Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 28, 2023

I can think of several who’re now dead… along with that kind of morality.

Nixon and Spiro Agnew resigned although they didn’t take full responsibility.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

Waiting for orange to man up. can’t resign, but can quit his campaign

Congressman Christopher Lee, who represented District 27 in western New York, resigned in February 2011 after soliciting a woman on Craigslist. He was replaced by an interim congresswoman named Kathy Hochul who became Lieutenant Governor in 2015. Then the next Christopher, a Mr. Collins, represented the 27th district until September 2019 when he was forced to resign and plead guilty to insider trading. The next congressman, another Christopher with the last name of Jacobs, represented that same 27th district, through the end of 2022, when that district was abolished. The third Christopher wound up being the end of the line.

Al Franken? (although imo, he didn’t commit a heinous act)

“I don’t take responsibility for ANY of it!”

Richard Nixon is the obvious one

An Honest Politician,,, Talk about an Oxymoron!!

If anyone remembers Richard Nixon, he did the honorable thing. It’s to bad that he was the last one.

Jean Germain…

Fire alarm.

If you are Joe Biden: take (full) credit for good things with which you have had virtually no part in, claim failures to be successes and/or blame anything that goes (or is going) wrong on the Donald Trump.

Words that do not belong in the same sentence; congressman and full responsibility

Honorable people usually don’t get themselves into situations where they “have to do the honorable thing.” Honorable people can make mistakes and bad decisions and can also be misled and deceived; but, being honorable, they own up and work to make things right. Honorable people don’t stop and think about what the honorable thing to do is — they just do it.

Very few ever resigned ‘without compensation’ that didn’t have a big nest egg already to hatch when they got home.

I suppose since we, generally, replaces whipping with fines and pay docking, taking full responsibility for something means people can talk bad about you, but that’s about it.

They are usually in Japan and dead.

Buy another round — they’ll be there for a while.

Poor Al Franken. Never should have resigned after we see what we are stuck with now. At least Al had an IQ above room temperature.

With great power comes great irresponsibly.

President Nixon.

Andrew Cuomo?

The bucks stop here – not responsibility

Can’t even name one currently on the Supreme Court (and there are 2 to whom this applies)

Resigning is considered “taking responsibility”. “Without compensation” would probably be considered a “crime against the Class”. :(

Smart kid. Too smart.

Teresa May, Liz Truss, and many more from Europe

Well, sure none of the government officials involved in January 6. I’m looking at you, Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mike Johnson, etc.

Nixon resigned under tremendous pressure from the press and a substantial segment of the general public, not to mention the majority of his own Republican Party, which sent no less a person than Barry Goldwater, a previous presidential candidate and de facto point man of the party’s conservative wing, to convince him to step down. This, while Nixon was facing possible impeachment and indictment. It’s hard for me to see that as doing the honorable thing, rather than the expedient one.

Hey, at least it gives a excuse to ponder, while we drink … ;)

I’m guessing just like everyone here, but I suspect Al Frankin just didn’t want to deal with the idiots anymore.

Check out Calvin & Hobbes latest arc…

Maybe you not vote for or do business with those guys until they do or at least leave? As I’ve long said in the words of Shakespeare, the fault lies not in the stars, but ours.

General Fogleman after KhobarTowers.

Many have resigned, having become a liability to their party or company. But the term “Golden Parachute” was invented for them. Atoning for one’s misdeeds requires extensive, expensive effort from the victims, a long investigation and usually a longer court hearing and trial.

Do the crime, do the time.*

*Offer applies only to lower income individuals.

Al Franken.

No, over here they just say, like Rupert Murdock (or is he American, now?) “It was me, I did it .. blame me!” And then everybody just goes home.

Teachers, state department appointees, media journalists. To name a few more!!!!

And generals & admirals; and cardinals, pastors, bishops & ministers; superintendents & chiefs; and the like. A few names pop up, but closer looks show most simply shuffle to a less public senior or lucrative position (unlike the juniors who usually pay an enduring price).

Try Japan.

Richard Nixon?