Part Three

 Monica Crowley: The Grande Dame of the American Media

 

President Nixon trusted Monica Crowley. He believed in her. He believed in her good judgment and analytical mind. This is why, he  allowed her to tour the globe with him and join him in his meetings and conversations with international dignitaries and foreign heads of state wherever he went. Monica Crowley admits her life took a different path from the original one she envisaged since meeting President Nixon. He deeply influenced her life and to her future, he gave a larger dimension.  And Monica is  deeply grateful. “He was so much more to me than a mentor…” she said. She will always remember how generous and considerate he was toward her. “There were days I’d leave his office to go home, and I lived about an hour away, and when it was snowing, by the time I’d get home, there’d be a message on my answering machine asking me if I’d got home safely.”  Most certainly, Monica Crowley found in President Nixon, warmth, sincere friendship and touching affection. Qualities and virtues nourished with human goodness and limpidity of the soul that unjustly and unfairly  escaped the perimeter of the public understanding of the American people.

 

The man was genuine, brilliant with an alert mind and high moral standards. This statement of mine might astonish his enemies and the majority of the American people. The truth, I tell you, the whole world shares my opinion. To Europeans, Asians, Africans, Middle Easterners, Near Easterners, Arabs, citizens of the known and unknown world, Richard Nixon was the greatest American president of all time. A president with visions, ethics and principles. Perhaps, Monica Crowley had the privilege and the rare opportunity to sense those qualities in the man and understand his psyche, the depth and substance of his soul. And as such, she felt that certain loyalty and admiration would be a small price to pay and a token of gratitude to offer and remember with dignity and respect. I pity those who would dare to criticize Monica Crowley for being helpful and loyal to President Nixon, for speaking about him with respect and affection. Monica Crowley is a very bright woman with a striking intelligence, dignity and loyalty. She knew the man as a friend, as a brilliant politician, as a mentor and as a grand father. Perhaps, we missed or failed to see President Nixon’s qualities and virtues. It is very possible. To me, it is most certain!

 

 

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