Nixon threw the democratic process in the scrapheap to ensure reelection in that very dark period. I was in Washington between combat tours just before Watergate, and it was an incredibly dark period in our national life.
And, IMO, Nixon's actions were felonious in the extreme. He was most fortunate that he was not indicted. And, a number of honorable men took the bullet for this very sadly defective man in the days leading up to Nixon's final demise.
Yes and what Nixon did was peanuts compared to what 0bummer is doing. When nearly everything you say and do is a falsehood what would you expect the end result to be?
>In our zeal to nail the Muslim miscreant to the wall, I would caution you to study your Watergate years very, very carefully.
Actually it is something that I’m starting to do. It was, however, before I was born so I can only get third- and second-hand reports.
>I was in Washington between combat tours just before Watergate, and it was an incredibly dark period in our national life.
Just before Watergate was an incredibly dark period? Interesting.
>And, IMO, Nixon’s actions were felonious in the extreme.
The cover-up, certainly. Though I am still unconvinced that he was the one who ordered/planned Watergate.
You know I remember watergate ... (god in heaven I am getting old)and it was bad.
But here is a point that is important. Watergate was basically about trying to get the goods on election briefings and such to play games with voters.
I read Liddy’s book after the fact many years ago and remember that it was all about getting the goods on democrats so that republicans could win elections.
The bottom line in the whole affair was that Republicans as a whole took a hit and got bad rapped in general.
But in comparison, what Obama has done with campaign fraud, between his outright lies, attacks on other candidates, setting up his “questions” in open forums and mostly his ACORN abuses and dealings with the Unions he makes Nixon look like a girl scout.
So what will be the turning point? What will tip the whole thing so it just boils over?
Short of a congressional mob going after him I see nothing that can stop him. Even at that if it is all republicans he will just claim that they are picking on him and walk away scott clean.
The FBI is not going to do anything against him, no career agent will even touch him at this point. The justice Department has been locked down by him. He has become untouchable. So you can forget about them doing anything against him, it would be career suicide.