Back when we cats were kittens, we had a P.O.W. — "Prisoner of Watergate" — bracelet. It looked just like the bracelets (see above) that people wore for P.O.W.s in Viet Nam — except, of course, for the inscription. Ours said "John W. Dean, 4-30-73." That was the date Dean was fired as Counsel to the President.
Irreverent? Probably. But it was just our way of saying we supported John Dean, and believed what he was saying about Richard Nixon's involvement in the scandal that ultimately brought him down.
Now the pundits and journos are saying that White House Counsel Don McGahn spent 30 hours cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller because he didn't want to end up in the slammer like John Dean did. And former Republican operatives like Steve Schmidt are saying that McGahn is an honorable man who surely has done the right thing.
"Don McGahn is not getting disbarred or going to jail for Donald Trump," Schmidt said. "He doesn’t work for Donald Trump... He works for the American people. He swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution... to tell the truth to the Special Counsel on behalf of the American people for whom he works and serves."
Okay, if that's true, we cats only have one question. If Don McGahn is such a good guy, why did it take him more than two weeks to fire National Security Adviser Mike Flynn after Sally Yates went to him with her hair on fire to say Flynn was compromised by the Russians?
Like the rest of you, we're waiting for the answer — because that's something the White House has never explained. And if, in the end, Don McGahn is hauled off to the hoosegow after all, we'll consider wearing his bracelet. We cats HISS.
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