In Viral Post, Dan Rather Says Trump-Flynn Scandal Could Be Larger Than Watergate

[OxQQme]

http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/02/14/dan-rather-just-went-viral-summing-trumps-flynn-russia-scandal/

>"In these heady moments, it can be extremely difficult to make left or right of this new information and look at it in big-picture perspective – but thankfully, we have journalists like Dan Rather to help make sense of it all.

Rather took to his Facebook page today to pen one of his trademark essays about the Flynn resignation, blasting Congressional Republicans for refusing to hold Trump and his cronies accountable for their lies.

Watergate is the biggest political scandal of my lifetime, until maybe now. It was the closest we came to a debilitating Constitutional crisis, until maybe now. On a 10 scale of armageddon for our form of government, I would put Watergate at a 9. This Russia scandal is currently somewhere around a 5 or 6, in my opinion, but it is cascading in intensity seemingly by the hour. And we may look back and see, in the end, that it is at least as big as Watergate. It may become the measure by which all future scandals are judged. It has all the necessary ingredients, and that is chilling."

"The White House has no credibility on this issue. Their spigot of lies – can’t we finally all agree to call them lies – long ago lost them any semblance of credibility. I would also extend that to the Republican Congress, who has excused away the Trump Administration’s assertions for far too long."<

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[gopiscrap]

1. I fully agree

[TrekLuver]

2. It's not could be...it's GOING TO BE.

[mobeau69]

8. It is!

[regnaD kciN]

3. Too bad we don't have a Democratic-controlled Congress, like back then

If the Republicans had had control of Congress during 1973-74, and could have thus blocked Senate and House inquiries with subpoena power, Watergate would have been a minor footnote to history, and Nixon would have finished out his second term.

[global1]

11. This Is Bigger Than Watergate Because We Don't Have A Dem Controlled Congress.....

the Repug Congress makes it bigger than Watergate because they will do everything in their power to obstruct. That obstruction makes it worse than Watergate.

[Turbineguy]

12. Republicans were different then too.

Senator Howard Baker asked good questions and it was Barry Goldwater who told Nixon the jig was up.

[Happyhippychick]

4. I agree

[Amaryllis]

5. Can't use scale of 1 to 10 if WAtergate is a 9. You would need a scale of 1-50. This will go much

wider and deeper than Watergate.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Eleven (11).

[anneboleyn]

17. Lol! Yes, this one DEFINITELY goes up to eleven!!

[Bob Loblaw]

19. We're not doing

Stonhenge.

[Amaryllis]

22. 11 too low. It's about 25.

[bdamomma]

6. Thank you Dan Rather

a true journalist.

[Motown_Johnny]

7. By current standards, Watergate was nothing.

Reagan illegally sold missiles to Iran and only had to give a non-apology to put it behind him.

Shrub altered intelligence to illegally invade Iraq and then committed an endless list of war crimes and is proud of his actions in office.

Watergate was a joke compared to what Republicans do now.

[StarryNite]

15. You're spot on! n/t

[tblue37]

21. Reagan also delayed the release of the American hostages in Iran. nt

[not fooled]

30. And the 'pukes

have been manipulating the electoral process through a variety of machinations, ranging from voter suppression to gerrymandering, for decades.

Watergate took place to gain political advantage. The 'pukes have done far worse since then, yet continue to skate. Let's not forget turd blossom's outing of Valerie Plame. The nation's outrage bar has been raised higher and higher with each unpunished 'puke crime.

[colorado_ufo]

10. Wrong.

This is an 11
.

[djg21]

13. It's worse than Watergate.

Watergate was political and partisan in essence, but was an entirely domestic. The current crisis, (Russiagate?), in contrast, is partisan in that the Republican Party and its current standard-bearer, put political party before country. Trump and the Republicans jeopardized, or at least undermined, this country's sovereignty in order to secure and maintain control of the government. We are in the midst of a major Constitutional crisis.

[anneboleyn]

20. I agree. Rather is wrong. This is FAR, FAR WORSE. A foreign gov running the top officials

in our country, General Flynn is under investigation by the military and FBI BEFORE any of this new crap even became public (getting payments from the Russian gov, White House allowing Flynn to have total access to our top top secret security info despite Flynn's issues with Russian contacts, etc), the unbelievable, possibly treasonous actions by the Trump officials and Trump himself -- again, a foreign gov undermining our election AND blackmailing and paying the people at the highest levels of this government.

Rather is living in the Baby Boomer fantasyland regarding Nixon and Watergate. Watergate is nothing close to this -- in fact, we have never had anything close to this happen in our history. Watergate was a kid's game compared to this!

[djg21]

23. I was trying to think of something worse

In US history. I initially thought about Warren Harding. But that was just corruption. The only other thing I could think of is the succession of the Confederacy, as it too threatened the existence of the Union.

[emmadoggy]

26. I wholeheartedly agree!

I'm a little confused by Rather saying this is only a 5 or 6 (for now) compared to Watergate (a 9). In my opinion, this far exceeds Watergate for all the reasons you mentioned and more.

The fact that people aren't running around with their hair on fire at this point is both frightening and maddening. How far the Republicans have sunk to so easily and willingly sell our country down the river - it's mind-numbing.

[zentrum]

14. Wish we still had

...Rather. Even though he was no Cronkite or Murrow.

But he's easy for the RW media (FOX, Breit etc.) to discredit because of the credibility scandal the Bush administration set up for him.

[ailsagirl]

16. Rather is a bona fide journalist

Thank God there are still some around

[Stuart G]

18. k and r...nt

[Bear Creek]

24. Stinks

It is not just the top. The election was compromised from the president down to local dog catcher.

[kimbutgar]

25. You are either a party over country (PC) or country over party (CP)

It's time now either to say they love the country and are a patriot and choose country over party (CP)

[Honeycombe8]

27. Trump is trying to make the issue the "leaks" that leaked it...

to take the focus off the real issue.

I hope the media doesn't let him get away with that.

I am really fearful that Russia IS in the White House (figuratively).

[SCVDem]

28. If tRump wants the football,

I hope someone goes long and does a Bo Jackson doing Elvis.

Grab it and leave the building.

I worry our military will go Kent State and law enforcement rolling in like Ferguson.

I would like a commitment from them that they will not turn on the citizens. EVER!

I also miss Dan. I'm 61 and he has been part of my tv life forever. Nam to Stan, there was Dan!

[Blue_Roses]

29. Go Dan!!

We need an independent investigation. Damn the lies, full throttle forward on the truth. If a scriptwriter had approached Hollywood with what we are witnessing, he or she would probably have been told it was way too far-fetched for even a summer blockbuster. But this is not fiction.

So so true!