There was a special monicker for the man who infamously pardonded President Nixon after the Watergate scandal. "We now have Oatmeal Man," said Gil Scott-Heron in his 1975 monologue "Pardon Our Annalysis (We Beg Your Pardon)." "Anytime you find someone in the middle, anytime you find someone who is tepid, anytime you find someone who is lukewarm, anytime you find someone who has been in Congress 25 years and no one ever heard of him, you got Oatmeal Man."
Click here to download the full monologue (one of Gil Scott-Heron's greatest ever).
-Former president Gerald Ford dies [AP]
And that's after 60 days.
ReplyDelete03/25/2009, 16:49:41
This is 3/25/2009, not a lot has changed, has it? Listening to Gil Scott-Heron. Black man catching it in this new ,news thing called 24/7 news cycle. Black man, President Obama expected bring change immediately to all the woes of these United States. He spoke on TV last evening. Before he could get out of the briefing room all of his words were being chewed up and digested.Hang in there President Obama, you have started the change and most people don't see it.
ReplyDelete03/25/2009, 16:08:46
Thanks.
ReplyDeleteRemember: If Nixon knew, Agnew.
01/04/2007, 22:54:52
My thoughts (and memories) exactly. (I still have the album)
ReplyDelete01/03/2007, 22:14:24