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To: marktwain
"Watergate was a Media coup that ousted a duly elected American President."

Did you experience the same Watergate that I did?

Nixon surrounded himself with unethical advisors and assistants. Those people diverted money from a re-election campaign into a dirty tricks fund which was then used to burglarize the opposition party's headquarters in order to install audio surveillance.

When Nixon learned of the criminal behavior of those on his team he not only contemplated raising hush money to hide the conspiracy, he also failed to enforce the laws of the United States, one of the chief duties of the President.

As the conspiracy unraveled, the President allowed dozens of his associates to perjure themselves and obstruct justice, knowing all along that this was happening.

And don't even get me started on Nixon's enemies list and his use of the IRS to target those enemies.

I'm willing to believe that Hillary's and Obama's crimes are more serious than Watergate. I'm not willing to believe that Nixon was unfairly forced from office by the media.

52 posted on 02/20/2018 12:20:56 AM PST by William Tell
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To: William Tell

And don’t even get me started on Nixon’s enemies list and his use of the IRS to target those enemies.

I’m willing to believe that Hillary’s and Obama’s crimes are more serious than Watergate. I’m not willing to believe that Nixon was unfairly forced from office by the media.


The same media simply ignored more serious crimes by Wilson, Roosevelt and Johnson (admittedly, when they thought they could elect a more leftist Democrat, they turned on Johnson). The unethical advisors and assistants consisted primarily of John Dean, who manipulated and lied to everyone else to promote his personal agenda.

I suggest you read Silent Coup by Len Colodny, it gives a much needed perspective on Watergate.

A certain amount of dirty tricks was standard for politics then, and continues today. The people in Watergate believed they were simply repaying the favor for dirty tricks done to them.

What was different about Watergate was the full throated use of all the progressive media to destroy their hated “enemy” Richard Nixon.

They had already succeeded in destroying McCarthy and in getting Kennedy elected over Nixon the first time.

Watergate was where the Mediacracy showed they controlled the political process much more than the politicians or parties did.


53 posted on 02/20/2018 12:35:11 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: William Tell

https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Coup-Len-Colodny/dp/1634240537


54 posted on 02/20/2018 12:36:37 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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