Posted on 06/14/2019 12:15:32 PM PDT by Kaslin
Actually, Nixon wasn’t even guilty of spying on McGovern. In fact, he didn’t even KNOW the plumbers broke into the DNC headquarters until AFTER the fact. He if anything was framed for that bit. The only thing he was actually guilty of was being loyal enough to those involved that he covered up their involvement. Whatever Dean’s role was in the misdeeds, it was covering up his own actions (he was the one actually responsible for the breakin, and it had nothing to do with getting dirt for the republicans. Quite the opposite, he was trying to illicitly get rid of evidence that his then-girlfriend was part of a call-girl ring headquartered in that building).
So no, even under that narrow scope, it’s NOTHING like Watergate. Not the true events, anyway. Ironically, the only thing similar is that both times, that weasel John Dean attempted to collude in throwing the Republican President out.
If the House Democrats draw up articles of impeachment (each one flimsier than the next—probably the Stephanopoulos interview would be an item), they will have a hard time getting 218 yes votes because some of the freshmen Democrats come from swing districts. If it did go to the Senate, Romney would probably vote yes, and maybe one or two other NeverTrumpers but it would be hard for them to get even to 50, let alone 67 (Manchin might vote no), and Mitch McConnell wouldn’t make things easy for them.
People need at least the basics about the story.
This seemed to cover the gist of it:
http://feralhouse.com/what-do-prostitutes-have-to-do-with-watergate/
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