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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: This is really beginning to resemble Watergate. [View all]Paladin
(28,243 posts)33. Nixon was a shrewd politician, with a great deal of government experience.
For all his vast faults, he knew how the game was played, and when his own party turned against him, he bowed out. Contrast that with what we're facing, now.
I talked to an old friend of mine recently. He was distraught because he's gay and he's rightfully fearful of reprisals against the LGBT community by Trump and his goon followers. I ended up offering him and his partner sanctuary and protection, should things end up as bad as that. In my worst nightmares, I never imagined having to take such an action in this country. God help us all.
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Trump is such a loose cannon and not politically savvy so I imagine if his fingerprints are on this
Glimmer of Hope
Dec 2016
#10
well, didn't he have secret negotiations on the Vietnam war -- some secret deal to end the war
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
#25
Nixon did that in 1968, with Claire Chennault and van Thieu. LBJ had the
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2016
#29
By the time this is over, Watergate will seem like a quaint political incident.
Paladin
Dec 2016
#24
Nixon was plenty creepy with the Vietnam war going on and the cold war backdrop
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
#28
He was a mentally ill, treasonous bastard and worse than Trump because he had a brain.
duffyduff
Dec 2016
#38