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Donald Trump is just a smaller, weaker Richard Nixon
The Hill ^ | 07/10/2023 | KEITH NAUGHTON

Posted on 07/10/2023 6:18:51 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

“I gave them a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I would have done the same thing.” — Richard Nixon.

What Nixon said, Donald Trump could easily say about himself. Of course, he will not.

Richard Nixon was the last president who faced anything like the legal jeopardy former President Trump is facing — plus a frothing electronic lynch mob.

The end game for both Nixon and Trump has some eerie similarities. Detested by the media, the New York-Washington elites and the left, both Nixon and Trump were subject to a nonstop campaign to destroy their administrations and their futures. Both played off the haters for political gain. Both ended up making severe errors in judgment that brought them down. Trump even managed to get caught on tape incriminating himself.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: alwayschump; keithnaughton; nevertrump; nixon; smaller; trump; weaker
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump is objectively larger than Tricky Dick (a RINO’s RINO):

https://www.celebheights.com/s/Richard-Nixon-52466.html


21 posted on 07/10/2023 6:34:46 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ChicagoConservative27

lol


22 posted on 07/10/2023 6:35:08 AM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: hinckley buzzard

They still go after Reagan.


23 posted on 07/10/2023 6:36:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: AndyJackson
Seriously. Do any of the folks they are trying to convince even remember who tricky Dick was? I barely do.

I remember: I was a working, on-the-street TV newsreporter. Then President Nixon and his supporters and staff made many errors during his tenure.

24 posted on 07/10/2023 6:37:39 AM PDT by Ace's Dad (76)
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To: dfwgator

“Nixon should have been a Liberal Icon.”

It SHOULD be a lesson to the GOP, but it’s not. No doubt you remember another flaming GOP Leftist, Bob Packwood, got the same treatment as Nixon - did everything he could for the Left, but they saw an opening and POUNCED.

Something in DC makes people Republicans unable to understand “The scorpion and the frog”.


25 posted on 07/10/2023 6:38:04 AM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Donald Trump has made it past 2 impeachments and numerous fake trials. The government has lied cheated and stolen to try and stop him. But he keeps getting stronger. Because every time the government or media outs themselves as totally corrupt.

The government thinks Trump is the most dangerous man. WHy because he outs them. Trump is dangerous... too the swamp. But to America he is our last great hope.


26 posted on 07/10/2023 6:38:34 AM PDT by poinq
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To: Regulator

Nixon should have fought back. Trump does. However Nixon did not have the technology as we do today.


27 posted on 07/10/2023 6:39:04 AM PDT by lilypad
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To: BobL

It’s all about power, if you block them from power, they will find a way to get rid of you, it has nothing to do with ideology.


28 posted on 07/10/2023 6:39:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Not even close. Dick was a small town Republican small “c” conservative who despised the Goldwater and Reaganites but hated the left more. He was able to tap into an anti-leftist silent majority that otherwise hated GOP economic policies to have the greatest electoral landslide in history.


29 posted on 07/10/2023 6:40:15 AM PDT by Clemenza
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The author of this swill is an interesting guy.


30 posted on 07/10/2023 6:41:33 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: Clemenza

The unanswered question: Why did Deep State feel the need to get rid of him?


31 posted on 07/10/2023 6:42:43 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: Mr. K

YOU ARE SOOOOO RIGHT!!!!

Always consider the SOURCE.


32 posted on 07/10/2023 6:44:56 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: lilypad

“Trump does”

That’s what the Commutards REALLY don’t like about him.


33 posted on 07/10/2023 6:45:15 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: mewzilla

The author is a of the “consultant class” , the very folks that Trump would deride in his talks.


34 posted on 07/10/2023 6:48:40 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: AndyJackson

Nope. Doesn’t matter. Trump as Hitler was not enough so now Trump must be Nixon too. Are they trying to paint DeSantis as Reagan? Smh.


35 posted on 07/10/2023 6:55:00 AM PDT by newzjunkey (We need a better Trump than Trump in 2024)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
what is so very bizarre is that Obama and or Biden have committed heinous attrocities and damage to the economy for personal gain but will never be prosecuted

Trump and Nixon were just accused of the relatively minor crimes that the leftists engage in as a routine

Trump was falsely impeached for what Biden actually did

Nixon was set up and tricked by deep state FBI entrapment ( tricked Dick not tricky Dick)

our political system (and war machine) makes it hard for me to be "patriotic" and wave a flag anymore after a 70 year lifetime of this crap

36 posted on 07/10/2023 6:56:12 AM PDT by KTM rider (Be Alert Stay Calm Think Clearly Act Decisively )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The leftists never forgave Nixon for outing Alger Hiss.


37 posted on 07/10/2023 7:03:24 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

That’s it! They thought they got rid of him in 1960, but he came back, so they had to finish the job.


38 posted on 07/10/2023 7:04:22 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I was going to ask for a Barf Alert for articles from The Hill. But then I realized The Hill headlines are their own Barf Alerts.


39 posted on 07/10/2023 7:06:22 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70

KEITH NAUGHTON?? Is this the guy who once worked Pennsylvania for some minor Republican candidates? Haven’t heard of him in twenty years.


40 posted on 07/10/2023 7:09:41 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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