Reagan, Iran, Contras and Breaching the Public Trust
It is time to view the bright side of “Irangate.”
There should be a boom in bow-tie sales, since it is unsafe to wear a necktie while using a paper shredder.
Perhaps another kindly, loyal little old lady in the tradition of Rosemary Woods will get hundreds of hours of hot and racy taped expletives to delete. (“I just love it when you talk dirty!”)
The image of the Fifth Amendment, long tarnished by gangsters, murderers and spies, is now enhanced--the Fifth has become the “in” vacation spot of “national heroes” while visiting congressional committees.
DAVE QUICK
Los Angeles
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