Watergate vs. Bidengate: Which is Worse?

American Thinker ^ | 07/30/2023 | Mark C. Ross

[SeekAndFind]

Dialing the time machine back to 1972, we find a previous presidential scandal. Though not directly involved, Richard Nixon was the focus of blame. A handful of operatives in Nixon's campaign and administration performed a "third-rate burglary" at the opposition's headquarters. Several of those involved avoided using their first names. Instead, they were G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, and L. Patrick Gray.

Most curious in this affair was the lack of a serious motive. Nixon's re-election was a solid inevitability. Not all that long after the Watergate break-in hit the news, Nixon carried 49 states, and McGovern didn't even carry his home state of South Dakota. It seems most likely that internal polling would have been aware of this. Once the scandal became full blown, "Don't Blame Me I'm from Massachusetts" bumper stickers started appearing — referencing the only state along with D.C. that went for McGovern.

A lasting effect of the election of 1972 is that primary elections have replaced nominating conventions as the way both parties usually select their candidates. Ostensibly, this is supposed to be more democratic — but it has also drastically increased the hunger for campaign contributions, since there is almost twice as much campaigning to be done. An aspect of unintended anti-democratic effect of this transition is that the larger money sources, such as George Soros, have strengthened their grip on the process.

In Biden's case, the scandal is not especially political, but instead that of a quest for profit. He has been caught selling influence — and often not in the best interest of the United States. Wrapped into this burrito is the DOJ and other government minions, who've gone to great lengths to keep this business out of the news. Trump's presidency exposed the myth of government being politically neutral.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[Tupelo]

“They never forgave Nixon for HUAC.”

That and winding down the killing fields in Vietnam.
He could not be credited with ending the war, which is why they shut of the funding.

[The Duke]

Let's see .. some purported amateur political spying, or someone who has taken millions from our foreign adversaries without even paying taxes on it, and subsequently seized the White House through a fraudulent election, immediately after which the White House is surrounded by troops and barbed wire?

I just can't imagine which might be worse(?)

[5th MEB]

President Nixon did what he did to protect his employees.

biden did what he did to steal money and get rich!

[wardaddy]

It’s uniparty except election season and they fire up the culture war irons

Trump being the proven exception

DeSantis maybe could be hard to tell

He governed Florida pretty much as he campaigned to his credit

But his cash is from neocon inc

Can he tell them to go pound sand?

I’m somewhat skeptical

[joethedrummer]

“…We don’t like having fewer choices when we go shopping. We especially don’t like being told what to eat, what to watch on TV, or what to say when we argue.“

However, more and more Americans (devoted to CNN and MSNBC) don’t MIND all of these things. “..it’s for the good of the country; saving our democracy!..”
They’re enjoying the slow descent into slavery by their political heroes.
We’re becoming a nation of prostitutes.