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Stuart G

(38,410 posts)
Mon May 24, 2021, 06:53 PM May 2021

One comparison: John Dean- Micheal Cohen.. Do you know who John Dean was/is?

If you don't, some don't, in many ways John Dean broke the Watergate scandal and he did go to jail.
He exposed many of the inside going on during the time up to Watergate hearings. He was
a key part of the hearings, and I watched almost all of it. He was partly responsible for getting
Nixon to resign....

Ok, You don't like Michael Cohen? That is ok. That is up to you. But Michael Cohen
is partially responsible for exposing Trump's lies, that led to others doing the exact same thing.

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...Cohen was/is the leader of the pack, and for that we should all be grateful, He served
his time, told the truth, and has helped give the world information we might not have gotten..

I believe that he deserves the same admiration as John Dean. Cohen could have stayed
......"shut up" served his time and so on.
..Will Eric Trump tell the truth? I don't think so.

.....But Cohen told the truth, and that we should all be grateful for.....

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One comparison: John Dean- Micheal Cohen.. Do you know who John Dean was/is? (Original Post) Stuart G May 2021 OP
Great post malaise May 2021 #1
Thank You for your kind words..Cohen over Liz Cheney..I agree totally. Stuart G May 2021 #3
for sure bdamomma May 2021 #7
Anybody who doesn't know who John Dean is must have been living in a cave Ocelot II May 2021 #2
Cohen definitely deserves some points Skittles May 2021 #4
Sure he made great sausages whistler162 May 2021 #5
I like Michael Cohen. Flawed human being trying to do the right thing Walleye May 2021 #6
Heck, young'uns barely know RAYGUN!1 UTUSN May 2021 #8
I watched thst trial. John Dean came every day, dressed leftyladyfrommo May 2021 #9

bdamomma

(63,795 posts)
7. for sure
Mon May 24, 2021, 08:06 PM
May 2021

Cohen tells it straight, Cheney on the other hand, is not tying tRump to voter suppression BS.

Ocelot II

(115,584 posts)
2. Anybody who doesn't know who John Dean is must have been living in a cave
Mon May 24, 2021, 07:05 PM
May 2021

since the '70s. Even those who are a lot younger than that would know who he is because he's been on TV regularly for years, most recently to rant about the awfulness of TFG. I think there are some parallels between Dean and Cohen, although Dean recognized the shit he was in a lot sooner than Cohen, who didn't flip until he was prosecuted. Dean was cooperating with investigators while still working for Nixon (once he figured out he was likely to be made a scapegoat), and spilled the beans during the Watergate hearings after Nixon fired him. Trump fired Cohen only after investigators seized his files, and he didn't start cooperating until after that.

Skittles

(153,111 posts)
4. Cohen definitely deserves some points
Mon May 24, 2021, 07:12 PM
May 2021

but he, like Liz Cheney, very much helped to create how fucked up things are right now. Is all forgiven? That is a big fat fucking NO.

Walleye

(30,977 posts)
6. I like Michael Cohen. Flawed human being trying to do the right thing
Mon May 24, 2021, 08:01 PM
May 2021

And I remember John Dean very well. His voice sounds exactly the same as it did when he testified in front of that committee. He said early in trump’s term that Donald would be undone by his lies. It didn’t happen fast enough but that’s what’s happening

leftyladyfrommo

(18,864 posts)
9. I watched thst trial. John Dean came every day, dressed
Mon May 24, 2021, 08:40 PM
May 2021

impeccably and always accompanied by his absolutely beautiful wife. She always stood out because she was very blonde, her hair in a perfect chignon. Dressed in goreous very simple suits. She looked like Grace Kelly.

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