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51. Well Watergate is what Nixon got caught on. There was that crap where he interfered with the
Thu Sep 26, 2019, 12:38 PM
Sep 2019

Vietnam peace talks underway during the 1968 campaign. That was treason.

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
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