Thu Sep 26, 2019, 10:34 AM

TruckFump (5,234 posts)

OK, Old Timers, I gotta say this:

As an adult in my late 20s, I lived through Watergate. Never liked Nixon, but was still shocked at what went on and glad that he was caught, embarrassed and forced to resign.

However, what is going on now with Trump, IMO, it makes Watergate look like a misdemeanor theft of bubble gum from a 7-11 by a 10-year-old.

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OK, Old Timers, I gotta say this: (Original post)	TruckFump	Sep 2019	OP
I liked the bubble gum in the baseball cards packets.	Funtatlaguy	Sep 2019	#1
you liked that bubblegum? It was always hard and broke into pieces too big to chew.	librechik	Sep 2019	#8
Sometimes, but I liked the flavor and my brother couldn't have it.	Funtatlaguy	Sep 2019	#9
I ate the gum and gave my cards to my brother	kozar	Sep 2019	#48
No, I think WG was much more serious than that.	marybourg	Sep 2019	#2
Yes, very serious, but not on the level of what is happening now.	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#3
Yes, as bad as Watergate was, this has topped it by several degrees.	Arkansas Granny	Sep 2019	#4
That POS in the WH put the freedom of our nation and that of	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#5
The presidency is the best "gig" he has ever had.	Scarsdale	Sep 2019	#18
Naw.	BlueMTexpat	Sep 2019	#35
What about Malaria the porn queen?	olegramps	Sep 2019	#66
I don't care, do you?	True Blue American	Sep 2019	#90
Yes, I do. She is representing the nation as the First Lady.	olegramps	Sep 2019	#92
ivanka	subana	Sep 2019	#68
OMG, Daddy's favorite blouse!	klook	Sep 2019	#77
haha!!	subana	Sep 2019	#79
Thank you	not fooled	Sep 2019	#82
Several degrees?????	DENVERPOPS	Sep 2019	#74
WG	DownriverDem	Sep 2019	#87
No, but it wasn't " the theft of bubble	marybourg	Sep 2019	#89
Same here	wryter2000	Sep 2019	#6
I was around during Watergate, about your age as a matter of fact.	redstatebluegirl	Sep 2019	#7
Back when the Warren Report came out, I read it -- all of it.	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#10
I read it too.	redstatebluegirl	Sep 2019	#11
Wow, what a "look back" now.	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#14
Actually I kept that paper and had it out the other night.	redstatebluegirl	Sep 2019	#38
yes, they still sorta believed in the rule of law.	barbtries	Sep 2019	#45
One major difference is the media.	Caliman73	Sep 2019	#70
It is most interesting	DENVERPOPS	Sep 2019	#76
All the President's Men	subana	Sep 2019	#69
100% agree.:)	True Blue American	Sep 2019	#93
I posted this memory earlier from ATPM:	Ilsa	Sep 2019	#12
There is deper detail known more immediately today	bucolic_frolic	Sep 2019	#13
Excellent post. Thank you.	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#15
+10000	Celerity	Sep 2019	#49
Damn... everyone needs to view this hearing in it's entirety....	Chakaconcarne	Sep 2019	#16
I was around for Watergate. Protested Nixon multiple times.	Jarqui	Sep 2019	#17
It's like the Repubs are in it for themselves and not for our country.	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#20
Nixon also didn't have a giant TV news network	Wednesdays	Sep 2019	#73
And we do not have someone in the news business as widely seen and trusted as	Jarqui	Sep 2019	#78
Nixon's Press Secretary, Ron Ziegler, described the break-in as "a third-rate burglary attempt"...	George II	Sep 2019	#19
I'm 71 and agree. This is worse. More corruption throughout entire	sinkingfeeling	Sep 2019	#21
While I did not agree with the politics of Goldwater and Rockefeller...	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#22
true, republicans back then were completely different than now	subana	Sep 2019	#71
But you know. . .	Mazeltov Cocktail	Sep 2019	#23
Agree.	ananda	Sep 2019	#24
Different times, different laws. This whole thing is way more important than some semen stain	ancianita	Sep 2019	#25
Thank you for your reply.	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#28
most especially when you look at whom he appoints to head agencies	vlyons	Sep 2019	#26
The Koch's, The Family, 1%, etc. had a plan ready to implement from the get go.	Ligyron	Sep 2019	#36
agreed. I envisioned impeachment from election theft night.	NRaleighLiberal	Sep 2019	#27
Decades and decades.	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#29
I hope so too! n/t	subana	Sep 2019	#75
This is being referred to by some as "stupid Watergate."	The Velveteen Ocelot	Sep 2019	#30
That to me hits on the major distinction between Watergate and	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#31
+1. Nixon would have survived were it not for cover up and that so many were tired of VN war.	Hoyt	Sep 2019	#32
Nixon at least after his disgrace had the good grace to	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#33
I Was A Mid-Teen	RobinA	Sep 2019	#34
Recommended.	H2O Man	Sep 2019	#37
Like your comparison.	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#39
Yes, definitely.	H2O Man	Sep 2019	#43
I am wondering if both of them and the rest of the Trump cabal will defect to Russia.	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#47
Interesting.	H2O Man	Sep 2019	#50
and Reagan	barbtries	Sep 2019	#41
Good call!	H2O Man	Sep 2019	#44
wow.	barbtries	Sep 2019	#46
No real investigation	H2O Man	Sep 2019	#52
I'm so sorry.	barbtries	Sep 2019	#54
Not really.	H2O Man	Sep 2019	#57
I was a college undergrad in 1988	Wednesdays	Sep 2019	#81
Think about this, that no one has talked about	DENVERPOPS	Sep 2019	#80
i was a teenager. i hated nixon.	barbtries	Sep 2019	#40
+ 1,000	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#42
Well Watergate is what Nixon got caught on. There was that crap where he interfered with the	yellowcanine	Sep 2019	#51
+1 1000 EOM	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#53
Yes. But John Dean says they're the same kind of people.	Hortensis	Sep 2019	#55
However, if you only watched they live fox House hearing, with chyrons, and were not real	empedocles	Sep 2019	#56
I totally agree. Watergate seems like a prank compared to this. In the end, what happened	Vinca	Sep 2019	#58
I lived through that time too!	subana	Sep 2019	#59
Adults in their late 20's did NOT live through Watergate	benld74	Sep 2019	#60
I was in my late 20s in 1974.	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#61
Apologies. Misread your original post	benld74	Sep 2019	#64
No problem!	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#67
I lived in the Nixon era and whats happening now is so much worse	beachbumbob	Sep 2019	#62
Nixon was personally paranoid, but not evil...	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#65
Corruption has been TOLERATED too long?	Brainfodder	Sep 2019	#63
Well, by all rights ...	relayerbob	Sep 2019	#72
I myself was just coming of age politically in '74	jimlup	Sep 2019	#83
My fav Nixon story	KentuckyWoman	Sep 2019	#84
My fav food story about Nixon:	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#85
I agree with this assessment	Skittles	Sep 2019	#86
What do you mean by	DownriverDem	Sep 2019	#88
Commenting on Watergate and Ukraine-gate viz	TruckFump	Sep 2019	#91

