[lbo-talk] heroes

[Dennis Claxton]

Reading about Joe Paterno reminded me of this take on Nixon from William 
S. Burroughs.  Small comfort I guess though:

“I think that Richard Nixon will go down in history as a true folk hero, 
who struck a vital blow to the whole diseased concept of the revered 
image and gave the American virtue of irreverence and skepticism back to 
the people.”

http://www.memorablequotations.com/burroughs.htm