out that another Jesuit, Democratic Congressman Robert Drinan of Massachusetts (with whom he attended seminary), has made controversial public statements without being reprimanded. Other Jesuits maintain that it is not politics that is at issue but the vows of poverty and obedience. Drinan, they note, lives in a Jesuit house at Georgetown University, while McLaughlin rents an expensive apartment in the Watergate complex. ("Physical poverty," McLaughlin says, "does more...
...doodles for auction (highest price was $1,000); Senator Adlai Stevenson III, taxi-dancing; CBS's Dan Rather, selling kisses for 50 cents; and Martha Mitchell, who offered to call anyone, anywhere, about anything-for $5. At least one Congressman had his consciousness raised. The Rev. Robert Drinan bought a T shirt reading "Trust in God. She will provide." Said the jolly Jesuit: "Aren't these for girls...
Cooling Hotheads. A few of the more volatile members of the committee almost jumped at St. Clair's bait. Such liberal Democrats as Father Robert Drinan of Massachusetts, California's Jerome Waldie and Michigan's John Conyers Jr. wanted immediately to issue subpoenas for every bit of evidence that Doar was seeking. But Chairman Rodino called a caucus of the committee's Democrats and urged the hotheads to cool off. There would be plenty of time to issue subpoenas, he argued, once the White House intention to cut off all further evidence was totally clear. Meanwhile, the committee staff...
This time, however, VanderVeen got considerable help from the United Auto Workers and the Boston political-consulting firm of Marttila, Payne, Kiley & Thorne, which had helped engineer up set victories for Father Robert Drinan in a Massachusetts congressional race in 1970 and for Joseph Biden in a 1972 U.S. Senate election in Delaware. The Democrats never let the voters forget that VanderLaan was a man from Nixon's party, while their candidate was "his own man." In a district where Republicanism is considered next to godliness, the Democrats emphasized how far the idols had fallen. In one campaign...