Yeah so former Nixon speechwriter and the *original*New York Times "lightning rod conservative" columnist William "Bill" Safire died yesterday. Whaddaya want us to do about it, jesus... Anyway, Gawker found the most interesting/brief way to Honor this, the most recent political death: with this TERRIFYING bit of alternate history Safire drafted for Nixon in the event that Armstrong and Aldrin got STUCK on the moon and had to just sit there and DIE. [Gawker]