Tom Brady and Richard Nixon: Gates of a Feather
It’s appropriate that the kerfuffle over Tom Brady’s flabby balls had the sobriquet “gate” appended to it since it shares a striking resemblance to the original, if you will, “gatescapade” that ultimately cost Richard Nixon the White House and a strong legacy in American History.
Deflategate and Watergate are more alike than they are different.
The Indianapolis Colts were to the New England Patriots what Sen. George McGovern was to Nixon during the 1972 presidential election campaign: total, complete and utter cannon fodder.
There was no way in hell Brady and his Pats were going to lose to the Colts, who more or less sat out the game anyway, in the same way that it was a foregone conclusion that McGovern would get annihilated by Nixon, New York Times film critic Pauline Kael’s reputed aphorism about knowing only one person who voted for him notwithstanding.
Posted: May 12th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Opinion | Tags: Deflategate, New England Patriots, Richard Nixon, Scott St. Clair, Tom Brady, Tom Brady's balls, Watergate | Comments Off on Tom Brady and Richard Nixon: Gates of a Feather