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In reply to the discussion: Vote: What was the worst act of GOP Treason ever? [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)13. Other: Starting the DLC/Third Way, and infiltrating the Democratic party with it.
Great way to neutralize your opposition - buy your way into the game, and then rig it so that you always win.
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I chose Watergate because Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon. That set the precedent that the repukes
muntrv
Nov 2014
#1
What made Ford's pardon of Nixon so insidious and craven is that Ford failed to pardon
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#9
I wasn't around then, but a lot of people sincerely disagreed with pardoning draft resisters.
True Blue Door
Nov 2014
#11
I was 15 in 1974, so only starting to become politically aware and active. But I remember
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#12
Well far be it from me to speak in defense of the oft-maligned Ford. But I will give him this:
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#31
I voted "Other" for Nixon's 1968 footsie with Thieu (via Claire Chennault) that
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#3
Yeah, we stll haven't kicked the Vietnam Syndrome, George H.W. Bush's words to the
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#8
No worries. One can make an argument that without the Vietnam War, there
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#7
Yes, Nixon's treasonous actions to keep the Vietnam War going. It killed hundreds of thousands.
Stuart G
Nov 2014
#24
The Iraq War had a lower body count, but its conspiracies were more egregious.
True Blue Door
Nov 2014
#29
Technical point: South Vietnam was not an 'allied sovereign state,' at least not by the
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#33
This is a great thread that should go viral elsewhere besides here. What a
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#10
Other: Starting the DLC/Third Way, and infiltrating the Democratic party with it.
Zorra
Nov 2014
#13
OMG, I've turned from rage to tears with just one short post by you. And now
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#18
No shit...And rightwing assholes want to name their new country after the prick
randys1
Nov 2014
#27
When Reagan's handlers prevented the hostage takers from releasing the hostages
randys1
Nov 2014
#26