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Dick Cavett Breaks Down Why Trump Got Away With His Crimes When Nixon Couldn’t
thedailybeast ^ | 02/10/2020 | Matt Wilstein

Posted on 02/11/2020 10:33:32 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Oh my God, I’ve made a bad impression already,” Dick Cavett says apologetically after I ever-so-gently correct his pronunciation of my name. When I suggest that I should be the one worried about interviewing one of the all-time great interviewers, he’s quick to put me at ease.

“You’d better put that aside and out of your mind,” he tells me. “I can’t detect any faults in you so far.

I’ve reached the 83-year-old talk show legend by phone at his home in Connecticut just a few days before the new documentary, Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes, is set to air on HBO. Muhammad Ali made a total of 14 appearances on The Dick Cavett Show between 1968 and 1975, and over that time the the two men developed what Cavett describes as a “bro romance.”

The film, which first premiered at the SXSW film festival nearly two years ago, uses footage of those appearances to tell the story of Ali’s career, with Cavett’s knack for compelling storytelling present throughout. He still gets emotional when recalling the time the boxing icon came on his show after a rare loss and called the host his “main man.”

Over the course of our conversation, Cavett opens up about his relationship with Ali, compares Richard Nixon’s resignation over Watergate to Donald Trump’s impeachment acquittal, and weighs in on the late-night TV landscape more than 50 years after his show debuted.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: cavett; chatforum; crimes; nixon; notnews; oldhippies; tds; trump
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To: Reily

Bingo.


61 posted on 02/11/2020 11:10:21 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Progressives" (elitist communists) "Love you to death".)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I thought he was Canadian. Oh well. He’s still a dick. Didn’t he wish some prominent conservative should die a horrible death?


62 posted on 02/11/2020 11:15:54 AM PST by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
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To: goldstategop

A writer for the tonight show who passed for an intellectual in NY because other “intellectuals” went on his talk show. His strength, getting the other person talk.


63 posted on 02/11/2020 11:19:23 AM PST by olesigh
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Dick...some people are aptly named.


64 posted on 02/11/2020 11:26:37 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: TheBattman

LBJ’s tapes and corruption were suppressed for decades.

Not sure if JFK’s tapes were ever released.


65 posted on 02/11/2020 11:36:18 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Everyone knows Hillary was corrupt, lied, destroyed documents, and influenced witnesses. Rat crime.)
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To: Mouton

“What crimes?”

The fashion police do not like Trump’s ties.


66 posted on 02/11/2020 11:37:22 AM PST by forgotten man
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sometimes I’m guilty of not reading an article. But from all the disparaging remarks about Cavett, and the much appreciated comments from those who DID read it, it’s obvious most of you did not. I’m 68, and we used to watch Dick Cavett nearly every show. He was pretty snooty back then -— brilliant, and very much aware of it, but from the things I’ve read of him in the last few years, he’s mellowed, but still brilliant, at 83 years old; I still like him; especially since he’s not so snooty anymore. After his first wife of 40 years died, several years ago, he found love again, at age 73, and says he’s very happy. As an old granny myself, I say, good for him!


67 posted on 02/11/2020 11:56:44 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Kickass Conservative

Of course we know that President Trump didn’t commit any crimes, but one thing that bothers me about the whole impeachment and defense was the way both sides threw Nixon under the bus every chance they got.

My point is that - yes, there was a break in, which is a crime. Nixon knew about it (at some point) and tried to cover it up, which is another crime... or is it?

Adam Schiff accused Trump of a coverup too - but luckily Trump had better lawyers, and the benefit of hindsight - lessons learned from Watergate.

Trump’s defense team argued (successfully) that what Schiff was calling a “coverup” was actually one coequal branch asserting its constitutional rights (Executive privilege) with regard to another coequal branch (Legislative). Assertion of constitutional rights cannot be construed as an impeachable offense without violating the separation of powers doctrine at the heart of the Constitution.

So, if Richard Nixon had better lawyers, or the benefit of hindsight, his so called “coverup” would have been seen for what it really was - the assertion of constitutional rights - which protect the President, or any defendant from being forced to offer evidence or testimony against himself.

Nobody accused Nixon of participating in the break in, or ordering it - what he was being impeached for was trying to cover it up once he found out about it. I wonder what would have happened if Nixon had had better council who understood that refusing to incriminate oneself is not a “coverup”, and therefore not impeachable.


68 posted on 02/11/2020 12:03:35 PM PST by enumerated
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump didn’t have any crimes. Nixon, participated in a cover-up of crimes he didn’t commit or authorize.

The FBI under Nixon ran ABSCAM and busted several Senators almost all Democrat for taking Bribes.

