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

Thu Sep 26, 2019, 11:50 AM

Sep 2019

redeem himself with many of us by some good acts. Not that WG was OK or that we forgot.

Trump will NEVER have the balls to humble himself and do any sort, type or kind of good work after he is booted from the WH.

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OK, Old Timers, I gotta say this: [View all] 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