Response to TruckFump (Original post)

Thu Sep 26, 2019, 10:36 AM

Funtatlaguy (10,543 posts)

OK, Old Timers, I gotta say this:

1. I liked the bubble gum in the baseball cards packets.

8. you liked that bubblegum? It was always hard and broke into pieces too big to chew.

9. Sometimes, but I liked the flavor and my brother couldn't have it.

48. I ate the gum and gave my cards to my brother

2. No, I think WG was much more serious than that.

3. Yes, very serious, but not on the level of what is happening now.

4. Yes, as bad as Watergate was, this has topped it by several degrees.

5. That POS in the WH put the freedom of our nation and that of

18. The presidency is the best "gig" he has ever had.

35. Naw.

66. What about Malaria the porn queen?

90. I don't care, do you?

92. Yes, I do. She is representing the nation as the First Lady.

68. ivanka

77. OMG, Daddy's favorite blouse!

79. haha!!

82. Thank you

74. Several degrees?????

87. WG

89. No, but it wasn't " the theft of bubble

6. Same here

7. I was around during Watergate, about your age as a matter of fact.

10. Back when the Warren Report came out, I read it -- all of it.

11. I read it too.

14. Wow, what a "look back" now.

38. Actually I kept that paper and had it out the other night.

45. yes, they still sorta believed in the rule of law.

70. One major difference is the media.

76. It is most interesting

69. All the President's Men

93. 100% agree.:)

12. I posted this memory earlier from ATPM:

13. There is deper detail known more immediately today

15. Excellent post. Thank you.

49. +10000

16. Damn... everyone needs to view this hearing in it's entirety....

17. I was around for Watergate. Protested Nixon multiple times.

20. It's like the Repubs are in it for themselves and not for our country.

73. Nixon also didn't have a giant TV news network

78. And we do not have someone in the news business as widely seen and trusted as

19. Nixon's Press Secretary, Ron Ziegler, described the break-in as "a third-rate burglary attempt"...

21. I'm 71 and agree. This is worse. More corruption throughout entire

22. While I did not agree with the politics of Goldwater and Rockefeller...

71. true, republicans back then were completely different than now

23. But you know. . .

24. Agree.

25. Different times, different laws. This whole thing is way more important than some semen stain

28. Thank you for your reply.

26. most especially when you look at whom he appoints to head agencies

36. The Koch's, The Family, 1%, etc. had a plan ready to implement from the get go.

27. agreed. I envisioned impeachment from election theft night.

29. Decades and decades.

75. I hope so too! n/t

30. This is being referred to by some as "stupid Watergate."

31. That to me hits on the major distinction between Watergate and

32. +1. Nixon would have survived were it not for cover up and that so many were tired of VN war.

33. Nixon at least after his disgrace had the good grace to

34. I Was A Mid-Teen

37. Recommended.

39. Like your comparison.

43. Yes, definitely.

47. I am wondering if both of them and the rest of the Trump cabal will defect to Russia.

50. Interesting.

41. and Reagan

44. Good call!

46. wow.

52. No real investigation

54. I'm so sorry.

57. Not really.

81. I was a college undergrad in 1988

80. Think about this, that no one has talked about

40. i was a teenager. i hated nixon.

42. + 1,000

51. Well Watergate is what Nixon got caught on. There was that crap where he interfered with the

53. +1 1000 EOM

55. Yes. But John Dean says they're the same kind of people.

56. However, if you only watched they live fox House hearing, with chyrons, and were not real

58. I totally agree. Watergate seems like a prank compared to this. In the end, what happened

59. I lived through that time too!