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To: Whenifhow
As a geezer who followed the events of Watergate I am outraged by rewriting history. You want to compare Obama to a president who used the IRS? Take your pick: FDR or JFK.

The first site comment about the video nailed one of the most important reasons that the Watergate comparison does not work; to wit, "The difference, Nixon talked about it, Little Barry did it." (Those damn White House tapes again.)

Yes I thank the video for one of the two reasons a Watergate comparison makes sense; to wit, Nixon took responsibilities for the crime of the coverup.

The second reason is to simply piss off Obama and supporters. But as for all the others..

my dictionary defines ENDEAVOR: "A conscientious or concerted effort toward an end; an earnest attempt. 2. Purposeful or industrious activity; enterprise. See Synonyms at effort."

Why did the Articles of Impeachment charge that Nixon endeavored to use . . . . Why didn't the Articles of Impeachment charged that he used . . . ?

". . .endeavouring to misuse the Central Intelligence Agency, an agency of the United States;. . .endeavoured to obtain from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens

The Articles of Impeachment elsewhere include: "He misused the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service . . . ."

The authors knew the difference.

Maybe they can answer my oft-asked question: What did Nixon do that JFK and LBJ didn't do?

Absolute zero Watergate comparison vis-a-vis the MSM attitude. The MSM wanted Nixon out (if not dead) and I recall TV network evening news when there were no other stories but Watergate. Everyday above the fold in newspapers. Cover to cover in weekly news magazines.

Compare that to today.. ask someone "Do you know about Benghazi?" They will likely respond "No. Who is he?"

8 posted on 05/30/2013 5:49:48 AM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

As for corruption in the highest office, Obama is worse than any others I have ever seen. I remember Watergate, but was not informed on details at the time. I do recall it was on every major network tv station and not much has been in the local newspaper.

Perhaps the intent of the video was to send a message to Obama supporters that they might see a little of the corruption in DC today. It is true the video might inflame those supporters.

As far as the articles of impeachment for Nixon this probably explains it all.

Hillary helped draft IRS charge against Nixon

http://www.wnd.com/2013/05/hillary-helped-draft-irs-charge-against-nixon/


10 posted on 05/30/2013 6:04:34 AM PDT by Whenifhow
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