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Buckley on Felt and Nixon

In his column dated June 3, 2005 entitled Foul Felt William F. Buckley Jr. says:

It was thought for some 30 years that Deep Throat did as he did to preserve the honor of his country Perhaps that was the precipitating motive of Mark Felt. But to agree on that point requires that you agree that getting Richard Nixon out of the White House was the supreme national concern, in which event it would have been OK to shoot him.

The correct punishment for Nixon's crime was impeachment not death. How does one go from thinking that getting Richard Nixon out of the White House was the supreme national concern to that this implies it would have been OK to shoot him? But I guess logic is not the strong point for someone who believes words written 2000 years ago prove that Jesus is the Son of God.