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coeur_de_lion

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32. Shoot I had no idea LBJ caught Nixon!

Reply to H2O Man (Reply #28)

Tue Oct 1, 2019, 08:02 PM

Oct 2019

I never could make myself like LBJ. He was an able politician but there was always something shady about him. Why on earth would he keep quiet? That was his party!

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Trump v Nixon [View all] H2O Man Oct 2019 OP

Interesting comparison. rsdsharp Oct 2019 #1

Valid point. H2O Man Oct 2019 #4

He also had enough respect for the Constitution not to totally tear the country apart when he saw rsdsharp Oct 2019 #15

Very good point. Tipperary Oct 2019 #34

K&R. I did not know that about Nixon... OneGrassRoot Oct 2019 #2

It is a too often H2O Man Oct 2019 #7

Treason shadowmayor Oct 2019 #19

In a sense, H2O Man Oct 2019 #28

Shoot I had no idea LBJ caught Nixon! coeur_de_lion Oct 2019 #32

There are obvious similarities, but book_worm Oct 2019 #3

True. H2O Man Oct 2019 #8

Trump is pure stupid destructive evil. dalton99a Oct 2019 #10

Right. H2O Man Oct 2019 #11

Yes NoPasaran Oct 2019 #13

As a retired H2O Man Oct 2019 #17

Thanks for this bro malaise Oct 2019 #5

Yep! H2O Man Oct 2019 #12

Interesting malaise Oct 2019 #18

It is interesting isn't it? MuseRider Oct 2019 #6

I just got H2O Man Oct 2019 #20

"Pathetic failed human beings" Martin Eden Oct 2019 #9

Seriously, right? H2O Man Oct 2019 #21

I'm not surprised that sociopaths like Trump exist ... Martin Eden Oct 2019 #29

There is one glaring stark difference however BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #14

Great point! H2O Man Oct 2019 #22

What the cellist said... Kid Berwyn Oct 2019 #16

Thank you so much for this! H2O Man Oct 2019 #23

Awesome! n/t MFGsunny Oct 2019 #30

tRump never had bone spurs MiniMe Oct 2019 #24

Yes, of course. H2O Man Oct 2019 #25

I wonder what Kissinger's excuse was. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2019 #26

Henry's excuse .... H2O Man Oct 2019 #27

One key difference that might make all the difference in the future lunatica Oct 2019 #31

I like to think that Nixon would never have conspired with Russia coeur_de_lion Oct 2019 #33