Trump asked Ukraine to look into corruption. That corruption included Biden, the Democrats election interference, and according to evidence obtained by Rudy, would implicate many Democrats.


69 posted on 02/11/2020 12:11:39 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: TakebackGOP

Shouldn’t he be 134 years old?


70 posted on 02/11/2020 12:12:20 PM PST by AmericanMermaid
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To: Herodes

Brain dead but the mouth still works.


71 posted on 02/11/2020 12:32:34 PM PST by arthurus (sh=*vkbv)
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To: dp0622

I remember him. He was supposedly a more intellectual version of Carson. Basically his show ran in the early 1970s. This is the rundown of his time on tv. As you can see he was at his peak at the beginning and steadily declined. Carson was the king, Merv Griffin was next in line and Cavett brought up the rear so to speak. In those days generally I mostly went with Carson unless the others had a guest I was interested in.

Intermittently since 1968, Cavett has been host of his own talk show, in various formats and on various television and radio networks:

ABC (1968–1974)
CBS (1975)
PBS (1977–1982)
USA Network (1985–1986)
Olympia Broadcasting (syndicated radio show, 1985–1989)
ABC (1986–1987)
CNBC (1989–1996)
Turner Classic Movies (2006–2007)


72 posted on 02/11/2020 12:39:54 PM PST by xp38
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To: xp38

he has a good interview with Katherine Hepburn and one with Groucho on YouTube.


73 posted on 02/11/2020 12:41:41 PM PST by olesigh
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To: TakebackGOP

He’s only brain dead, Jim!


74 posted on 02/11/2020 12:44:49 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ("The media is the enemy of the American people." Democrat Pat Caddell)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Click bait title? Cavet did not actually say anything definitive on Trump's impeachment, other than it is different than Nixon's.
75 posted on 02/11/2020 1:04:08 PM PST by Widget Jr
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To: ChicagoConservative27

In the 70s, I and several friends bumped into Cavett hanging about on our college campus in New Orleans on a Saturday afternoon. He was in town for a PBS fundraiser the next day and was on the Tulane campus in order to hit on coeds. We chased him off by warning in a confiding manner that campus security would have no qualms about briefly arresting him for trespassing and then alerting a local TV news crew so they could film his release. That wasn’t entirely true, but we were convincing enough that Cavett quickly skedaddled.


76 posted on 02/11/2020 1:27:53 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Dick Cavett is still alive?


77 posted on 02/11/2020 3:04:37 PM PST by Kazan
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To: buffyt

Trump is a true conservative unlike the mao loving, big government growing triator Nixon.


78 posted on 02/11/2020 3:05:20 PM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why Trump Got Away With His Crimes When Nixon Couldn’t?
Donald Trump did not commit any crimes but the democrats involved committed many crimes and it is ongoing.


79 posted on 02/11/2020 10:03:10 PM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: Buckeye McFrog; enumerated; All
Thank you for your post.

Now I can pass along some somewhat related notes from early this morning.

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ALSO: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/02/11/the-great-lou-dobbs-reveals-stunning-information-about-u-s-attorney-jessie-liu-connected-to-wolfe-case-cover-up/

The Great Lou Dobbs Reveals Stunning Information about U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu Connected to Wolfe Case Cover-up…

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https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/02/11/devin-nunes-in-wolverine-mode-this-is-only-the-beginning-of-sunlight-on-the-mueller-team/

Devin Nunes in Wolverine Mode: This is Only The Beginning of Sunlight on The Mueller Team…

Devin Nunes appears with Lou Dobbs and breaks the news on national media the nomination of former DC Attorney Jessie Liu was withdrawn. Mr. Nunes went on to discuss the issues around the DOJ and Deep State resistance effort and then contrasts the sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone against the 30-day sentence for SSCI Security Director James Wolfe.

Additionally, Representative Nunes notes this is only the beginning of sunlight upon the dirty lawyers who organized within the Mueller probe…. and there will be much more to come.

Comment: There was a lot of conviction in Devin’s eyes in the interview. Things are happening.

Second prosecutor quits Roger Stone case after sentencing reversal........ Prosecutors recommend up to 9 years in prison to Roger Stone …………..

They call foreign election interference “a deadly adversary” even though Stone was never accused of working with the Russians or WikiLeaks. --- Chuck Ross Daily Caller

Federal codes are brutal. You can go to prison for 5 years for storing ‘Round Up’ incorrectly or mixing it wrongly. Read the label. (unknown FReeper)

It looks like the over-the-top sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone was a planned set-up by Aaron Zelinsky et al, to force AG Bill Barr to step-in and reduce the sentence; thereby giving fuel to those in media/lawfare who are accusing AG Barr of political influence. This reeks of Lawfare scheming.

80 posted on 02/12/2020 2:12:18 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it unusual...)
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