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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 04:27 PM Original message |
Nixon tapes: Ruthless, cynical, profane |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. I am not a crook |
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Milspec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. And this is news? |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Er.. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wow. He was just nuts. Cookoo. A card or two short. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
71. Brilliant and paranoid is not a good combination of traits for a president |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. What a shock.... |
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pjt7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. When do Bush & Cheney's |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Hopefully, just like Nixon... |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. Or... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. Don't believe Presidents record their telephone or other conversations anymore. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. his conversations with Billy Graham are horrible and anti semitic. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Name the president who installed the tape-recorders!!! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Uhhh.... |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. jfk nt |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Nixon |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. I believe you're right. |
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kurtharp (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. check this then. |
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NorCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. you are correct, Nixon installed the recorders n/t |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #41 |
62. Kennedy installed the bones of the system and began the taping. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. johnson had a wire system that came from the admin he replaced. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
57. Didn't LBJ have some taping going on ...? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Kennedy installed it, LBJ used it too --Listen to LBJ ordering pants |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Right -- and I think even FDR had some limited taoing stuff in WH --? |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Even seen a recording device from the 1940s? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. "The press is the enemy" --"The professors are the enemy" --- |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Not to mention if you look at any of his interviews after he resigned |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. Seriously studying history does cause one to lead to certain conclusions . . . . |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Nixon would have loathed Obama on two accounts, then |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. This the the same guy that Made Cannabis a Schedule I narcotic |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Against the advice of his own commission appointed to study the problem. |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. I totally agree with you Grinchie. n/t |
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NorCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Oh no, we can't have that! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. Oh, what a lovely day that would be ....the viciousness of Nixon & Erlichman ... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. That's what Republic Party members are. |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. Who every would have thought??? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. So are most DUers* these days, so what? |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thanks for this! |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. The RW is fighting the inevitable comparison |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Hahaaa! Just when you think brazenness has reached its peak, the Republics take it notch higher. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Bush < the worst of Hoover and the worst of Nixon. (nt) |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
20. Goodness me! Could this be why Bush doesn't want to release his Daddy's stuff? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. Nixon an asshole? Say it ain't so! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. He was Crazy, just Like His Support |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. Still, given the choice, I'd rather have Nixon in the White House than any Bush |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. The biggest difference, I can see |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Yes the Unitary Executive nonsense stems directly from Nixon's fall |
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scytherius (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. He was a Republican. What did oyu expect? n/t |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. To quote the late great Frank Zappa - "Dickie's such an asshole!!!" |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. It's just you... |
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John1956PA (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. Nixon's musing about firebombing the Brookings Inst. was reported 15 years ago. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Nixon Watergate and Howard Hughes |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Yes..but also there's the threat of Larry O'Brien having some JFK coup ... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
58. Some details on WHY ..... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. There WAS a conspiracy against Nixon. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Widespread political scandal involved every gov agency to steal election ---- |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. There was plenty of room for a conspiracy v. Nixon. There's always |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Nixon was the Chief Conspirator .... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 04:30 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Nixon wasn't the only conspirator, nor the only criminal. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Right -- Nixon surrounded himself with criminal types -- |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. sure i believe it. but it's not the whole story. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Obviously, it isn't the whole story ...some assassinations also surround Nixon ---- |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. "some assassinations" surround every president who ever held office. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. BS -- Nixon was Prescott Bush's boy -- |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. prescott bush's "boy"? hardly. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Nixon was operating for Nazis in GOP ... he delivered for Prescott -- |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. some documentation of said "facts"? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Funny how you miss these things -- |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. I don't "miss these things." There's plenty of original data on the web, |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
43. Makes you wonder what the Bush tapes would sound like... |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
44. The more tape that is released, the more accurate Oliver Stone's 1994 movie becomes. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
48. Nixon, another fine Republican Party specimen....n/t |
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Solano (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
50. Reminds me of a recent president |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. In other news, water is wet. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
52. ... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
53. i read somewhere that the pope is a catholic, too.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
55. Here's an interesting outright LIE at Wiki re ....... |
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MarinCoUSA (783 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
61. Nixon is pure & true EVIL. We can not despise him enough |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
63. Nixon is small potatoes compared to GW and Cheney. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. bullshit. Nixon was just as bad as fucking bushco |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. kissinger works for - who? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #66 |
78. Agree ...and imagine still a lot of stuff we haven't found out about ... |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. W's henchmen are destroying the tapes, documents, etc. as we speak. |
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JimboBillyBubbaBob (225 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
73. Hey..... |
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