Alexander Haig Dead at 85

[CaliforniaPeggy]

By James Oliphant

February 20, 2010 | 7:17 a.m.


Reporting from Washington - Alexander M. Haig's life threaded through some of the most tumultuous episodes of the second half of the 20th century. An Army officer in Vietnam, a presidential advisor during the Watergate scandal and a key Cabinet member during the attempted assassination of President Reagan, he was a combat warrior who found himself a diplomat, a career military man who became the consummate political insider.

He died Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore from complications associated with an infection, the Associated Press reported. He was 85.

Haig is probably best remembered by many Americans as the man who asserted his authority in the White House after Reagan was shot outside a Washington hotel in 1981 -- despite the fact that, as secretary of State, he was well down the line of presidential succession.

The gaffe sparked a small-scale firestorm. But Haig had been a controversial figure in Washington circles for years, chiefly for his role as President Nixon's chief of staff as the administration buckled beneath the weight of the Watergate investigation. Haig was credited by many for holding the White House together as its walls closed in on the president.

More at link:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-alexander-haig21-2010feb20,0,400196.story

[leftstreet]

1. Meh (he rest in peace)

or something

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Or something, lol!

Hey, he was part of history!

:P

[thunder rising]

3. Well that's one we don't have to worry about showing up on Fox

[LuvNewcastle]

4. Who did he leave in charge? n/t

[UTUSN]

14. I'll never get tired of that one!1 n/t

[Doc_Technical]

5. When I heard of Alexander Haig's passing

this was the first thing to come to mind.

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/81/81bbizarro.phtml

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. I love it!

That is hilarious!

Thank you.

[WeDidIt]

6. This is from Hell, Satan has been taken to a hospital Haig holds press conference

Claims "he is in charge here".

[mithnanthy]

7. He wants Satan's job...

He's been practicing for years!

[DainBramaged]

9. I guess Al is in charge of something better now

RIP sir. You served your country with honor.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Thank you, my dear DainBramaged...

I appreciate your thoughtful, dignified answer...

[DainBramaged]

19. He may have been misguided at times, but he put his country first

The politicians of today would be hard pressed to be as honorable as he was.

[upi402]

10. "I'm in contorl of the WH!"

pffft

Ignorance of arrogance incarnate.
He blame the media for their presentation of his act. Yeah, playing the tape of it!

[AngryAmish]

12. No longer in charge.

[NecklyTyler]

13. Haig, Nixon and Raygun can sit around the fire and talk over old times

Maybe I should have said sit around IN the fire

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. ROFL!

Of all the DUzy worthy responses in this thread, yours is the best!

:rofl:

[UTUSN]

16. K&R to attempt to undo the usual, inscrutable UnReKKK, to no avail n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. I appreciate your efforts, my dear UTUSN!

:hug:

[spanone]

18. when reagan was president, haig scared the shit out of me...rip

[Yurovsky]

20. Yeah, WTF is a GENERAL doing as Sec of State...

unless WAR is your primary diplomacy, which would explain why Ray-gun and the Bushies had generals pretending to be statesmen, starting wars and killing innocents around the world.

I hope Al brought a stick with some marshmellows & maybe a pack of hot dogs... he won't have to try very hard to roast 'em where he's at now.