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Mr. Phillips’ Warning

Mr. Robert Phillips (1961)

The day after Kennedy’s election, Mr. Phillips gave our high school journalism class a very sober and thoughtful warning about the disastrous course our country was taking.

Sarah Palin's TrooperGate=McCain's Watergate?

Sarah Palin, Vice Presidential candidate

We could be on the threshhold of a major political scandal similar to Dick Nixon’s infamous Watergate break-in. It may not bring down the government and halt the business of Washington for months like Watergate did, but it could very easily either upset John McCain’s quest for the Presidency or result in the impeachment of [...]