Posted on 08/08/2024 9:23:43 PM PDT by hardspunned
And 2 of the 4 burglars at the Watergate were on the CIA payroll
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he didnt. All these “horror stories” the media fed everybody NEVER ACTUALLY HAPPENED. And some things he was totally in his right as President to do so, based on National Security. The democrats even came up with a totally invented thing called ‘ABUSE OF POWER”. Theres no such crime or statute or anything called “abuse of power”. Heck, anything any President ever did that the other side didnt like, they could just scream “ABUSE OF POWER”. It was just absurd.
3 of the “burglers” were Cuban Nationalists” who fought at the Bay of Pigs and they knew of secret and current CIA operations under consideration. Nixon was worried theyd spill what they knew if they were prosecuted. Remember, at that time, Cuba was still a very hott spot in the battle with the Soviets and expansion.
“Silent Coup” was by Leon Coldny. But lots of interviews with Liddy. I think it was through that book that John Dean tried to sue Liddy. The case was dismissed. Dean never testified against Liddy to lay out his case.
Liddy said the break-in wasn’t political, but to get and remove materials linking Dean’s future wife to a call-girl ring.
btw, ALL Presidents recorded secretly. They also ALL talked very frank about certain things that were meant to stay private. Nixon used racial slurs and attacked the gays. JUST LIKE LBJ did. Heck, JFK secretly taped his own brother RFK. But again, the media started a narrative that this was ALL illegal and sinister. Just like the FBI and media created with this Trump/ Russia Collusion nonsense. Exact same playbook.
From a “Politico” article, referring to Haldeman’s book “The Ends of Power”:
Haldeman suggested that Nixon used the phrase, “the whole Bay of Pigs thing,” as a coded reference to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963. It was, he wrote, “the president’s way of reminding Helms, not so gently, of the cover-up of the CIA assassination attempts on the hero of the Bay of Pigs, Fidel Castro, a CIA operation that may have triggered the Kennedy tragedy and which Helms desperately wanted to hide.”
Dean always claimed he was brought into the whole water-gate thing well after it happened, which is a bald faced lie. He was involved way before any of this happened.
that all may be true, but Nixon was well within his right as P resident, based on the National Security threat that whole thing presented.
Not just national security from outside threats - but can you imagine what would happen if it was discovered that the CIA was behind JFK’s assassination? Sure, today the reaction would be “Yeah, so what. The government tried to kill Trump - he’s basically Hitler.” But 50 years ago and in reference to JFK?
And John Dean is still alive. Still getting interviewed and comparing Trump to Nixon.
From the Book of Job:
“Why do the wicked prosper, growing old and powerful? They live to see their children grow up and settle down, and they enjoy their grandchildren. Their homes are safe from every fear, and God does not punish them.”
“but can you imagine what would happen if it was discovered that the CIA was behind JFK’s assassination?”
It begs the question what is the difference between the FBI doing it and the CIA doing it by utilizing the FBI to do it?
They work together towards the same goals and can be considered joint agencies with joint operations.
I always liked listening to the G Man’s radio program.
That’s one of the reasons I’m such a fan of Nixon. I was born in 1956. I would have been 19 and drafted in ‘75. The last year they actually did the draft lottery was 1975 although the draft was ending and no one was inducted. My draft number was 8.
The irony is that Nixon was punished for covering up the deeds of people who didn’t even like him.
The whole burglary thing was just a dumb stunt that had no upside. And yeah, Nixon was involved in it, but it’s far, far from the worst thing a President has done.
As others have suggested, Nixon should have burned the tapes right at the start, and then said pizz off to critics.
We should also not forget Dwight Eisenhower’s warning about the power of the military industrial complex.
The “tell” on John Dean is what he did after Watergate. He became an investment banker in Beverly Hills, CA. For someone connected to Watergate and one of the most hated presidents by the left in history Dean’s moving to commie central and then prospering has all the earmarks of a “big payday” for treachery.
Why would do that when he was aiding globalism?
He gave Liberals everything they wanted and they still got rid of him. The life of a rhino.
His EPA is still screwing us over
And he REMAINED a Democrat??
He did! No way I can explain that.
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