For some historical perspective, Edith Wilson ran the government for a year and a half after the President, her husband Woodrow, stroked out. It falls in the category of "open conspiracy", where the mainstream admits that it happened, but never talks about it as if it was no big deal. Really, probably very few have ever even heard of this.
Fast-forward a century and we don't bother with open conspiracies. It's just open.
PS: If you read the wiki, you'll find the justification to be:
In My Memoir, published in 1939, Edith Wilson justified her self-proclaimed role of presidential "steward", arguing that her actions on behalf of Woodrow Wilson's presidency were sanctioned by Wilson's doctors; that they told her to do so for her husband's mental health.
"Yes, excuse me, I have a doctor's note here that reads... let me get the wording right... hmm, poor handwriting... oh, yes, 'Fuck your Constitution.'"
For some historical perspective, Edith Wilson ran the government for a year and a half after the President, her husband Woodrow, stroked out. It falls in the category of "open conspiracy", where the mainstream admits that it happened, but never talks about it as if it was no big deal. Really, probably very few have ever even heard of this.
Fast-forward a century and we don't bother with open conspiracies. It's just open.
PS: If you read the wiki, you'll find the justification to be:
"Yes, excuse me, I have a doctor's note here that reads... let me get the wording right... hmm, poor handwriting... oh, yes, 'Fuck your Constitution.'"