A truly great American, retired four-star general and former secretary of state Alexander Haig, has just passed away. Haig was a Korean War hero, a patriot and an outstanding statesman. He would have made a great president.
Haig, as Nixon’s chief of staff, facilitated the smooth takeover of the presidency by Gerald Ford when Nixon resigned in disgrace over the Watergate scandal. He served our country as secretary of state in the Reagan administration. His tenure was marred by frequent clashes with other cabinet membrts and policymakers.
Haig was a candidate for president in 1980 and in 1988, but he could not overcome a single gaffe he made when, after Reagan was shot, he declared that “I am in control here in the White House until the Vice President returns.”
That’s really too bad. He would have made a much greater president than Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and, yes, Barack Obama. Haig would have been a forceful no-nonsense president, traits sorely lacking in other presidents.
May Alexander Haig rest in peace.
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