Keith, Robert M., fl. 1974 to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09613.02.0784 Author/Creator: Keith, Robert M., fl. 1974 Place Written: Sunland, California Type: Typed letter signed Date: 29 July 1974 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 27.8 cm, Width: 21.6 cm Order a Copy
One letter from Robert M. Keith to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated July 29, 1974. Keith supports the impeachment of President Nixon. He suggests that Moorhead does not think for himself, intends to vote him out of office. "I am at a loss to understand how you, as a reasonably intelligent person, could vote the way you did in light of the evidence presented. I can only conclude that two of the lines from Sir Joseph Porter's famous song from H.M.S. Pinafore were written with politicians such as yourself in mind; i.e., '... I always voted at my party's call, / and I never thought of thinking for myself at all...'"
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