6 Some Good Stuff Too
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starjargonWhy Nixon is Amy's Hero
Many of her friends were politically minded. Of course they were. And so was she. Knowing the results of elections didn’t stop her campaigning for her own causes. Of course she made Rory help. When it was announced that Richard Nixon was once again running for president of the United States, she campaigned for him- hard. She celebrated when he won, and praised every accomplishment he had.
Everyone knew who stopped by the Williams’ house never to say a single bad word against the new Commander- in- Chief, but no one ever knew why. Not really. His first term was filled with achievements praised the world over. But his second started out so poorly and ended so abruptly, yet Amy would never hear any bad thing about him. Not when the Watergate scandal rocked the country. Not when his Vice President resigned. Not when he was about to be impeached. Not when he stepped down.
And Amy could never give them any satisfying answers as to why she defended him so vigorously. How would they understand? Could she say she had met the man in person, and he wasn’t what they were saying about him? Could she say that he had accepted help from and offered it to a mad man and his team in a blue box, unreasonable as it seemed? Or, could she perhaps say that it was her long- ago best friend that had convinced him to record his personal dealings in the White House- a huge factor in the scandal?
She could never tell anyone any of that. But even if she could, none of that was the reason for her unyielding loyalty to the man. Not really. No. Her love of the flawed president was shared by only her husband, for the same reason.
For all of his imperfections, for all the world’s doubts and misgivings, for all his triumphs and failures, all the good and all the bad- Amy, and Rory, only saw one man. He was the man who answered and helped their little girl when she needed it. And that made, in their eyes, made him great.
Many of her friends were politically minded. Of course they were. And so was she. Knowing the results of elections didn’t stop her campaigning for her own causes. Of course she made Rory help. When it was announced that Richard Nixon was once again running for president of the United States, she campaigned for him- hard. She celebrated when he won, and praised every accomplishment he had.
Everyone knew who stopped by the Williams’ house never to say a single bad word against the new Commander- in- Chief, but no one ever knew why. Not really. His first term was filled with achievements praised the world over. But his second started out so poorly and ended so abruptly, yet Amy would never hear any bad thing about him. Not when the Watergate scandal rocked the country. Not when his Vice President resigned. Not when he was about to be impeached. Not when he stepped down.
And Amy could never give them any satisfying answers as to why she defended him so vigorously. How would they understand? Could she say she had met the man in person, and he wasn’t what they were saying about him? Could she say that he had accepted help from and offered it to a mad man and his team in a blue box, unreasonable as it seemed? Or, could she perhaps say that it was her long- ago best friend that had convinced him to record his personal dealings in the White House- a huge factor in the scandal?
She could never tell anyone any of that. But even if she could, none of that was the reason for her unyielding loyalty to the man. Not really. No. Her love of the flawed president was shared by only her husband, for the same reason.
For all of his imperfections, for all the world’s doubts and misgivings, for all his triumphs and failures, all the good and all the bad- Amy, and Rory, only saw one man. He was the man who answered and helped their little girl when she needed it. And that made, in their eyes, made him great.
